Immune cascade of Spodoptera litura: Cloning, expression, and characterization of inducible prophenol oxidase

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 337, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 394-400

  Rajagopal, R ^a   Thamilarasi, K ^a   Venkatesh, G Raja ^a   Srinivas, P ^a   Bhatnagar, Raj K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

Haemocytes; Insect immunity; Melanization; Prophenol oxidase; Spodoptera litura

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLCATECHOL; AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT; INSECT GENETICS; INSECT RESISTANCE; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPODOPTERA LITURA; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME PRECURSORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPODOPTERA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 25844501897     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.057     Document Type: Article

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