Cloning and expression analysis of midgut chymotrypsin-like proteinases in the tobacco hornworm

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1243-1252

  Broehan, Gunnar ^a   Kemper, Michael ^a   Driemeier, Daniel ^a   Vogelpohl, Inga ^a   Merzendorfer, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chymotrypsin like proteinase; Manduca sexta; Midgut; Serine proteinase

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID; CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOTH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INSECT; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; LARVA; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 50249104351     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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