Subunit composition of pro-phenol oxidase from Manduca sexta: Molecular cloning of subunit ProPO-P1

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 835-850

  Jiang, Haobo ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Ma, Congcong ^a   Kanost, Michael R ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemolymph; Insect immunity; Melanization; Phenol oxidase; Tobacco hornworm

Indexed keywords

CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DETERGENT; ENZYME PRECURSOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PIGMENTATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031251981     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00066-0     Document Type: Article

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