title: Crustacean pigment-dispersing hormones: chemistry, distribution and actions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of West Florida, Pensacola 32504.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002856:Chromatophores / Q000502:physiology; D003445:Crustacea / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005127:Eye Color / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects; D007118:Immunoassay; D007301:Insect Hormones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D007313:Insecta / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D007447:Invertebrate Hormones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D008027:Light; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D010858:Pigmentation / Q000502:physiology*; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D017385:Sequence Homology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D007301:Insect Hormones; D007447:Invertebrate Hormones; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010455:Peptides; C022059:red pigment-concentrating hormone; C027714:melanophore-dispersing hormone; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid