Meloidogyne incognita: Molecular and biochemical characterisation of a cathepsin L cysteine proteinase and the effect on parasitism following RNAi

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 114-120

  Shingles, J ^a   Lilley, C J ^a   Atkinson, H J ^a   Urwin, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cysteine proteinase; double stranded ribonucleic acid; dsRNA; GLUpNA; Meloidogyne incognita; Meloidogyne incognita cysteine proteinase type L 1; Mi cpl 1; p nitroanalide substrate l pyroglutamyl l phenylalanyl l leucine p nitroanalide; Plant parasitic nematode; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; RNA interference; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EGG PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE; KNOCKOUT GENE; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CATHEPSINS; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT ROOTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TYLENCHOIDEA;

MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; NEMATODA;

EID: 33751410078     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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