Prenyltransferase of larval and adult M. sexta corpora allata

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-40

  Sen, Stephanie E ^a   Clifford Brown, D ^a   Sperry, Andrea E ^a   Hitchcock, Jeffery R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FPP synthase; Juvenile hormone; Manduca sexta; Prenyltransferase

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROL; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CORPUS ALLATUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CORPORA ALLATA; DETERGENTS; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MAGNESIUM; MANDUCA; MANGANESE;

INSECTA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 33845543902     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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