Purification and primary structural characterization of prophenoloxidases from Aedes aegypti larvae

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1269-1283

  Li, Junsuo S ^a   Seong, Ruyl Kim ^a   Christensen, Bruce M ^b   Li, Jianyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Prophenoloxidase; ProPO activation; ProPO purification

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PRIMER DNA; PRO PHENOLOXIDASE; PRO-PHENOLOXIDASE;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATECHOL OXIDASE; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME PRECURSORS; LARVA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AEDES AEGYPTI; INSECTA;

EID: 26244443507     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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