Molecular cloning and characterization of a calreticulin cDNA from the pinewood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-126

  Li, Xundong ^a,b   Zhuo, Kan ^a   Luo, Mei ^a,c   Sun, Longhua ^d   Liao, Jinling ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS   (China)

^c ZHONGKAI UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING   (China)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus; Calreticulin; CDNA cloning; RACE; RNAi; RT PCR; Southern blot

Indexed keywords

CALRETICULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BURSAPHELENCHUS XYLOPHILUS; BX CRT 1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CALRETICULIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PINUS; PLANT DISEASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, HELMINTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TYLENCHIDA;

BURSAPHELENCHUS XYLOPHILUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 79954423758     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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