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  • Arakane, Y.; Muthukrishnan, S.; Kramer, K.J.; Specht, C.A.; Tomoyasu, Y.; Lorenzen, M.D.; Kanost, M.; Beeman, R.W.
    The Tribolium chitin synthase genes TcCHS1 and TcCHS2 are specialized for synthesis of epidermal cuticle and midgut peritrophic matrix (2005), Insect Mol. Biol., 14, 453-463.
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Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
additional information Tribolium castaneum RNAi-mediated down-regulation of TcCHS2, but not TcCHS1, leads to cessation of feeding, a dramatic shrinkage in larval size and reduced chitin content in the midgut ?
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additional information Tribolium castaneum splice variant 8a of TcCHS1 is required for both the larval-pupal and pupal-adult moults, whereas splice variant 8b is required only for the latter ?
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Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Tribolium castaneum Q6WD22
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Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
additional information RNAi-mediated down-regulation of TcCHS2, but not TcCHS1, leads to cessation of feeding, a dramatic shrinkage in larval size and reduced chitin content in the midgut Tribolium castaneum ?
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additional information splice variant 8a of TcCHS1 is required for both the larval-pupal and pupal-adult moults, whereas splice variant 8b is required only for the latter Tribolium castaneum ?
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
TcCHS1
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 Tribolium castaneum
TcCHS2
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 Tribolium castaneum