Differential expression of endogenous plant cell wall degrading enzyme genes in the stick insect (Phasmatodea) midgut

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shelomi, Matan ^a,b   Jasper, W Cameron ^a   Atallah, Joel ^a   Kimsey, Lynn S ^a   Johnson, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; ENZYME; GENOMIC DNA; PLANT CELL WALL DEGRADING ENZYME; PLANT PROTEIN; POLYGALACTURONASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARETAON ASPERRIMUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXTATOSOMA TIARATUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MEDAUROIDEA EXTRADENTATA; MIDGUT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PERUPHASMA SCHULTEI; PHASMATODEA; RAMULUS ARTEMIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIPYLOIDEA SIPYLUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; INSECT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT CELL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL WALL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84964314871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-917     Document Type: Article

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