SfDronc, an initiator caspase involved in apoptosis in the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 444-454

  Huang, Ning ^a   Civciristov, Srgjan ^b   Hawkins, Christine J ^b   Clem, Rollie J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Dronc; RNAi; Spodoptera frugiperda

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DACTINOMYCIN; INITIATOR CASPASE; INSECT PROTEIN; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SF9 CELL; SPODOPTERA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BACULOVIRIDAE; CASPASES, INITIATOR; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DACTINOMYCIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SF9 CELLS; SPODOPTERA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84875331026     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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