Molecular characterization of three gut genes from glossina morsitans morsitans: Cathepsin B, zinc-metalloprotease and zinc-carboxypeptidase

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-65

  Yan, J ^a,b   Cheng, Q ^a,b   Li, C B ^a,b   Aksoy, S ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathepsin B; Glossina; Insect; Midgut; Trypanosome; Tsetse; Zinc carboxypeptidase; Zinc metalloprotease

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; EUKARYOTA; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS MORSITANS; GLOSSINIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TRYPANOSOMA;

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CATHEPSIN B; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; METALLOPROTEINASE; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; TSETSE FLY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; CATHEPSIN B; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TSETSE FLIES; ZINC;

EID: 0036008501     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0962-1075.2001.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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