Comparison of newly isolated cuticular protein genes from six aphid species

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 709-715

  Dombrovsky, A ^a   Huet, H ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Chejanovsky, N ^a   Raccah, B ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aphids; Cuticle proteins; R R domain

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; APHIDIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MYZUS; MYZUS PERSICAE;

EID: 0038304844     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(03)00065-1     Document Type: Article

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