Purification and characterization of biliverdin-binding vitellogenin from the hemolymph of the common cutworm, Spodoptera litura

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-106

  Maruta, Kousei ^a,b   Yoshiga, Toyoshi ^a   Katagiri, Chihiro ^c   Ochiai, Masanori ^c   Tojo, Sumio ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nihon Soda Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biliverdin; Juvenile hormone; Methoprene; Spodoptera litura; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

BILIVERDIN; INSECT PROTEIN; METHOPRENE; VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODIFFUSION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BILIVERDINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; METHOPRENE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPODOPTERA; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 0036597805     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.10035     Document Type: Article

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