Purification and characterization of an oviposition-stimulating protein of the long hyaline tubules in the male migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-150

  Yi, Shu Xia ^a   Gillott, Cedric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Long hyaline tubules; Male accessory gland; Melanoplus sanguinipes; Oviposition stimulating protein

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COPULATION; EGG LAYING; GEL FILTRATION; GRASSHOPPER; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES;

EID: 0032922306     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00108-5     Document Type: Article

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