Analysis of a lysozyme gene from the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae

Gene

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-244

  Kang, Daiwu ^a   Romans, Patricia ^b   Lee, Jong Youn ^c,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cytogenetic mapping; Deduced amino acid sequence; Insect immunity; Lysozyme mRNA; NF B; Nucleotide sequence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 21; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRON; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA;

EID: 0029823030     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00088-1     Document Type: Article

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