Cloning and characterization of the Bombyx mori ecdysone oxidase

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-29

  Yang, Hua Jun ^a   Wang, Mei Xian ^a   Zhang, Peng ^a   Sabhat, Awquib ^a   Malik, Firdose Ahmad ^a   Bhaskar, Roy ^a   Zhou, Fang ^a   Li, Xing Hua ^a   Hu, Jia Biao ^a   Sun, Chun Guang ^a   Niu, Yan Shan ^a   Miao, Yun Gen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Ecdysone oxidase; Ecdysteroids; Molting hormones

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA;

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ECDYSONE OXIDASE; ECDYSTEROID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD CELL; BOMBYX; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PUPA; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ECDYSTEROIDS; HEMOCYTES; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; PUPA; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 80051784356     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20436     Document Type: Article

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