Cloning of Vitellogenin cDNA of the American Cockroach, Periplaneta americana (Dictyoptera), and Its Structural and Expression Analyses

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-46

  Tufail, M ^a   Lee, J M ^a,b   Hatakeyama, M ^a   Oishi, K ^a   Takeda, M ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA; Cockroach; Periplaneta americana; Vitellin; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EGG PROTEIN; VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPLANETA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLANETA; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 0034264332     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6327(200009)45:1<37::AID-ARCH4>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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