Characterization and expression analysis of a trypsin-like serine protease from planarian Dugesia japonica

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 7041-7047

  Zhou, Luming ^a   Wu, Suge ^a   Liu, Dianchen ^a   Xu, Bo ^b   Zhang, Xiufang ^a   Zhao, Bosheng ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b YANTAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Characterization; Dugesia japonica; Expression; Planarian; Trypsin like serine protease

Indexed keywords

TRYPTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUGESIA JAPONICA; ENZYME ANALYSIS; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYADENYLATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE REGENERATION; TURBELLARIA; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANARIANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPSIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DUGESIA JAPONICA; PLANARIA;

EID: 84864279265     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-1535-x     Document Type: Article

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