Coordinated expression and activity of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase and reductase in the fat body of Blattella germanica (L.) during vitellogenesis

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8-9, 1996, Pages 837-843

  Casals, Núria ^a   Buesa, Carlos ^a   Piulachs, Maria Dolors ^b   Cabañó, Joana ^a   Marrero, Pedro F ^a   Bellés, Xavier ^b   Hegardt, Fausto G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Fat body; Gonadotrophic cycle; HMG CoA reductase; HMG CoA synthase

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; ANTIBODY; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA-REDUCTASE (NADP); MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; COCKROACH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VITELLOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; COCKROACHES; FAT BODY; FEMALE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA SYNTHASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA-REDUCTASES, NADP-DEPENDENT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA;

EID: 0030239949     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(96)00044-6     Document Type: Article

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