Genomic organization and immune regulation of the defensin gene from the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 481-490

  Eggleston, P ^a   Lu, W ^b   Zhou, Y ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Defensin; Immunity; Mosquito; Promoter

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; EXON; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME ORGANIZATION; HAPLOIDY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN P 50; PROTEIN P40; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DEFENSINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; GENES, INSECT; GENOME; INSECT PROTEINS; INTRONS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NF-KAPPA B; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION; UP-REGULATION;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033754956     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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