Gene structure and polymorphism of an invertebrate nitric oxide synthase gene

Gene

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-34

  Luckhart, S ^a   Rosenberg, R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Insect immunity; Malaria; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; EXONS; GENES, INSECT; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTRONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033577887     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00121-3     Document Type: Article

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