Identification of 86kDa protein as methionine rich hexamerin in the rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-237

  Damara, Manohar ^a   Dutta Gupta, Aparna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Cloning and purification; Methionine rich hexamerin; Rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HEXAMERIN; INSECT PROTEIN; METHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; STORAGE PROTEINS, INSECTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORCYRA CEPHALONICA; FAT BODY; HEMOLYMPH; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYLOGENY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CORCYRA CEPHALONICA; HEXAPODA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FAT BODY; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 77956186309     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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