Identification of the gene encoding pro-phenoloxidase A3 in the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-232

  Asano, T ^a   Takebuchi, K ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activation; Drosophila melanogaster; Insect immunity; Melanin formation; Phenoloxidase; Pro phenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; ISOENZYME; PRO PHENOLOXIDASE; PRO-PHENOLOXIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CATECHOL OXIDASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ENZYME PRECURSORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, INSECT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOENZYMES; LARVA; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 62549112979     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2008.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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