Comparative analysis of serine protease-related genes in the honey bee genome: Possible involvement in embryonic development and innate immunity

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 603-614

  Zou, Z ^a   Lopez, Dawn L ^c   Kanost, Michael R ^b   Evans, Jay D ^c   Jiang, Haobo ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Clip domain; Insect immunity; Phylogenetic analysis; Protease cascade; Serine protease homolog; Serpin

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, INSECT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SERPINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; APIS MELLIFERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 33750477010     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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