Mutational analysis of active site residues of chitinase from Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus

Virus Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 168-175

  Daimon, Takaaki ^a   Katsuma, Susumu ^a   Shimada, Toru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Bombyx mori; Cathepsin; Chitinase

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BOMBYX MORI NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; LIQUEFACTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BOMBYX; CHITINASE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; LARVA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; BOMBYX MORI; BOMBYX MORI NPV; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 33846806038     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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