Aedes aegypti phosphohexomutases and uridine diphosphate-hexose pyrophosphorylases: Comparison of primary sequences, substrate specificities and temporal transcription

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 615-624

  Kato, N ^a   Mueller, C R ^a   Wessely, V ^a   Lan, Q ^a   Christensen, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin; Mosquito midgut; Peritrophic matrix; Phosphohexomutase; UDP hexose pyrophosphorylase

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI;

MUTASE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOACETYLGLUCOSAMINE MUTASE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; PHOSPHOMANNOMUTASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHOMUTASES); PHYLOGENY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

EID: 29144460732     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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