Identification of ommin in the integument of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

doi:10.1515/bchm3.1994.375.6.425

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Identification of ommin in the integument of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

Biological chemistry Hoppe-Seyler - 1 Jun 1994

Sawada H, Tsusué M, Iino T

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An ommin was isolated from the integument of the quail mutant of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, using column chromatography on SP-Sephadex and cellulose powder. As a standard, ommin was isolated from diapause eggs of the normal silkworm. The red pigment from the larval integument of quail mutants was...

Topics

Animals
Bombyx
Chromatography, Thin Layer
Cytoplasmic Granules
Kynurenine
Larva
Mutation
Phenothiazines
Pigments, Biological
Spectrophotometry, Infrared
Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet

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