Purification and characterization of a mandibular organ protein from the American lobster, Homarus americanus: A putative farnesoic acid O-methyltransferase

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 785-798

  Holford, Kenneth C ^a   Edwards, Kevin A ^b   Bendena, William G ^c   Tobe, Stephen S ^d   Wang, Zhiwei ^d   Borst, David W ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Farnesoic acid; Methyl farnesoate; Methyl transferase

Indexed keywords

FARNESOIC ACID O METHYLTRANSFERASE; FARNESOIC ACID O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MANDIBLE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEPHROPIDAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LARVA; MANDIBLE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEPHROPIDAE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; HOMARUS; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 3242662738     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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