Mosquito dopa decarboxylase cDNA characterization and blood-meal-induced ovarian expression

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-126

  Ferdig, M T ^a   Li, J ^a   Severson, D W ^a   Christensen, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Dopa decarboxylase; Gene expression; Ovary development

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030152880     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.1996.tb00046.x     Document Type: Article

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