Cloning and characterization analysis of the genes encoding precursor of mast cell degranulating peptide from 2 honeybee and 3 wasp species

Acta Genetica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 861-866

  Zhang, Su Fang ^a   Shi, Wan Jun ^a   Cheng, Jia Ann ^a   Zhang, Chuan Xi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Honeybee; MCDP; Sequence comparison; Venom; Wasp

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYSTEINE; MAST CELL DEGRANULATING PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; WASPS;

APIS; APIS CERANA CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA LIGUSTICA; HEXAPODA; POLISTES; POLISTES HEBRAEUS; VELUTINA VELUTINA; VESPA; VESPA MAGNIFICA; VESPA VELUTINA NIGRITHORAX; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0041817644     PISSN: 03794172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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