Lipophorin as a yolk protein precursor in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1161-1171

  Sun, Jianxin ^a   Hiraoka, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Dittmer, Neal T ^a   Cho, Kook Ho ^a   Raikhel, Alexander S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

20 Hydroxyecdysone; Fat body; Gene expression; Lipophorin; Mosquito; Ovary; Vitellogenesis; Yolk protein

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DODECYL SULFATE; ECDYSTERONE; EGG PROTEIN; LIPOPHORIN; LIPOPROTEIN; POTASSIUM BROMIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; YOLK PROTEIN;

AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VITELLOGENESIS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ECDYSTERONE; EGG PROTEINS; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; LIPOPROTEINS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; VITELLOGENESIS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033767642     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(00)00093-X     Document Type: Article

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