Immunolocalization of the oostatic and prothoracicostatic peptide, Neb- TMOF, in adults of the fleshfly, Neobellieria bullata

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-280

  Bylemans, Dany ^a   Verhaert, Peter ^a   Janssen, Ine ^a   Vanden Broeck, Jozef ^a   Borovsky, Dov ^b   Ma, Michael ^c   De Loof, Arnold ^a  

^a B 3000   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPEPTIDE; TRYPSIN MODULATING OOSTATIC FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0030248611     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0122     Document Type: Article

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