VITELLOGENIN OF THE TOBACCO HORNWORM, MANDUCA SEXTA: PROPERTIES AND ENDOCYTOTIC INCORPORATION INTO FOLLICLES.

Manduca sexta vitellogenin is a phosphoglycolipoprotein (Mᵣ ∼ 500,000) that contains two copies of the apoproteins (apovitellogenin-I, Mᵣ 180,000 and apovitellogenin-II Mᵣ 45,000), 13 percent lipids, 3 percent carbohydrates and 0.6 percent phosphorus. The two apoproteins are immunologically distinct...

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Main Author: OSIR, ELLIE ONYANGO.
Other Authors: Law, John H.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 1986
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/188160