Impaired yolk protein uptake by oocytes of a Bombyx mori mutant

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 607-616

  Takeda, Hajime ^a   Kawaguchi, Yutaka ^c   Oshiki, Toshikazu ^a   Maekawa, Hideaki ^b   Tsuchida, Kozo ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

30K Protein; Bombyx mori; Egg formation; Egg specific protein; Mutation; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

YOLK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SILKWORM; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0030158021     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(96)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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