Serine proteases identified from a Costelytra zealandica (White) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) midgut EST library and their expression through insect development

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-259

  Marshall, S D G ^a   Gatehouse, L N ^b   Becher, S A ^c   Christeller, J T ^b   Gatehouse, H S ^b   Hurst, M R H ^a   Boucias, D G ^d   Jackson, T A ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

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

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chymotrypsin; Coleoptera; Expressed sequence tag; Midgut; Phylogenetics; Quantitative PCR; Serine protease; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEETLES; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; COSTELYTRA ZEALANDICA; HEXAPODA; POACEAE; SCARABAEIDAE; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 43549102239     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2008.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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