Cloning, expression and biocharacterization of OfCht5, the chitinase from the insect Ostrinia furnacalis

Insect Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-157

  Wu, Qingyue ^a   Liu, Tian ^a   Yang, Qing ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chitin; Chitinase; Glycoside hydrolase; N acetyl D glucosamine; Ostrinia furnacalis; Pest control

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOSIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; N-ACETYL-Β-D-GLUCOSAMINE; OSTRINIA FURNACALIS; PEST CONTROL; PH; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; TEMPERATURE;

CHITIN; CHITINASE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE; N-ACETYL-Β-D-GLUCOSAMINE; OSTRINIA FURNACALIS; PEST CONTROL;

ANIMALS; BIOCATALYSIS; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; TEMPERATURE;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA; OSTRINIA FURNACALIS; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 84875629702     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2012.01512.x     Document Type: Article

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