The origin, transport and cleavage of the molt-associated cuticular protein CECP22 from Calpodes ethlius (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 861-870

  Marcu, Oana ^a,b   Locke, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amidase; Calpodes ethlius; CECP22; Cuticle degradation; Cuticle protein; Molting

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CUTICLE; EPIDERMIS; FAT BODY; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRACHEA;

CALPODES ETHLIUS;

EID: 0032774918     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00070-0     Document Type: Article

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