Isolation and partial characterization of chromoprotein from the larval hemolymph of the Japanese oak silkworm (Antheraea yamamai)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 625-630

  Saito, Hitoshi ^a   Yamada, Hiromi ^b   Kato, Yoshiomi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antheraea yamamai; Biliprotein; Biliverdin IX ; Chromoprotein; Hemolymph protein; Lepidoptera; Ommochrome binding protein; Sarpedobilin; Saturniidae

Indexed keywords

BILIVERDIN; CHROMOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SILKWORM;

ANTHERAEA YAMAMAI; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; QUERCUS; SATURNIIDAE;

EID: 0031815317     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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