title: Neuropeptides of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.
abstract: Six neuropeptides of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, have been isolated and chemically characterized during the past 10 years. They are bombyxin, prothoracicotropic hormone, pheromone-biosynthesis-activating neuropeptide/melanization-and-reddish-coloration hormone, diapause hormone, eclosion hormone, and adipokinetic hormone. Recent progress in research on these neuropeptides is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagasawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D012831:Bombyx / Q000737:chemistry*; D007301:Insect Hormones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
chemical_list: D007301:Insect Hormones; D009479:Neuropeptides; D009842:Oligopeptides; C044833:adipokinetic hormone; C075028:bombyxins; C060896:pheromone-biosynthesis-activating neuropeptide I; C009089:prothoracicotropic hormone; C042645:eclosion hormone; C075027:diapause hormone; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid