Male accessory gland secretory proteins in nasuta subgroup of Drosophila: Synthetic activity of Acp

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 513-518

  Ram, K R ^a   Ramesh, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Accessory gland proteins; Copulation duration; Drosophila; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ACP36DE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; ACP70A PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MALE ACCESSORY GLAND PEPTIDE, DROSOPHILA; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; COPULATION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; ENDOCRINE GLAND; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COPULATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; PEPTIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; NASUTA SUBGROUP;

EID: 0036586535     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.513     Document Type: Article

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