Cloning and sequence analysis of the aminopeptidase N isozyme (APN2) from Bombyx mori midgut

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-222

  Hua, Gang ^a   Tsukamoto, Kikuo ^a   Ikezawa, Hiroh ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase N; Bombyx mori; Brush border membrane; cDNA; CryI endotoxin; EC 3.4.11.2; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; GPI anchor; Phylogenetic tree; Zinc binding motif

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; ISOENZYME; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

EID: 0032444713     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10091-3     Document Type: Article

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