Detection of expressed chloramphenicol acetyltransferase in the saliva of Culex pipiens mosquitoes

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 423-429

  Kamrud, K I ^a   Olson, K E ^a   Higgs, S ^a   Powers, A M ^a   Carlson, J O ^a   Beaty, B J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloramphenicol acetyl transferase; Culex pipiens; Mosquito cells; Salivary glands; Sindbis virus expression system

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOPROTEIN E1, SINDBIS VIRUS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX PIPIENS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HAMSTER; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALIVA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVARY GLAND; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CRICETINAE; CULEX; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CA VIRUS; CRICETINAE; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS PIPIENS; FELIS CATUS; ILEX COOKII; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 0031149710     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00014-3     Document Type: Article

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