The mosquito dihydrofolate reductase amplicon contains a truncated synaptic vesicle protein gene

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 317-325

  Wang, Z H ^a,b   Fallon, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine cell; Gene amplification; Insecticide; Neuron; Transmembrane domain

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; CLONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COSMID; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DNA PROBE; HYBRIDIZATION; MESSENGER RNA; METHOTREXATE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; REPETITIVE DNA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; INSECTA;

EID: 0032213975     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1998.740317.x     Document Type: Article

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