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Identification, Localization in the Central Nervous System and Novel Myostimulatory Effect of Allatostatins in Tenebrio molitor Beetle

Jan Lubawy,
Paweł Marciniak and
Grzegorz Rosiński

Int. J. Mol. Sci.2020, 21(10), 3510;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21103510

15 May 2020

Allatostatins (ASTs) are pleiotropic insect neuropeptides that are potent myoinhibitors of muscle contractions. In this study, we identified and immunolocalized peptides from the MIP/AST and PISCF/AST families in the nervous system of a model beetle,...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Neurobiology)

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Functional Characterization of Allatostatin C (PISCF/AST) and Juvenile Hormone Acid O-Methyltransferase in Dendroctonus armandi

Yaya Sun,
Danyang Fu,
Bin Liu,
Linjun Wang and
Hui Chen

Int. J. Mol. Sci.2022, 23(5), 2749;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23052749

2 March 2022

Allatostatin C (PISCF/AST) is a neuropeptide gene that affects juvenile hormone (JH) synthesis in the corpora allata. Juvenile hormone acid O-methyltransferase (JHAMT) is a key gene in the JH biosynthetic pathway. In this study, two genes encoding Da...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)

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