Investigating apoptosis: Characterization and analysis of Trichoplusia ni-caspase-1 through overexpression and RNAi mediated silencing

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-124

  Hebert, Colin G ^a,b,c   Valdes, James J ^b   Bentley, William E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Baculovirus expression vector systems; Caspase; Insect cells; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIROLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BACULOVIRIDAE; CASPASE 1; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 60849108040     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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