Characterization of a trehalose-6-phosphate synthase gene from Spodoptera exigua and its function identification through RNA interference

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 813-821

  Tang, Bin ^a,b   Chen, Jie ^a   Yao, Qiong ^a   Pan, Zhanqing ^a   Xu, Weihua ^a   Wang, Shigui ^b   Zhang, Wenqing ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cloning; Expression pattern; RNAi; Spodoptera exigua; Trehalose 6 phosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INSECT PROTEIN; TREHALOSE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE; TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISACCHARIDE; FAT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INSECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; RNA; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EXON; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EXONS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; INSECT PROTEINS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPODOPTERA; TREHALOSE;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 77954835264     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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