Lysozyme of the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua: Activity induction and cDNA structure

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 511-519

  Bae, Sangki ^a   Kim, Yonggyun ^a  

^a Andong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cDNA; Enzyme activity; Induction; Laminarin; Lipopolysaccharide; Lysozyme; N Terminal sequence; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR); Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LAMINARAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LYSOZYME; POLYSACCHARIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; EXON; FAT BODY; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INJECTION; INTRON; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 0037523342     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00119-2     Document Type: Article

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