… Drosophila melanogaster. This receptor shows structural similarities to … Neuropeptide Y 2
receptors and is activated by endogenous Drosophila peptides, recently designated as short …

… The short neuropeptide F (sNPF), a neuropeptide in the central nervous system (CNS) of
Drosophila melanogaster, is expressed in a large population of diverse neurons of brain. Most …

… short, putative Drosophila neuropeptide F peptides (Drm-sNPF-1, 2 and 2s). Neuropeptide
F-like peptides in Drosophila … The identification of this neuropeptide F-like receptor and its …

… We searched the Drosophila melanogaster genome sequence with the goal of identifying
all peptide GPCRs. Initially, we scanned the gene annotations developed jointly by the …

… localizations, and functional characterizations of the Drosophila sNPF gene. The sNPF gene
… and regulate body size in Drosophila melanogaster. Neuropeptides regulate a wide range …

… neuropeptides intriguing targets for pharmaceutical development of sleep drugs [40]. In this
study, we focused on the neuropeptide short neuropeptide F (… to mammalian neuropeptide Y (…

… The short neuropeptide F (sNPF) gene has been found in diverse insect families which include
fruit … In Drosophila melanogaster, sNPF regulates body size and food intake [4]. In order to …

… However, no real neuropeptide Y exists in Drosophila and the true endogenous ligand for …
al. as the short neuropeptide F receptor [38]. Drosophila short neuropeptide Fs are four shorter …

… Drosophila melanogaster were cultured and kept at 25 C using the standard method. Wild-type
Oregon-R, w − , UAS–nGFP, UAS–DsRed and UAS–reaper were obtained from the …

… Among insects, short neuropeptide Fs (sNPF) have been implicated in regulation of
reproduction and feeding behavior. For Drosophila melanogaster, the nucleotide sequence for the …