The class A chitin synthase gene of Spodoptera exigua: Molecular cloning and expression patterns

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 409-417

  Chen, Xiaofei ^a   Yang, Xing ^a   Senthil Kumar, N ^a   Tang, Bin ^a   Sun, Xiaojie ^a   Qiu, Xuemei ^a   Hu, Jian ^a   Zhang, Wenqing ^a  

^a School of Life Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Beet armyworm; Chitin synthase; Cuticle; Expression; Immunocytochemistry; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, INSECT; LARVA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SPODOPTERA;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 34247138848     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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