Partial characterization of vitellin and localization of vitellogenin production in the terrestrial isopod, Armadillidium vulgare

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 397-407

  Okuno, Atsuro ^a   Katayama, Hidekazu ^a   Nagasawa, Hiromichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Armadillidium vulgare; Crustacea; Egg; Fat body; Isopod; Ovary; Vitellin; Vitellogenin; Woodlouse

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CRUSTACEA; EGG LAYING; FAT BODY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLIDIUM VULGARE; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA;

EID: 0033892738     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(00)00214-5     Document Type: Article

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