Cloning and expression of a geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase gene: Insights into the synthesis of termite defence secretion

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-131

  Hojo, Masaru ^a,c   Matsumoto, Tadao ^a,d   Miura, Toru ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Defence secretion; GGPPS; Nasus; Soldier specific gene expression; Terpenoid

Indexed keywords

FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FARNESYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

ISOPTERA; NASUS; NASUTITERMES TAKASAGOENSIS;

EID: 33846561649     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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