α-Crystallin protein cognates in eggs of the moth, Plodia interpunctella: Possible chaperones for the follicular epithelium yolk protein

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 151-161

  Shirk, Paul D ^a   Broza, Rachel ^a   Hemphill, Miriam ^a   Perera, O P ^a  

^a Center for Medical   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha crystallins; Chaperones; Germ cells; Lepidoptera; Small heat shock proteins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; CHAPERONE; YOLK PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EGG YOLK; GENE SEQUENCE; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EGG PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; OVUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LEPIDOPTERA; MELANOGASTER; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032029820     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00111-2     Document Type: Article

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