Molecular evidence for two vitellogenin genes and processing of vitellogenins in the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 72-80

  Tufail, M ^a   Hatakeyama, M ^b   Takeda, M ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA; Cockroach; Periplaneta americana; Processing; Vitellin; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECT PROTEIN; VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPLANETA; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLANETA; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 0035487346     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.1059     Document Type: Article

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