An endothelin-converting enzyme homologue in the locust, Locusta migratoria: Functional activity, molecular cloning and tissue distribution

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-240

  Macours, Nathalie ^a   Poels, J ^a   Hens, K ^a   Luciani, N ^b   De Loof, A ^a   Huybrechts, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

ECE; Insect; Locust; Neutral endopeptidase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOTHELINS; GENES, INSECT; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038662039     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2003.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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