cDNA cloning, expression and characterization of nitric-oxide synthase from the salivary glands of the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 807-812

  Yuda, Masao ^a   Hirai, Makoto ^a   Miura, Ken ^a   Matsumura, Haruo ^a   Ando, Kutsuhiko ^a   Chinzei, Yasuo ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Ca2+ and calmodulin dependence; Insect; Nitric oxide synthase; Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHODNIUS; RNA, MESSENGER; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0030433173     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0807r.x     Document Type: Article

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