Cloning, expression and characterization of a dipteran farnesyl diphosphate synthase

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1198-1206

  Sen, Stephanie E ^a   Trobaugh, Corey ^a   Béliveau, Catherine ^b   Richard, Thenesha ^a   Cusson, Michel ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Farnesyl diphosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GERANYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE DOSAGE; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34848857004     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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