Cloning, characterisation and heterologous expression of an astacin metalloprotease, Sc-AST, from the entomoparasitic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-108

  Jing, Yingjun ^a   Toubarro, Duarte ^a   Hao, Youjin ^a   Simões, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Entomopathogenic nematode; Metaloprotease; Recombinant astacin; Steinernema carpocapsae

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; ASTACIN; CHELATING AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EDETIC ACID; EGTAZIC ACID; GELATIN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOPROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLONING; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODE; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT; LIFE CYCLE; METAL BINDING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEOMICS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; ZYMOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HELMINTH PROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHABDITIDA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ASTACUS ASTACUS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE;

EID: 77957312862     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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