Isolation and sequence of a partial vitellogenin cDNA from the cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) (dictyoptera, blattellidae), and characterization of the vitellogenin gene expression

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 137-146

  Martín, David ^a,b   Piulachs, Maria Dolors ^a   Comas, Daniel ^a   Bellés, Xavier ^a,c  

^a DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica, vitellogenin; Insect, Dictyoptera, cockroach

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VITELLOGENIN;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COCKROACH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COCKROACHES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 0031605198     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1998)38:3<137::AID-ARCH4>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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