CDNA cloning, homology modelling and evolutionary insights into novel endogenous cellulases of the borer beetle Oncideres albomarginata chamela (Cerambycidae)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-336

  Calderon Cortes N ^a   Watanabe, H ^b   Cano Camacho, H ^c   Zavala Paramo G ^c   Quesada, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Glycosyl hydrolase evolution; Oncideres albomarginata chamela; Phylogenetic analysis; Protein three dimensional structure

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELLULASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME ASSAYS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; METAZOA; ONCIDERES;

EID: 77951961484     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.00991.x     Document Type: Article

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