Properties of ommochrome-binding proteins from the pigment granules in epidermal cells of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Journal of Sericultural Science of Japan

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 393-402

  Sawada, Hlroshi ^a   Ilno, Teruhiko ^b   Tsusui, Motoo ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; ommin; ommochrome binding protein; pigment granules; xanthommatin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000028104     PISSN: 00372455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11416/kontyushigen1930.66.393     Document Type: Article

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