Identification of four distinct subunit types in the unique 6x6 hemocyanin of the centipede Scutigera coleoptrata

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 445-447

  Gebauer, W ^a   Markl, J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOCYANIN; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEMOCYANIN; HEMOLYMPH; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES;

CHILOPODA; INSECTA; SCUTIGERA COLEOPTRATA;

EID: 0032858214     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050650     Document Type: Article

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