Cuticular proteins from the lobster, Homarus americanus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 147-154

  Kragh, Michael ^a   Mølbak, Lars ^a   Andersen, Svend Olav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Crustacea; Cuticle; Exoskeleton; Lobster shell; Protein

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CUTICLE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOBSTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0030781064     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00055-2     Document Type: Article

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