Cathepsin L function in insect moulting: Molecular cloning and functional analysis in cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 823-834

  Liu, J ^b   Shi, G P ^b,c   Zhang, W Q ^a   Zhang, G R ^a   Xu, W H ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathepsin L; CLIK148; Cuticle and epidermis layer; E 64; Haemolymph; Helicoverpa armigera; Insect moulting; Whole body

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN; CATHEPSIN L; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ECDYSONE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COTTON; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATHEPSINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ECDYSONE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLTING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33845622505     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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