Evidence for two vitellogenin-related genes in Leucophaea maderae: The protein primary structure and its processing

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 190-203

  Tufail, Muhammad ^a   Bembenek, Jadwiga ^a   Elgendy, Azza Mohamed ^a   Takeda, Makio ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNAs; Cockroach; Leucophaea maderae; Processing; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COCKROACH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; COCKROACHES; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, INSECT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VITELLOGENINS;

BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; LEUCOPHAEA MADERAE;

EID: 37549014860     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20212     Document Type: Article

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