Glutathione S-transferases from the larval gut of the silkworm Bombyx mori: cDNA cloning, gene structure, expression and distribution

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 567-574

  Gui, Zhong Zheng ^a,b   Kim, Bo Yeon ^a   Lee, Kwang Sik ^a   Wei, Ya Dong ^a,b   Guo, Xijie ^b   Sohn, Hung Dae ^a   Jin, Byung Rae ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Baculovirus expression vector; Bombyx mori; cDNA cloning; Enzyme; Gene structure; Glutathione S transferase; Silkworm

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CLONAL GROWTH; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LARVA; MOTH;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; PLATYNOTA;

EID: 55249104133     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2008.076     Document Type: Article

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