Structure and expression of chitin synthase in the parasitic nematode Dirofilaria immitis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 231-234

  Harris, Margaret T ^a   Fuhrman, Juliet A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase; Dirofilaria; EC 2.4.1.16; Eggshell; Embryogenesis; Nematoda

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; HYDROPHILICITY; INSECT; MALE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OPEN READING FRAME; ORTHOLOGY; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; INSECTA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0036068053     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00102-0     Document Type: Article

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