Isolation and sequencing of the gene encoding Sp23, a structural protein of spermatophore of the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor

Gene

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 257-262

  Feng, Xu ^a,b   Happ, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysone response element; Insect; Male accessory gland; Nucleotide sequence; Spermatophorin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ECDYSONE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE; INSECT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DROSOPHILA; ECDYSONE; GENES, INSECT; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPERMATOGONIA; TENEBRIO;

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 0030583739     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00372-1     Document Type: Article

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