Composition of the surface hydrocarbons from the vitelline membranes of dipteran embryos

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 295-308

  Nelson, Dennis R ^a   Leopold, Roger A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkadienes; Alkenes; Anastrepha ludens; Cochliomyia hominivorax; Cochliomyia macellaria; Diptera; Hydrocarbons; Lucilia cuprina; Mass spectrometry; Methyl branched alkanes; Musca domestica; Phaenicia sericata

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLOCTACOSANE; ALKADIENE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; HEXANE; HYDROCARBON; NONACOSANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANASTREPHA LUDENS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COCHLIOMYIA MACELLARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FLY; HOUSE FLY; LUCILIA CUPRINA; NONHUMAN; PHAENICIA SERICATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREWWORM FLY; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

ANASTREPHA LUDENS; CALLIPHORIDAE; COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX; COCHLIOMYIA MACELLARIA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LUCILIA CUPRINA; LUCILIA SERICATA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; OVIS ARIES; SERICATA;

EID: 1542398084     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00206-9     Document Type: Article

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