Cloning and characterization of a venom allergen-like protein gene cluster from the pinewood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 440-447

  Lin, Shifeng ^a   Jian, Heng ^a   Zhao, Haijuan ^a   Yang, Dan ^a   Liu, Qian ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus; Esophageal gland cells; Gene cluster; Parasitism genes; Secretions; Venom allergen like protein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM ALLERGEN LIKE PROTEIN; VENOM ALLERGEN LIKE PROTEIN 1; VENOM ALLERGEN LIKE PROTEIN 2; VENOM ALLERGEN LIKE PROTEIN 3;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BURSAPHELENCHUS XYLOPHILUS; DNA FLANKING REGION; ESOPHAGUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, HELMINTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PINUS; PLANT DISEASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TYLENCHIDA;

BURSAPHELENCHUS XYLOPHILUS;

EID: 78751585462     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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