Insect iron binding proteins: Insights from the genomes

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 300-309

  Dunkov, Boris ^a   Georgieva, Teodora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; APIS MELLIFERA; BOMBYX MORI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA;

EID: 33645091619     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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