A caspase-like decoy molecule enhances the activity of a paralogous caspase in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 516-523

  Bryant, Bart ^a   Ungerer, Mark C ^a   Liu, Qingzhen ^a,b   Waterhouse, Robert M ^c   Clem, Rollie J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Drosophila; Insect; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DUPLICATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CASPASES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE DUPLICATION; INSECT PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 77953958241     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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