Identification of the Gene Encoding Bursicon, an Insect Neuropeptide Responsible for Cuticle Sclerotization and Wing Spreading
- 1 July 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Current Biology
- Vol. 14 (13), 1208-1213
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.051
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Funding Information
- National Science Foundation (IBN-0080894, IBN-0217637)
- National Institutes of Health (CA68485, DK20593, DK58404)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (NRICGP 2001-35302-101040)
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