Cloning and expression of the yolk protein of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans.
Two major families of nutritional proteins exist in insects, namely the vitellogenins and the yolk proteins. While in other insects only vitellogenins are found, cyclorraphan flies only contain yolk proteins. Possible sites of yolk protein synthesis are the fat body and the follicle cells surroundin...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2004
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