Molecular characterization of a gene encoding juvenile hormone esterase in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 527-535

  Tsubota, T ^a   Minakuchi, C ^a   Nakakura, T ^a   Shinoda, T ^a   Shiotsuki, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

carboxyl cholinesterase; cDNA cloning; coleoptera; JHE; juvenile hormone titer regulation

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; JUVENILE HORMONE ESTERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRON; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRIBOLIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTRONS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRIBOLIUM;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 77954327101     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01019.x     Document Type: Article

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