Prophenoloxidases 1 and 2 from the spruce budworm, choristoneura fumiferana: Molecular cloning and assessment of transcriptional regulation by a polydnavirus

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 188-201

  Doucet, Daniel ^a,b,f   Béliveau, Catherine ^a   Dowling, Ashley ^c   Simard, Jocelyne ^a   Feng, Qili ^d   Krell, Peter J ^e   Cusson, Michel ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^f GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hemocyte; Melanization; Parasitoid; Polydnavirus; Prophenoloxidase; Spruce budworm

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; HEXAPODA; PICEA; TRANOSEMA ROSTRALE; VESPOIDEA;

CATECHOL OXIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PRIMER DNA; PRO PHENOLOXIDASE; PRO-PHENOLOXIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYDNAVIRIDAE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WASP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME PRECURSORS; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; POLYDNAVIRIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WASPS;

EID: 45149106175     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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