Cloning and expression of the yolk protein of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1281-1287

  Hens, Korneel ^a   Macours, Nathalie ^a   Claeys, Ilse ^a   Francis, Carmen ^a   Huybrechts, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Glossina; Insect; Lipase; Reproduction; Tsetse fly; Vitellogenin; Yolk protein

Indexed keywords

EGG PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARY FOLLICLE; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TSETSE FLY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EGG PROTEINS; FAT BODY; FEMALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TSETSE FLIES;

DIPTERA; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS MORSITANS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8644277326     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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