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Prothoracicotropic hormone, cyclic nucleotides, and proctolin in insect central nervous system

Creator:

Kingan, Timothy Gilmore

Abstract:

Prothoracicotropic hormone has been partially purified from whole heads of tobacco hornworm larvae, Manduca sexta. Activity was followed with a larval bioassay. Activity was purified 4400 fold from crude extracts. The hormone was found to be a heat-stable polypeptide with an approximate molecular weight of 25,000 Daltons. The hormone has...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

proctolin in insect central nervous system AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Timothy Gilmore Kingan for the