title: Breaking good: a chemist wanders into entomology.
abstract: In this highly personal account of my career in science, I try to show how many others influenced its course. I was able to abandon work in pure chemistry and microbiology and to take up research in entomology only with the help of others. My faith in the value of collaborative, interdisciplinary work has been the key to success. Our focus on proteins of insect hemolymph has provided valuable insights into insect biochemistry and physiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602; email: jhlaw@u.arizona.edu.
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Law
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002621:Chemistry / Q000266:history*; D004772:Entomology / Q000266:history*; D006458:Hemolymph / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D007313:Insecta / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D019476:Insect Proteins
keywords: Autobiography; Manduca sexta; ferritin; insect hemolymph proteins; lipophorin; transferrin