Hexameric storage proteins during metamorphosis and egg production in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 951-958

  Wheeler, Diana E ^a   Tuchinskaya, Irina ^a   Buck, Norman A ^a   Tabashnik, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hexamerin; Oogenesis flight syndrome; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EGG PRODUCTION; METAMORPHOSIS; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0034069866     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00202-4     Document Type: Article

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