Isolation and characterization of the cDNA encoding the prophenoloxidase of fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 983-992

  Park, Doo Sang ^a   Woon Shin, Sang ^a   Kim, Mi Gwang ^a   Park, Soon Sik ^a   Lee, Won Jae ^b   Brey, Paul T ^c   Park, Ho Yong ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bp base pair(s); cDNA, DNA complementary to RNA; Kb, Kilo base(s); Nt, nucleotide(s); Oligo, oligodeoxyribonucleoticle; ORF, open reading frame; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; PO, phenoloxidase; ProPO, prophenoloxidase(s)

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CATECHOL OXIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COPPER; DNA; ENZYME PRECURSOR; MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PRO-PHENOLOXIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME PRECURSORS; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0344734157     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00081-7     Document Type: Article

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