Synthesis and organization of vitellogenin and vitellin molecules from the land crab Potamon potamios

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-61

  Pateraki, Louisa E ^a   Stratakis, Emmanoel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brachyura crustacea; Eyestalk ablated female; Molecular organization; Vitellin; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HEPATOPANCREAS; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITELLOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINIDAE; POTAMON POTAMIOS;

EID: 0034075652     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(99)00160-1     Document Type: Article

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