2001
Molecular characterization of two serine proteases expressed in gut tissue of the African trypanosome vector, Glossina morsitans morsitans
Yan J, Cheng Q, Li C, Aksoy S. Molecular characterization of two serine proteases expressed in gut tissue of the African trypanosome vector, Glossina morsitans morsitans. Insect Molecular Biology 2001, 10: 47-56. PMID: 11240636, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2001.00232.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerine proteasesSerine protease-encoding genePutative mature proteinHydrophobic signal peptide sequenceInvertebrate serine proteasesProtease-encoding genesPost-transcriptional levelAmino acid mature peptideGut tissueSer catalytic triadSignal peptide sequenceRegulation of expressionPattern of expressionSerine protease 1Insect gutMature proteinVector insectsDeduced peptideChymotrypsin-like proteaseTsetse genomeSpecific residuesCatalytic triadAfrican trypanosomesMature peptidePathogen establishment
2000
A family of genes with growth factor and adenosine deaminase similarity are preferentially expressed in the salivary glands of Glossina m. morsitans
Li S, Aksoy S. A family of genes with growth factor and adenosine deaminase similarity are preferentially expressed in the salivary glands of Glossina m. morsitans. Gene 2000, 252: 83-93. PMID: 10903440, DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(00)00226-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenosine DeaminaseAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBlotting, NorthernBlotting, SouthernDNADNA, ComplementaryFemaleGene Expression RegulationGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGrowth SubstancesMaleMolecular Sequence DataRNA, MessengerSalivaSalivary GlandsSequence Analysis, DNASpecies SpecificityTissue DistributionTsetse FliesConceptsOpen reading frameFemale adult fliesDeduced protein sequenceSignal peptide characteristicDifferent fly tissuesFamily of genesFull-length cDNAAmino acid identityLarval developmental stagesRegulation of expressionN-terminal regionGrowth factorAmino acid residuesTissues of adultAnalysis of proteinsGenomic arrangementPutative proteinFly tissuesSarcophaga peregrinaAcid identityHydrophobic sequenceCDNA libraryReading frameAdult fliesProtein sequences