cDNA cloning and deduced amino acid sequences of three storage proteins in the common cutworm, Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-39

  Zheng, Yiping ^a   Yoshiga, Toyoshi ^a   Tojo, Sumio ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arylphorin; cDNA nucleotide sequence; Deduced amino acid sequence; Methionine rich storage protein; Spodoptera litura

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA LITURA; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 0034134497     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2000.31     Document Type: Article

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