title: Lysozyme in eggs of the cotton boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
abstract: Lysozyme exhibiting bacteriolytic activity was found in boll weevil eggs at a concentration of 2.22 ng of lysozyme per boll weevil egg.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000201:enzymology*; D004527:Egg Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D009113:Muramidase / Q000032:analysis*; D010063:Ovum / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D004527:Egg Proteins; D009113:Muramidase