Organization, evolution and expression of a multigene family encoding putative members of the odourant binding protein family in the medfly Ceratitis capitata

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-195

  Christophides, G K ^a   Mintzas, A C ^b   Komitopoulou, Katia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Male specific serum proteins; Medfly; Multigene family; Odourant binding proteins

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; MALE SPECIFIC SERUM POLYPEPTIDES, CERATITIS CAPITATA; ODORANT BINDING PROTEIN; ODORANT-BINDING PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; PLASMA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLY; GENE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD PROTEINS; DIPTERA; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034176559     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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