Cloning and characterization of insect arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase from Bombyx mori

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 358-366

  Tsugehara, Taketo ^a   Iwai, Sachio ^a   Fujiwara, Yoshihiro ^a   Mita, Kazuei ^b   Takeda, Makio ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase; Baculovirus expression system; Bombyx mori; Dopamine; Norepinephrine; Octopamine; Serotonin; Tryptamine

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; NORADRENALIN; OCTOPAMINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SEROTONIN; TYRAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SILKWORM;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34249082778     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.10.112     Document Type: Article

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