Characterization of Aedes Dredd: A novel initiator caspase from the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 559-569

  Cooper, Dawn M ^a   Pio, Frederic ^a   Thi, Emily P ^a   Theilmann, Dave ^b   Lowenberger, Carl ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Apoptosis; Death effector domain; Immunity; Initiator caspase

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; ECDYSONE; INSECT PROTEIN;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; ECDYSONE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 34248597362     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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