Biosynthesis of Aedes aegypti lipophorin and gene expression of its apolipoproteins

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 733-738

  Van Heusden, Miranda C ^a   Thompson, Floyd ^b   Dennis, Jonathan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Apolipophorin II; Blood feeding; CDNA; Gene expression; High density lipoprotein; In vitro; Lipophorin; Mosquito; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPHORIN II; APOLIPOPROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPHORIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EATING; FAT BODY; FEMALE; FLUOROGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; LIPOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EATING; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032192211     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(98)00068-X     Document Type: Article

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