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The association of crustacean cardioactive peptide with the spermatheca of the African migratory locust, Locusta migratoria
Rosa da Silva,Angela B. Lange +1 more
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The present study suggests that CCAP acts as a neuromodulator/neurotransmitter at the spermathecal visceral tissue of female Locusta migratoria.About:
This article is published in Journal of Insect Physiology.The article was published on 2006-04-01. It has received 23 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Crustacean cardioactive peptide & Spermatheca.read more
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Unusual cardioactive peptide (CCAP) from pericardial organs of the shore crab Carcinus maenas (crustacean neuropeptide/amino acid sequence/cardioactive neurohormone/neurosecretion)
TL;DR: An unusual crustacean cardioactive peptide (CCAP) from the pericardial organs of the shore crab Carcinus maenas has been purified to homogeneity by a two-step reversed-phase HPLC procedure as discussed by the authors.
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Recent advances in neuropeptide signaling in Drosophila, from genes to physiology and behavior.
TL;DR: The roles of peptides in olfaction, taste, foraging, feeding, clock function/sleep, aggression, mating/reproduction, learning and other behaviors, as well as in regulation of development, growth, metabolic and water homeostasis, stress responses, fecundity, and lifespan are discussed.
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Toward a consensus nomenclature for insect neuropeptides and peptide hormones
TL;DR: The scheme that is put forward builds upon the binomial nomenclature scheme proposed by Raina and Gäde in 1988 and could be extended to other arthropods and non-arthropod invertebrates.
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Argonaute 1 is indispensable for juvenile hormone mediated oogenesis in the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria.
TL;DR: The data indicate that Ago1 and Ago1-dependent miRNAs play a crucial role in locust vitellogenesis and egg production and QRT-PCR validation has confirmed that transcription of selectedmiRNAs responded to JH administration and correlated with changes in endogenous hemolymph JH titers.
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Neural mechanisms coordinating the female reproductive system in the locust.
TL;DR: This review focuses on the female reproductive system and the neural mechanisms that lead to its integrated control, including central pattern generators, that are linked, control oviposition digging behavior, and contractions of the lower lateral and upper common oviducts that leads to retention of eggs.
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A rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding
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Identification of G protein-coupled receptors for Drosophila PRXamide peptides, CCAP, corazonin, and AKH supports a theory of ligand-receptor coevolution
TL;DR: Two groups of GPCRs predicted as receptors for peptides with a C-terminal amino acid sequence motif consisting of −PRXamide (PRXa) are characterized and support a theory of coevolution for NMU and Drosophila PRXa peptides and their respective receptors.
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Targeted ablation of CCAP neuropeptide-containing neurons of Drosophila causes specific defects in execution and circadian timing of ecdysis behavior.
TL;DR: Effects on the execution of ecdysis and its circadian regulation indicate that CCAP is a key regulator of the behavior, and an unexpected finding is that the primary functions of CCAP as well as its importance in the control of Ecdysis behaviors may change during the postembryonic development of Drosophila.
Unusual cardioactive peptide (CCAP) from pericardial organs of the shore crab Carcinus maenas (crustacean neuropeptide/amino acid sequence/cardioactive neurohormone/neurosecretion)
TL;DR: An unusual crustacean cardioactive peptide (CCAP) from the pericardial organs of the shore crab Carcinus maenas has been purified to homogeneity by a two-step reversed-phase HPLC procedure as discussed by the authors.
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Unusual cardioactive peptide (CCAP) from pericardial organs of the shore crab Carcinus maenas
TL;DR: An unusual crustacean cardioactive peptide from the pericardial organs of the shore crab Carcinus maenas has been purified to homogeneity by a two-step reversed-phase HPLC procedure and confirmed by chemical synthesis of the C-terminally amidated and nonamidated forms of the peptide.