Molecular cloning of cDNAs for two pro-phenol oxidase subunits from the malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 693-699

  Jiang, Haobo ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Korochkina, Svetlana E ^b   Beneš, Helen ^b   Kanost, Michael R ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Encapsulation; Hemolymph; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA LIBRARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALARIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MELANOGASTER; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0031177932     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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