Characterization and purification of polymorphic arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase from the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-22

  Ichihara, N ^a   Okada, M ^a   Takeda, M ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; American cockroach; N acetyltransferase; Tryptamine

Indexed keywords

5 METHOXYTRYPTAMINE; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ARYLALKYLAMINE-N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ARYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; ISOENZYME; NORADRENALIN; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTAMINE; TYRAMINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COCKROACH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; KINETICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PERIPLANETA; PH;

ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; KINETICS; MALE; PERIPLANETA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BLATTARIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 0035189104     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(01)00075-3     Document Type: Article

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