Immunocytochemical study of gap junction-related protein, innexin 2, in Periplaneta americana (Blattodea: Blattidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-251

  Fushiki, Daisuke ^a   Yoshimura, Ryoichi ^a   Endo, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gap junction; Immunocytochemistry; Innexin; Insect; Western blot

Indexed keywords

AVES; BLATTARIA; BLATTIDAE; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 77956244147     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2010.245     Document Type: Article

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