Cysteine proprotease colocalizes with vitellogenin in compound granules of the cockroach fat body

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 304, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 391-399

  Yin, Lucy ^a   Nordin, John H ^a   Lucches, Paolo ^b   Giorgi, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cockroach Blattella germanica; Cysteine proprotease; Fat body; Insecta; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GENE PRODUCT; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLATTELLIDAE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FAT BODY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FAT BODY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; SECRETORY VESICLES; SYMBIOSIS; VITELLOGENESIS; VITELLOGENINS;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0035000312     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410000245     Document Type: Article

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