Molecular characterization of the ebony gene from the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 184-195

  Blenau, Wolfgang ^a   Baumann, Arnd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogenic amines; Dopamine; Neurotransmitter inactivation; Non ribosomal peptide synthetase; Serotonin; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC AMINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EBONY PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPLANETA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOGENIC AMINES; BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLANETA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; APIS MELLIFERA; BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 23844500601     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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