Functional and phylogenetic analyses of a putative Drosophila melanogaster UDP-glycosyltransferase gene

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1597-1604

  Luque, Teresa ^a   O'Reilly, David R ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detoxication; Drosophila; Glucosidation; Glycosidation; UDP glucosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; UGT37A1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036890740     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00080-2     Document Type: Article

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