The Drosophila Lsp-1β gene. A structural and phylogenetic analysis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 199-207

  Massey Jr , Holman C ^a   Kejzlarová Lepesant, Jana ^b   Willis, Rebecca L ^c   Castleberry, Alecia B ^d   Beneš, Helen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^c SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diptera; Drosophila; Evolution; Hexamerin; Larval serum protein

Indexed keywords

PLASMA PROTEIN;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARTHROPODA; CALLIPHORA VICINA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LEPIDOPTERA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 8244253687     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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