Molecular characteristics of insect vitellogenins

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1447-1458

  Tufail, Muhammad ^a   Takeda, Makio ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Characteristics; Insect vitellogenins; Post transcriptional processing; Structure; Transcriptional regulation; Uptake

Indexed keywords

VITELLOGENIN;

DIVERGENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OVIPARITY; PEPTIDE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN; SECRETION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INSECT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VITELLOGENINS;

ANIMALIA; APOCRITA; BLATTARIA; DIPTERA; ENDOPTERYGOTA; EXOPTERYGOTA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEUCOPHAEA MADERAE; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 55749115780     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.08.007     Document Type: Review

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