… Among insects, short neuropeptide Fs (sNPF) have been … In the present study, all four peptides
were identified by mass spectrometry … Binding assays revealed that longer sNPF peptides …

… anorectic neuropeptides. The structure and function of many hypothalamic peptides (neuropeptide
Y (NPY), melanocortins, agouti-related peptide (AGRP), cocaine and amphetamine …

… ) and related peptides, opioid peptides and oxytocin are the best known neuropeptides that
… factor (CRF), vasoactive intestinal peptide, neuropeptide Y, galanin, cholecystokinin and …

… neuropeptide AF (NPAF) derive from a single gene in … -like peptides may not derive from
the characterized NPFF gene, but that other genes can exist which give rise to related peptides. …

… Peptides of the short neuropeptide F (sNPF) family have been shown to modulate feeding
behavior in a wide variety of insect species. While these peptides … -like peptides, previously …

… Henceforth, we refer to these peptides collectively as sNPF. The CRZ precursor gene, Crz (…
A set of lateral neurosecretory cells (DLPs) coexpress short neuropeptide F and corazonin. a–…

… Neuropeptides are much smaller molecules than their … ; a single mutation in a short
neuropeptide might be sufficient to render … The invertebrate neuropeptide F-like peptides are …

… We demonstrate that this receptor is specifically activated by short insect NPF-like peptides
when expressed in Xenopus oocytes in the presence of the promiscuous G-protein, G α16 (…

… gambiae: AgamNPFF encodes a neuropeptide FF, an opioid peptide in … peptides inA.
gambiae is doubtless incomplete, given the potential problems of identifying peptides with short …

… The examples of colocalized neuropeptides given above pertain to peptides that arise
from distinct precursor genes. In the next section I will discuss coexpression of multiple …