Molecular Characterization of an Insect Transferrin and its Selective Incorporation into Eggs During Oogenesis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 229-235

  Kurama, Takeshi ^a   Kurata, Shoichiro ^a   Natori, Shunji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Insect; iron metabolism; larval serum protein; oogenesis; transferrin

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIPTERA; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; IRON; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OOGENESIS; OVUM; RABBITS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; PEREGRINA; SARCOPHAGA PEREGRINA;

EID: 0028902673     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: 14321033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.tb20254.x     Document Type: Article

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