Identification and characterization of the major Drosophila melanogaster mating plug protein

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6-7, 2001, Pages 543-551

  Lung, O ^a,b   Wolfner, M F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycine rich; Mating plug; Proline rich; Reproduction; Seminal fluid; Silk

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; INSECT PROTEIN; PEB ME PROTEIN; PEB-ME PROTEIN; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EJACULATORY DUCT; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MATING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SEQUENCE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPIDER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GLYCINE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROLINE;

ARANEAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0035957674     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(00)00154-5     Document Type: Article

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