Characterization of the soluble guanylyl cyclase β-subunit gene in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-30

  Caccone, Adalgisa ^a,b   Garcia, B A ^c   Mathiopoulos, K D ^d   Min, G S ^a   Moriyama, E N ^a   Powell, J R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; DNA; Guanylyl cyclase subunit; Molecular evolution; Pegasus transposable element

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOMIC DNA; GUANYLATE CYCLASE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA; PEGASUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033081285     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.810023.x     Document Type: Article

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