Expression profile of water-soluble proteinases during ontogenesis of Megachile rotundata: An electrophoretic investigation

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 595-604

  Felicioli, Antonio ^a   Donadio, Elena ^a   Balestreri, Ettore ^b   Montagnoli, Giorgio ^a   Felicioli, Romano ^a,b   Podestà, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development; Megachile rotundata; Proteinase; Solitary bee; Zymography

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MEGACHILE; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA;

EID: 12444257791     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004064     Document Type: Article

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