FMRFamide-like peptides in root knot nematodes and their potential role in nematode physiology

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-265

  Johnston, M J G ^a,b   McVeigh, P ^a   McMaster, S ^a,b   Fleming, C C ^b   Maule, A G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANYLPROLYLLEUCYLASPARTYLARGINYLALANYLALANYLMETHIONYLVALYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; ALANYLPROLYLPHENYLALANYLASPARTYLARGINYLSERYLSERYLMETHIONYLVALYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; ARGINYLASPARAGINYLLYSYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLISOLEUCYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; LYSYLASPARAGINYLASPARAGINYLLYSYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLPHENYLALANYLISOLEUCYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; LYSYLHISTIDYLGLUTAMYLTYROSYLLEUCYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FEEDING; FLP GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; MELOIDOGYNE MINOR; MI FLP 1 GENE; MI FLP 12 GENE; MI FLP 14 GENE; MI FLP 7 GENE; MM FLP 12 GENE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAPID AMPLIFICATION OF COMPLEMENTARY DNA ENDS POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; ROOT KNOT NEMATODE; SENSORY SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FMRFAMIDE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TYLENCHOIDEA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; MELOIDOGYNE MINOR; NEMATODA;

EID: 77955851815     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X09990630     Document Type: Article

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