Molecular characterization and gene expression of apolipophorin III from the ghost moth, Thitarodes pui (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Sun, Zixuan ^a   Yu, Junfeng ^a   Wu, Wenjing ^a   Zhang, Guren ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apolipophorin III; Beauveria bassiana; Quantitative real time PCR; Thitarodes pui

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPHORIN III; APOLIPOPROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEAUVERIA; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HEPIALIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84860838940     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20456     Document Type: Article

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