Purification and cloning of the salivary peroxidase/catechol oxidase of the mosquito Anopheles albimanus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 809-816

  Ribeiro, José M C ^a   Valenzuela, Jesus G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles albimanus; Catechol oxidase; Mosquito; Myeloperoxidase; Peroxidase; Salivary gland; Vasodilator

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SALIVARY PEROXIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGS; FEMALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PEROXIDASE; RABBITS; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033118697     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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