Isolation of an imaginal disc growth factor homologue from Pieris rapae and its expression following parasitization by Cotesia rubecula

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 687-694

  Asgari, Sassan ^a   Schmidt, Otto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cotesia rubecula; Imaginal disc growth factor; Immune suppressor; Parasitoid; Pieris rapae; Protein expression

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ENDOPARASITE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNITY; PARASITOID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BUTTERFLY; EGG LAYING; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYDNAVIRIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE; WASP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BUTTERFLIES; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, VIRAL; HEMOCYTES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVIPOSITION; POLYDNAVIRIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WASPS;

COTESIA; COTESIA RUBECULA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 3543121892     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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