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A new member of the AKH/RPCH family that stimulates locomotory activity in the firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera).

scientific article published in June 2000

A new method for immediate derivatization of hydroxyl groups by fluoroalkyl chloroformates and its application for the determination of sterols and tocopherols in human serum and amniotic fluid by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 11 March 2014

A novel R2R3 MYB transcription factor NtMYBJS1 is a methyl jasmonate-dependent regulator of phenylpropanoid-conjugate biosynthesis in tobacco

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

A novel adipokinetic peptide from the corpus cardiacum of the primitive caeliferan pygmy grasshopper Tetrix subulata (Caelifera, Tetrigidae).

scientific article published on 7 February 2015

A novel adipokinetic peptide in a water boatman (Heteroptera, Corixidae) and its bioanalogue in a saucer bug (Heteroptera, Naucoridae).

scientific article published on 9 January 2007

A novel member of the adipokinetic peptide family in a "living fossil", the ice crawler Galloisiana yuasai, is the first identified neuropeptide from the order Grylloblattodea.

scientific article published on 24 October 2009

Activity and mechanism of action of insect oostatic peptides in flesh fly.

scientific article published in August 2004

Adipokinetic hormones (AKHs) of sphingid Lepidoptera, including the identification of a second M. sexta AKH.

scientific article

Adipokinetic hormones of the two extant apterygotan insect orders, Archaeognatha and Zygentoma

scientific article published on 13 November 2013

Adipokinetic hormones provide inference for the phylogeny of odonata.

scientific article published on 18 November 2010

Agrobacterium tumefaciens AK-6b gene modulates phenolic compound metabolism in tobacco.

scientific article

Allium discoloration: the precursor and formation of the red pigment in giant onion (Allium giganteum Regel) and some other subgenus Melanocrommyum species.

scientific article published on 7 February 2011

An invertebrate [hydroxyproline]-modified neuropeptide: further evidence for a close evolutionary relationship between insect adipokinetic hormone and mammalian gonadotropin hormone family.

scientific article published in October 2011

Arginine and proline applied as food additives stimulate high freeze tolerance in larvae of Drosophila melanogaster

scientific article published on August 2016

Beauverolides L and La from Beauveria tenella and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus

scientific article published on 01 November 1994

Cold tolerance is unaffected by oxygen availability despite changes in anaerobic metabolism.

scientific article published on 13 September 2016

Community structure of insect herbivores is driven by conservatism, escalation and divergence of defensive traits in Ficus

scientific article

Cost effective, robust, and reliable coupled separation techniques for the identification and quantification of phospholipids in complex biological matrices: application to insects

scientific article published in July 2014

Cryoprotective role of polyols independent of the increase in supercooling capacity in diapausing adults of Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera: Insecta).

scientific article published in October 2001

Cyclosporins from Tolypocladium terricola

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Cytotoxic Lipopeptide Muscotoxin A, Isolated from Soil Cyanobacterium Desmonostoc muscorum, Permeabilizes Phospholipid Membranes by Reducing Their Fluidity

scientific article published on 26 January 2015

Determination of D- and L-amino acids produced by cyanobacteria using gas chromatography on Chirasil-Val after derivatization with pentafluoropropyl chloroformate

scientific article published on 30 June 2007

Determination of purine bases and nucleosides by conventional and, microbore high-performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography with an ion-trap detector

scientific article published on 01 September 1994

Differential response of Drosophila cell lines to extracellular adenosine.

scientific article published on 14 January 2012

Effects of acclimation temperature on thermal tolerance and membrane phospholipid composition in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

scientific article

Effects of paclitaxel, docetaxel and their combinations on subcutaneous lymphomas in inbred Sprague-Dawley/Cub rats.

scientific article published on 23 August 2006

Five functional adipokinetic peptides expressed in the corpus cardiacum of the moth genus Hippotion (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on March 27, 2013

Fluoroalkyl chloroformates in treating amino acids for gas chromatographic analysis.

scientific article

Functional characterization of the adipokinetic hormone in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum ⬇️

scientific article published on February 13, 2012

GC-MS Metabolomic Profiling of Protic Metabolites Following Heptafluorobutyl Chloroformate Mediated Dispersive Liquid Microextraction Sample Preparation Protocol

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

Gas chromatographic analysis of amino acid enantiomers in Carbetocin peptide hydrolysates after fast derivatization with pentafluoropropyl chloroformate

scientific article published on 28 August 2007

Heptafluorobutyl chloroformate-based sample preparation protocol for chiral and nonchiral amino acid analysis by gas chromatography

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Highly flexible metabolism of the marine euglenozoan protist Diplonema papillatum

scientific article published on 24 November 2021

Hyperprolinemic larvae of the drosophilid fly, Chymomyza costata, survive cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen.

scientific article

Identification and bioactivity evaluation of the first neuropeptide from the lesser-known insect order Embioptera (webspinner).

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

Identification of the cockroach neuropeptide Pea-CAH-II as a second adipokinetic hormone in the firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus

scientific article published in March 2002

Identification of xanthine and hypoxanthine as components of assembly pheromone in excreta of argasid ticks

scientific article

Improved gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric determination of the N-methylcarbamoyl adduct at the N-terminal valine of globin, a metabolic product of the solvent N,N-dimethylformamide.

scientific article published in October 2002

In situ derivatization-liquid liquid extraction as a sample preparation strategy for the determination of urinary biomarker prolyl-4-hydroxyproline by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 01 March 2012

Increased extracellular adenosine in Drosophila that are deficient in adenosine deaminase activates a release of energy stores leading to wasting and death

scientific article published on 12 October 2010

Long-term cold acclimation extends survival time at 0°C and modifies the metabolomic profiles of the larvae of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

scientific article

Metabolism of new-generation taxanes in human, pig, minipig and rat liver microsomes

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Metabolome dynamics of diapause in the butterfly Pieris napi: distinguishing maintenance, termination and post-diapause phases.

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Novel adipokinetic hormones in the kissing bugs Rhodnius prolixus, Triatoma infestans, Dipetalogaster maxima and Panstrongylus megistus

scientific article published on 5 November 2012

Novel members of the adipokinetic hormone family in beetles of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea

scientific article published on 18 August 2016

Overwintering biology and limits of cold tolerance in larvae of pistachio twig borer, Kermania pistaciella

scientific article published on 11 April 2016

Overwintering strategy and mechanisms of cold tolerance in the codling moth (Cydia pomonella).

scientific article

Overwintering strategy in Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera): the relations between life-cycle, chill tolerance and physiological adjustments.

scientific article published in September 2000

Paclitaxel metabolism in rat and human liver microsomes is inhibited by phenolic antioxidants.

scientific article published on 14 August 2003

Physiological and biochemical analysis of overwintering and cold tolerance in two Central European populations of the spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus ⬇️

scientific article published on March 21, 2011

Physiological and biochemical responses to cold and drought in the rock-dwelling pulmonate snail, Chondrina avenacea.

scientific article published on 21 March 2013

Physiological basis for low-temperature survival and storage of quiescent larvae of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

scientific article published on 30 August 2016

Physiology of drought tolerance and cold hardiness of the Mediterranean tiger moth Cymbalophora pudica during summer diapause.

scientific article published on February 1998

Precursors and Formation of Pyrithione and Other Pyridyl-Containing Sulfur Compounds in Drumstick Onion, Allium stipitatum ⬇️

scientific article published on April 29, 2011

Predicted versus expressed adipokinetic hormones, and other small peptides from the corpus cardiacum-corpus allatum: a case study with beetles and moths.

scientific article published on 13 March 2008

Profiling of urinary amino-carboxylic metabolites by in-situ heptafluorobutyl chloroformate mediated sample preparation and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

scientific article

Prolyl-hydroxyproline dipeptide in non-hydrolyzed morning urine and its value in postmenopausal osteoporosis.

scientific article

Recovery from supercooling, freezing, and cryopreservation stress in larvae of the drosophilid fly, Chymomyza costata.

scientific article

Red pigment-concentrating hormone is not limited to crustaceans.

scientific article published in October 2003

Remodelling of membrane phospholipids during transition to diapause and cold-acclimation in the larvae of Chymomyza costata (Drosophilidae).

scientific article published in July 2003

Reprint of: Seasonal changes in the composition of storage and membrane lipids in overwintering larvae of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella.

scientific article published on 28 October 2015

Seasonal changes in minor membrane phospholipid classes, sterols and tocopherols in overwintering insect, Pyrrhocoris apterus.

scientific article published on 8 July 2013

Seasonal changes in the composition of storage and membrane lipids in overwintering larvae of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella.

scientific article published on 6 September 2014

Shifts in metabolomic profiles of the parasitoid Nasonia vitripennis associated with elevated cold tolerance induced by the parasitoid's diapause, host diapause and host diet augmented with proline.

scientific article published on 22 May 2015

Simple plasma work-up for a fast chromatographic analysis of homocysteine, cysteine, methionine and aromatic amino acids.

scientific article published in June 2003

Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome: molecular-genetic analysis of ten families

scientific article published on 01 June 2000

Study of disulfide reduction and alkyl chloroformate derivatization of plasma sulfur amino acids using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 15 February 2012

Survey of several methods deproteinizing human plasma before and within the chloroformate-mediated treatment of amino/carboxylic acids quantitated by gas chromatography

scientific article published on 07 May 2012

The African froghopper Ptyelus flavescens (suborder: Cicadomorpha) contains two novel and one known peptides of the adipokinetic hormone (AKH) family: structure, function and comparison with aphid AKH (suborder: Sternorrhyncha).

scientific article published on 14 July 2017

The agrobacterium tumefaciens C58-6b gene confers resistance to N(6)-benzyladenine without modifying cytokinin metabolism in tobacco seedlings

scientific article published on 01 October 1999

The emerging role of adenosine deaminases in insects.

scientific article

The first decapeptide adipokinetic hormone (AKH) in Heteroptera: a novel AKH from a South African saucer bug, Laccocoris spurcus (Naucoridae, Laccocorinae).

scientific article published on 20 October 2010

The first identified neuropeptide in the insect order Megaloptera: a novel member of the adipokinetic hormone family in the alderfly Sialis lutaria.

scientific article published on 7 August 2008

The newly discovered insect order Mantophasmatodea contains a novel member of the adipokinetic hormone family of peptides.

scientific article published in May 2005

Thermal analysis of ice and glass transitions in insects that do and do not survive freezing

scientific article published on 06 April 2018

Two novel tyrosine-containing peptides (Tyr(4)) of the adipokinetic hormone family in beetles of the families Coccinellidae and Silphidae.

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Uncovering the benefits of fluctuating thermal regimes on cold tolerance of drosophila flies by combined metabolomic and lipidomic approach.

scientific article published on 16 August 2016

Unique translational modification of an invertebrate neuropeptide: a phosphorylated member of the adipokinetic hormone peptide family.

scientific article published in February 2006

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