Molecular characterization of chitinase from polyphagous pest Helicoverpa armigera

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 310, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 188-195

  Ahmad, Tarannum ^a   Rajagopal, R ^a   Bhatnagar, Raj K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Developmental expression; Genomic organization; Helicoverpa armigera

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PEST; EXON; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; GLYCOSYLATION; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; INSECT CELL; INTRON; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0141625701     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.08.136     Document Type: Article

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