Identification of immune-related protein kinases from mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti)

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 120-126

  Chiou, Jia Yia ^a   Huang, Shwu Ju ^a   Huang, Shiann Tarng ^a   Cho, Wen Long ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Insect immunity; Mosquito; Serine threonine kinase; Tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA;

EID: 0031800698     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02258365     Document Type: Article

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