Purification, partial characterization and role in lipid transport to developing oocytes of a novel lipophorin from the cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus

Lipid transport in arthropods is achieved by highly specialized lipoproteins, which resemble those described in vertebrate blood. Here we describe purification and characterization of the lipid-apolipoprotein complex, lipophorin (Lp), from adults and larvae of the cowpea weevil Callosobruchus macula...

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Main Authors: A.A Ximenes, G.A Oliveira, P Bittencourt-Cunha, M Tomokyo, D.B Leite, E Folly, D.M Golodne, G.C Atella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2008-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008000100004