Isolation and expression analysis of multiple isoforms of putative farnesoic acid O-methyltransferase in several crustacean species

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-58

  Kuballa, Anna V ^a,b   Guyatt, Kimberley ^a   Dixon, Bryony ^a   Thaggard, Hazra ^a   Ashton, Anthony R ^c   Paterson, Brian ^a   Merritt, David J ^b   Elizur, Abigail ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Casein kinase II phosphorylation site; Crustacean; Farnesoic acid O methyltransferase (FaMeT); Methyl farnesoate; Multiple isoforms of FaMeT

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; ENZYME; FARNESOIC ACID O METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; CRUSTACEA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENAEIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 33845332751     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.07.020     Document Type: Article

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