Purification and cDNA cloning of vitellogenin of the wild silkworm, Saturnia japonica (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-44

  Meng, Yan ^a,c   Liu, Chao Liang ^b   Shiomi, Kunihiro ^a   Nakagaki, Masao ^a   Kajiura, Zenta ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Polyserine; RXRR motif; Saturnia japonica; Vitellin; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

POLYSERINE; RXRR MOTIF; SATURNIA JAPONICA; VITELLIN; VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACIDS; PURIFICATION;

CLONING;

BOMBYX MANDARINA; BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA; SATURNIA JAPONICA; SATURNIIDAE;

AMINO ACID; DNA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PURIFICATION; SILKWORM;

EID: 40949149140     PISSN: 13468073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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