Thioredoxin from the silkworm, Bombyx mori: cDNA sequence, expression, and functional characterization

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 574-581

  Kim, Young Joo ^a   Lee, Kwang Sik ^a   Kim, Bo Yeon ^a   Choo, Young Moo ^a   Sohn, Hung Dae ^a   Jin, Byung Rae ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzyme; Bombyx mori; Insect; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Silkworm; Thioredoxin (Trx); Thioredoxin peroxidase (TPx)

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; PARAQUAT; POLYPEPTIDE; THIOREDOXIN; THIOREDOXIN PEROXIDASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INSECT; LARVA; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UPREGULATION;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34249106406     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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