Gene Families of Cuticular Proteins Analogous to Peritrophins (CPAPs) in Tribolium castaneum Have Diverse Functions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Jasrapuria, Sinu ^a   Specht, Charles A ^b   Kramer, Karl J ^a,c   Beeman, Richard W ^c   Muthukrishnan, Subbaratnam ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CPAP PROTEIN; CPAP1 PROTEIN; CPAP3 PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CPAP1 GENE; CPAP3 GENE; FERTILITY; GENE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MOLTING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHITIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLTING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRIBOLIUM; WING;

HEXAPODA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 84869843926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049844     Document Type: Article

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