Rapid induction by a blood meal of a carboxypeptidase gene in the gut of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1063-1072

  Edwards, Marten J ^a   A Lemos, Francisco J ^b   Donnelly Doman, Marilyn ^a   Jacobs Lorena, Marcelo ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AgCP; Anopheles gambiae carboxypeptidase; DIG; Digoxigenin; NBF, non blood fed; PCR; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIGOXIGENIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEST MEAL;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SIMULIUM VITTATUM;

EID: 0031427314     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00093-3     Document Type: Article

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