Partial purification of a farnesyl diphosphate synthase from whole-body Manduca sexta

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 889-899

  Sen, Stephanie E ^a   Sperry, Andrea E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farnesyl diphosphate synthase; Juvenile hormone; Prenyltransferase

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROL; HYDROXYAPATITE; INSECT PROTEIN; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE DELTA ISOMERASE; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SEPHAROSE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TRANSFERASE; UBIQUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ENZYMOLOGY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME STABILITY; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035983291     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(01)00178-3     Document Type: Article

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