Molecular, biochemical and histochemical characterization of two acetylcholinesterase cDNAs from the German cockroach Blattella germanica

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 513-522

  Kim, J I ^a   Jung, C S ^a   Koh, Y H ^b   Lee, S H ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; German cockroach (Blattella germanica); Histochemistry; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLATTELLIDAE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLATTELLIDAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; INSECTA;

EID: 33746677486     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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