Cloning and characterization of a Gasp homolog from the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana, and its putative role in cuticle formation

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1427-1435

  Nisole, A ^a   Stewart, D ^a   Bowman, S ^b   Zhang, D ^b   Krell, P J ^c   Doucet, D ^b   Cusson, M ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chitin binding domain; Choristoneura fumiferana; Cuticle; Gasp

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

CHITIN; CLONE; CUTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTH; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; HEXAPODA; PICEA;

EID: 77955418159     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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