Catecholamine-containing proteins from the pharate pupal cuticle of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 475-484

  Okot Kotber, B Moses ^a,b   Morgan, Thomas D ^c   Hopkins, Theodore L ^a   Kramer, Karl J ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Catecholamines; Catechols; Cuticle; Cuticular proteins; Diphenols; Exoskeleton; Manduca sexta; N Alanyldopamine; N Alanylnorepinephrine; Pharate pupae; Sclerotization; Tanning; Tobacco hornworm

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL; CATECHOLAMINE; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CUTICLE; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPIDOPTERA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

EID: 0030136026     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(96)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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