Isolation and characterization of three serine protease genes in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-71

  Siden Kiamos I ^a,e   Skavdis, G ^a,b   Rubio, J ^a,c,d   Papagiannakis, G ^a   Louis, C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Malaria; Proteolytic enzymes; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

DNA; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

EID: 0030088079     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.1996.tb00041.x     Document Type: Article

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