Sequence analysis and molecular characterization of larval midgut cDNA transcripts encoding peptidases from the yellow mealworm, Tenebrio molitor L.

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 455-468

  Prabhakar, S ^a   Chen, M S ^b   Elpidina, E N ^c   Vinokurov, K S ^c   Smith, C M ^a   Marshall, J ^a   Oppert, B ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carboxypeptidase A; Cathepsins L and B; Coleopteran pests; Insect digestion; Molecular entomology; Peptidase homolog; Peptidases; Serine proteinases; Tenebrio molitor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TENEBRIO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; TENEBRIO;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 34447644452     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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