Vitellogenin titres in normal and accelerated maturation of Gragarious-phase Schistocerca gregaria

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 447-451

  Mahamat, Hassane ^a   Hassanali, Ahmed ^a   Ferenz, Hans Joerg ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

bioassay; haemolymph protein; insects; locust; maturation accelerating pheromone; orthoptera; primer pheromone; Schistocerca gregoria; vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0030996406     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00274-X     Document Type: Article

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