Molecular analysis of the muscle protein projectin in lepidoptera

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ayme Southgate, A J ^a   Turner, L ^a,b   Southgate, R J ^a  

^a School of Business and Economics   (United States)

^b South Carolina Environmental Training Center   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative splicing; elastic filaments; flight muscle; insect; titin

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PROJECTIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOMBYX; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; LEPIDOPTERA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84888587953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.013.8801     Document Type: Article

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