Characterization of the ecdysteroid UDP-glucosyltransferase gene from Mamestra brassicae nucleopolyhedrovirus

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2865-2871

  Clarke, Enda E ^a,b   Tristem, Michael ^a   Cory, Jennifer S ^b   O'Reilly, David R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYHEDRIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; BACULOVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALIA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; CYPOVIRUS; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0029800374     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-11-2865     Document Type: Article

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