Transient expression of the Drosophila melanogaster cinnabar gene rescues eye color in the white eye (WE) strain of Aedes aegypti

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 993-997

  Cornel, Anthony J ^a,b,c   Q Benedict, Mark ^a,b   Salazar Rafferty, Cristina ^a   Howells, Antony J ^d   Collins, Frank H ^a,b,e  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Cinnabar gene; Transient expression

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE; KYNURENINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGENASE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYMOLOGY; EYE COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; OMMOCHROME; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PLASMID; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EYE COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, REPORTER; KYNURENINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MUTATION; PHENOTHIAZINES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; ZOSTEROPIDAE;

EID: 0031427142     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00084-2     Document Type: Article

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