Effects of juvenile hormone III on Reticulitermes flavipes: Changes in hemolymph protein composition and gene expression

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-215

  Scharf, Michael E ^a   Ratliff, Catina R ^b   Wu Scharf, Dancia ^b   Zhou, Xuguo ^a   Pittendrigh, Barry R ^b   Bennett, Gary W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hexamerin; JH binding protein; Peptide mass fingerprinting; Termite; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 13444262136     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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