Phenoloxidase in larvae of Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): Molecular cloning of the proenzyme cDNA and enzyme activity in larvae paralyzed and parasitized by Habrobracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 67-79

  Hartzer, Kris L ^a,b   Kun, Yan Zhu ^a   Baker, James E ^b,c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

cDNA; Ectoparasitoid; Habrobracon; Immune system; Phenoloxidase; Plodia interpunctella

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME PRECURSOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED STATES; WASP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME PRECURSORS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; ILLINOIS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MOTHS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WASPS;

BRACONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HABROBRACON; HABROBRACON HEBETOR; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 21244440381     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20056     Document Type: Article

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