Differential expansion and evolution of the exon family encoding the Serpin-1 reactive centre loop has resulted in divergent serpin repertoires among the Lepidoptera

Gene

Volumn 418, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 15-21

  Hegedus, Dwayne D ^a   Erlandson, Martin ^a   Baldwin, Douglas ^a   Hou, Xingwei ^b   Chamankhah, Mahmood ^c  

^a SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Mamestra configurata; Serine protease inhibitor; Serpin

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERPIN 1;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAMESTRA CONFIGURATA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERPINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA CONFIGURATA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

EID: 44949147879     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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