Analysis of antifreeze proteins within spruce budworm sister species

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 319-326

  Tyshenko, M G ^a   Doucet, D ^a   Walker, V K ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antifreeze protein; Beta helix; Choristoneura; Molecular evolution; Multigene family; Spruce budworm

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FREEZING; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FREEZING; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CHORISTONEURA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; DITRYSIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PICEA;

EID: 20444403407     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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