Knickkopf protein protects and organizes chitin in the newly synthesized insect exoskeleton

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 41, 2011, Pages 17028-17033

  Chaudhari, Sujata S ^a   Arakane, Yasuyuki ^b   Specht, Charles A ^c   Moussian, Bernard ^d   Boyle, Daniel L ^a   Park, Yoonseong ^a   Kramer, Karl J ^a,e   Beeman, Richard W ^e   Muthukrishnan, Subbaratnam ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase; Nikkomycin; Phylogenetic tree; RNAi; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; KNICKKOPF PROTEIN; PROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CUTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MOLTING; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; TRIBOLIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITINASE; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLTING; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRIBOLIUM;

CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 80054749403     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1112288108     Document Type: Article

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