A New Type of Highly Polymerized Yolk Protein From the Cochineal Insect Dactylopius confusus

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-287

  Ziegler, Rolf ^a   Engler, Diane L ^a   Bartnek, Flash ^a   Van Antwerpen, Rik ^a   Bluestein, Hilary A ^a   Gilkey, John C ^b   Yepiz Plascencia, Gloria M ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cryo electron microscopy; Egg proteins; Homoptera; Protein structure; Vitellins

Indexed keywords

DACTYLOPIIDAE; DACTYLOPIUS CONFUSUS; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA;

EGG PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RABBIT; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; INSECTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEGATIVE STAINING; RABBITS;

EID: 0029691096     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1996)31:3<273::AID-ARCH3>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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