Separation by FPLC chromatofocusing of UDP-glucosyltransferases from three developmental stages of Drosophila melanogaster

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 347-358

  Rausell, Carolina ^a   Llorca, Julia ^a   Dolores Real, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; UDP glucosyltransferase; Xanthurenic acid; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EGG LAYING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; ISOENZYMES; OVIPOSITION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030641602     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)34:3<347::AID-ARCH8>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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