Cloning and characterization of a trypsin-encoding cDNA of the human body louse Pediculus humanus

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-18

  Kollien, A H ^a   Waniek, P J ^a   Prols F ^b   Habedank, B ^c   Schaub, G A ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cDNA library; Lice; Pediculus humanus; Serine protease; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; TRYPSIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDICULUS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDICULUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; TRYPSIN;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CORPORIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 1342332071     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2004.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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