Identification and characterization of an anterior fat body protein in an insect

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 901-908

  Nakajima, Yuki ^a   Natori, Shunji ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFP; Anterior posterior axis; Fat body; Regucalcin; Sarcophaga peregrina; Senescence marker protein 30

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LIVER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; DROSOPHILA; FAT BODY; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; PEREGRINA; SARCOPHAGA PEREGRINA;

EID: 0034029950     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022685     Document Type: Article

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