Cloning, partial purification and in vivo developmental profile of expression of the juvenile hormone epoxide hydrolase of Ctenocephalides felis

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 191-206

  Keiser, Katherine C L ^a   Brandt, Kevin S ^a   Silver, Gary M ^a   Wisnewski, Nancy ^a,b  

^a HESKA CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat flea; Juvenile hormone epoxide hydrolase; Juvenile hormone esterase

Indexed keywords

CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; MANDUCA SEXTA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

ANTIBODY; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; JUVENILE HORMONE EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLEA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RABBIT; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPOXIDE HYDROLASES; FLEAS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0036673062     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.10044     Document Type: Article

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