Vitellogenic ovarian follicles of Drosophila exhibit a charge-dependent distribution of endogenous soluble proteins

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1239-1248

  Cole, Russell W ^a   Woodruff, Richard I ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytosolic proteins; Ionic gradient; Membrane potential

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; INSECT; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0033912132     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(00)00044-5     Document Type: Article

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