Expressed sequence tags from the midgut of Epiphyas postvittana (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 675-690

  Simpson, R M ^a   Newcomb, R D ^a   Gatehouse, H S ^a   Crowhurst, R N ^a   Chagne D ^a   Gatehouse, L N ^a   Markwick, N P ^a   Beuning, L L ^a   Murray, C ^a   Marshall, S D ^a   Yauk, Y K ^a   Nain, B ^a   Wang, Y Y ^a   Gleave, A P ^a   Christeller, J T ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Detoxification; Digestion; Epiphyas postvittana; EST library; Larvae; Midgut; Peritrophic membrane; Tortricidae

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECT PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; LEPIDOPTERA; LIPID METABOLISM; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 37349102284     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00763.x     Document Type: Article

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