Genome organization, phylogenies, expression patterns, and three-dimensional protein models of two acetylcholinesterase genes from the red flour beetle

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Lu, Yanhui ^a,c   Pang, Yuan Ping ^b   Park, Yoonseong ^c   Gao, Xiwu ^a   Yao, Jianxiu ^c   Zhang, Xin ^c   Zhu, Kun Yan ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE 1; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE 2; AMINO ACID; CHOLINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECTICIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE 1 GENE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE 2 GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 5; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT GENOME; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRIBOLIUM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BEETLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GENOME; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, INSECT; INSECTICIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84863116274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032288     Document Type: Article

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