Molecular characterization of two novel milk proteins in the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans morsitans)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-262

  Yang, G ^a   Attardo, G M ^a   Lohs, C ^b   Aksoy, S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Larvigenesis; Milk gland; Tsetse

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; MILK PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TSETSE FLY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; MILK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TSETSE FLIES;

GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS MORSITANS;

EID: 77951223590     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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