Insect allantoinase: cDNA cloning, purification, and characterization of the native protein from the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 203-214

  Gaines, Patrick J ^a   Tang, Liang ^a   Wisnewski, Nancy ^a  

^a HESKA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4 dinitrophenylhydrazine; Allantoinase; Amidohydrolase; cDNA; Ctenocephalides felis; Flea; Malpighian tubule; Purine degradation pathway

Indexed keywords

CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; INSECTA; MALPIGHIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RANA CATESBEIANA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 1242344720     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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