Carbohydrate-active enzymes revealed in Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) transcriptome

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-245

  Zhang, D ^a   Lax, A R ^a   Henrissat, B ^b   Coutinho, P ^b   Katiya, N ^c   Nierman, W C ^c   Fedorova, N ^c  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CAZyme; EST; gene differential expression; termite; trehalose biosynthetic and metabolic pathway

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; ESTERASE; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; TREHALOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELLULASES; ESTERASES; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; ISOPTERA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TRANSCRIPTOME; TREHALOSE;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 84862823608     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2011.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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