Insecticyanin of Agnus convolvuli: Purification and characterization of the biliverdin-binding protein from the larval hemolymph

Zoological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 777-783

  Saito, Hitoshi ^a   Shimoda, Masami ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIUS CINGULATA; AGRIUS CONVOLVULI; CONVOLVULUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LEPIDOPTERA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

HORMONE; INSECT PROTEIN; INSECTICYANIN PROTEIN, INSECT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT PROTEINS; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOTHS; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0031240828     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.14.777     Document Type: Article

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