The cloning and characterisation of full-length trypsins from the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 303-307

  Kvamme, Bjørn Olav ^a   Frost, Petter ^a   Nilsen, Frank ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Copepoda; Crustacea; Ectoparasite; Lepeophtheirus salmonis; open reading frame; ORF; PCR; polymerase chain reaction; RACE; rapid amplification of cDNA ends; reverse transcription PCR; RT PCR; Serine protease; Trypsin; untranslated region; UTR

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COPEPOD; ECTOPARASITE; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SALMON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COPEPODA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SALMON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRYPSIN;

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 2442522184     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2003.11.017     Document Type: Article

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