Identification, cloning, and expression of a GHF9 cellulase from Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 300-306

  Willis, Jonathan D ^a   Oppert, Brenda ^b   Oppert, Cris ^a   Klingeman, William E ^a   Jurat Fuentes, Juan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Cellulase; Cellulolytic activity; Endoglucanase; GHF9; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECT PROTEIN;

BEETLE; BIOFUEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOMOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRIBOLIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLULASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRIBOLIUM;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 78651440931     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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