The biosynthesis and processing of vitellogenin in the fat bodies of females and males of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 901-918

  Don Wheeler, Grace ^a   Engelmann, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycosylation; Juvenile hormone; Post translational modification; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLYCOSIDASE; JUVENILE HORMONE; MANNOSE; METHIONINE; METHOPRENE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS 32; POLYPEPTIDE; SULFUR 35; TUNICAMYCIN; VITELLOGENIN; YOLK PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIOSYNTHESIS; COCKROACH; DRUG EFFECT; FAT BODY; FEMALE; FLUOROGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA TRANSLATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOSYLATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALE; METHIONINE; METHOPRENE; MICROSOMES; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 0345726088     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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