Catecholamine and histidyl protein cross-linked structures in sclerotized insect cuticle

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-108

  Xu, Rongda ^a   Huang, Xin ^a   Hopkins, Theodore L ^a   Kramer, Karl J ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addition; Adduct; Catecholamine; Cross Links; Cuticle; Histidine; Insect; Oxidation; Protein; Quinone; Sclerotization

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; HISTIDINE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CUTICLE; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0031081651     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(96)00083-5     Document Type: Article

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