Complete nucleotide sequence of the vitellogenin mRNA from the gypsy moth: Novel arrangement of the subunit encoding regions

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-35

  Hiremath, Shiv ^a   Lehtoma, Kirsten ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lepidopteran insect; Novel gene arrangement; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRON; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 0031046119     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(96)00067-7     Document Type: Article

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