Apolipophorin-III in the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 135-143

  Halwani, Adla E ^a   Niven, Donald F ^a   Dunphy, Gary B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apolipophorin iii; Fat body; Galleria mellonella; Haemocytes; Octopamine

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPHORIN III; APOLIPOPROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOTH;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MOTHS;

EID: 0035512160     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.1066     Document Type: Article

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