Aedes aegypti midgut early trypsin is post-transcriptionally regulated by blood feeding

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-29

  Noriega, F G ^a   Pennington, J E ^a   Barillas Mury, C ^a,b   Wang, X Y ^a   Wells, M A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mosquito; Post transcriptional regulation; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

ENZYME PRECURSOR; TRYPSIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EATING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SWINE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BLOOD; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EATING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; SWINE; TRYPSIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030088068     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.1996.tb00037.x     Document Type: Article

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