Identification and characterization of two arginine kinases from the parasitic insect Ctenocephalides felis

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 634-645

  Werr, Margaret ^a   Cramer, Jörg ^a   Ilg, Thomas ^a  

^a Intervet Innovation GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arginine kinase; Cat flea; Insect energy metabolism; Molecular modelling

Indexed keywords

ARGININE KINASE; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLEA; GENETICS; INSECT; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE KINASE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLEAS; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); STREPSIPTERA;

EID: 68949167737     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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