Němec, Václav; Tykva, Richard; Hlaváček, Jan; Holík, Josef
In Biologically Active Peptides. Praha : Ústav organické chemie a biochemie AV ČR
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75-79,
2007
Keywords:
bug Pyrrhocoris apterus; 3H-labeledpeptide; oostatic pentapeptide; ovaries
Abstract:
The effect of an oostatic pentapeptide, H-Tyr-Asp-Pro-Ala-Pro-OH, on reproduction of the bug Pyrrhocoris apterus was studied. The peptide decreased the number of laid eggs in the first ovarian cycle.
IEB authors: Josef Holík