Purification, properties and heteromeric association of type-1 and type-2 lepidopteran farnesyl diphosphate synthases

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 8 SPEC. ISS, 2007, Pages 819-828

  Sen, Stephanie E ^a   Cusson, Michel ^b   Trobaugh, Corey ^a   Béliveau, Catherine ^b   Richard, Thenesha ^a   Graham, Wendy ^a   Mimms, Adrian ^a   Roberts, Gregory ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Farnesyl diphosphate synthase; Isoprenoid biosynthesis; Juvenile hormone; Lepidoptera

Indexed keywords

AGROTIS IPSILON; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; PICEA;

EID: 34447267676     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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