Trehalose-6-phosphate synthase from the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis and Drosophila melanogaster: Gene identification, cloning, heterologous functional expression and identification of inhibitors by high throughput screening

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 456-471

  Kern, C ^a   Wolf, C ^a   Bender, F ^a   Berger, M ^a   Noack, S ^a   Schmalz, S ^a   Ilg, T ^a  

^a Intervet Innovation GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ectoparasite; high throughput screening; insecticide target; pesticide target; trehalose

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INSECTICIDE; PYRAN DERIVATIVE; TREHALOSE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE; TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; INSECTICIDES; KINETICS; PYRANS; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TREHALOSE;

CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84863700546     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2012.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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