Molecular identification of a bevy of serine proteinases in Manduca sexta hemolymph

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 931-943

  Jiang, Haobo ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Gu, Yongli ^b   Guo, Xiaoping ^a   Zou, Zhen ^a   Scholz, Frank ^c   Trenczek, Tina E ^c   Kanost, Michael R ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clip domain; Hemolymph protein; Insect immunity; Melanization; Phenoloxidase; Proteinase cascade

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE LIBRARY; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNITY; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 23844439359     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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