Increase in the size of the amino acid pool is sufficient to activate translation of early trypsin mRNA in Aedes aegypti midgut

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-247

  Noriega, Fernando G ^a   Colonna, Ann E ^a   A Wells, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Midgut; Mosquito; Translation; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SULFUR; TRYPSIN;

AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SOLUTIONS; SULFUR RADIOISOTOPES; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0033103371     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(98)00132-5     Document Type: Article

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