Evolution and functional divergence of enzymes involved in sesquiterpenoid hormone biosynthesis in crustaceans and insects

Peptides

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 451-455

  Hui, Jerome H L ^a,b   Hayward, Alexander ^b   Bendena, William G ^c   Takahashi, Tokiharu ^a   Tobe, Stephen S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Crustaceans; Enzymes; Evolution of function; Hormones; Insects

Indexed keywords

DNA; FARNESOIC ACID METHYL ESTER; FARNESOIC ACID O METHYLTRANSFERASE; JUVENILE HORMONE; JUVENILE HORMONE ACID O METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; SESQUITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANNELID WORM; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CRUSTACEA; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INSECT; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; INSECTS; JUVENILE HORMONES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; PANCRUSTACEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77049120712     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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