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Mosquito Peptide Hormones: Diversity, Production, and Function
M R Strand1, M R Brown1, K J Vogel1
1University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.
Abstract:
Mosquitoes, like other insects, produce a diversity of peptide hormones that are processed from different precursor proteins and have a range of activities. Early studies relied on purification of bioactive peptides for hormone identification, but more recently genomic data have provided the information needed to more comprehensively identify peptide hormone genes and associated receptors. The first part of this chapter summarizes the known or predicted peptide hormones that are produced by mosquitoes. The second part of this chapter discusses the sources of these molecules and their functions.
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