Mono- and polyclonal antibodies as probes to study vitellin processing in embryos of the stick insect Carausius morosus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 625-631

  Masetti, Massimo ^a   Cecchettini, Antonella ^a   Giorgi, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carausius morosus; Development; Embryos; Insect; Limited proteolysis; Monoclonal antibodies; Vitellin polypeptides

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; VITELLOGENESIS;

CARAUSIUS MOROSUS; INSECTA; PHASMATODEA;

EID: 0032428775     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10050-0     Document Type: Article

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