Cuticular proteins from the giant cockroach, Blaberus craniifer

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-120

  Jensen, U G ^a   Rothmann, A ^a   Skou, L ^a   Andersen, S O ^b   Roepstorff, P ^a   Hojrup P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Cockroach; Cuticle; Insect; Mass spectrometry; Structural protein

Indexed keywords

CUTICLE PROTEINS, INSECTS; INSECT PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NYMPH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BLABERIDAE; BLABERUS CRANIIFER; BLATTARIA; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0031081334     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(96)00074-4     Document Type: Article

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