Signaling of pigment-dispersing factor (PDF) in the Madeira cockroach Rhyparobia maderae.

The insect neuropeptide pigment-dispersing factor (PDF) is a functional ortholog of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, the coupling factor of the mammalian circadian pacemaker. Despite of PDF's importance for synchronized circadian locomotor activity rhythms its signaling is not well understood...

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Main Authors: Hongying Wei, Hanzey Yasar, Nico W Funk, Maria Giese, El-Sayed Baz, Monika Stengl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108757