Molecular characterization and phylogenetic relationships of a protein with potential oxygen binding capabilities in the grasshopper embryo. A hemocyanin in insects?

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 415-426

  Sánchez, Diego ^a   Ganfornina, María D ^a   Gutiérrez, Gabriel ^b   Bastiani, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grasshopper; Hemocyanin; Hexamerin; Prophenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HEMOCYANIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GRASSHOPPER; HEMOLYMPH; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

EID: 2642615639     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025938     Document Type: Article

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