Identification of a novel member of the paralytic peptide family in the silkmoth Antheraea yamamai

Journal of Sericultural Science of Japan

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 473-478

  Seino, Atsushi ^a   Sato, Yumiko ^a   Yamashita, Tetsuro ^a   Sato, Yukihiro ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antheraea yamamai; Bombyx mori; hemolymph; Paralytic peptide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000165658     PISSN: 00372455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11416/kontyushigen1930.67.473     Document Type: Article

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