Vitellogenin of the cicada Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata (Homoptera): Analysis of its primary structure

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Lee, Jae Min ^a   Nishimori, Yoshikatsu ^a   Hatakeyama, Masatsugu ^a   Bae, Tae Woong ^b   Oishi, Kugao ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Microbiology Major   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cDNA; Cicada; Homoptera; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; INSECT; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 0343262703     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00085-5     Document Type: Article

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