Functional analysis of a mosquito γ-aminobutyric acid receptor gene promoter

Gene

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-133

  Shotkoski, Frank ^a,d   Morris, Alison C ^b   James, Anthony A ^b   Ffrench Constant, Richard H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c 237 Russell Laboratories   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclodiene; Embryo micro injection; Genetic transformation; Insecticide resistance; Promoter analysis; Transient expression

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MICROINJECTION; MINIGENE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR GENE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DROSOPHILIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030063012     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00756-3     Document Type: Article

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