Organisms have constant contact with potentially harmful agents that can compromise their
fitness. However, most of the times these agents fail to cause serious disease by virtue of the …

In vertebrates, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), chorionic
gonadotropin (CG) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) are glycoprotein hormones that …

Background Bursicon is a heterodimer neuropeptide composed of two cystine knot proteins,
bursicon α (burs α) and bursicon β (burs β), that elicits cuticle tanning (melanization and …

Pigmentation or body color patterns in insects quite often differ not only between species but
also in different stages of development and in different body regions of a single species …

Bursicon is a neuropeptide hormone consisting of two cystine-knot proteins (burs α and burs
β), responsible for cuticle tanning and other developmental processes in insects. Recent …

BACKGROUND Bursicon is a heterodimeric neuropeptide that is involved in many
physiological activities such as cuticle tanning, wing expansion, reproduction and immunity …

Background In insects, continuous growth requires the periodic replacement of the
exoskeleton. Once the remains of the exoskeleton from the previous stage have been shed …

Bursicon is an insect neuropeptide hormone that is secreted from the central nervous system
into the hemolymph and initiates cuticle tanning. The receptor for bursicon is encoded by the …

Molting processes in all arthropods are ultimately regulated by ecdysteroids produced by Y-
organs (YO) from cholesterol via a common biosynthetic pathway. Increases in ecdysteroid …

Abstract 454 Pyrosequencing was used to characterize the expressed genes from the
synganglion and associated neurosecretory organs of unfed and partially fed virgin and …