Phenoloxidase activity in the reproductive system and egg masses of the pulmonate gastropod, Biomphalaria glabrata

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 353-359

  Bai, Guangxing ^a   Li, Jianyong ^a   Christensen, Bruce M ^a   Yoshino, Timothy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

albumen gland; Biomphalaria glabrata; egg; gastropod; L dopa; L t yrosine; ovotestis; phenoloxidase; reproduction

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ENDOCRINE GLAND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0029794336     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(96)00045-4     Document Type: Article

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