Involvement of peroxidase in chorion hardening in Aedes aegypti

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 309-317

  Li, Jianyong ^a   Hodgeman, Bradley A ^a   Christensen, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Chorion hardening; Chorion peroxidase; Dityrosine; Protein crosslinking; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

CHORION PROTEINS; DITYROSINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EGG PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PEROXIDASE; TYROSINE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHORION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; TIME;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHORION; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OVUM; PEROXIDASE; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030111435     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(95)00099-2     Document Type: Article

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