Characteristic properties of proteins from pre-ecdysial cuticle of larvae and pupae of the mealworm Tenebrio molitor

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1077-1087

  Andersen, S O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Coacervation; Conformation; Cuticle; Fluorescence; Insect; Protein; Tenebrio molitor; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; ALANINE; CUTICULAR PROTEIN; PLASTICIZER; PROLINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TMLPCP E1A; PROTEIN TMLPCP G1A; TROPOELASTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CUTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSECT; IONIC STRENGTH; ISOELECTRIC POINT; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LARVAL STAGE; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PH; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TURBIDITY; WORM;

ANIMALS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PUPA; TENEBRIO;

INSECTA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 0036712301     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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