Structure and location of a ferritin gene of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3885-3890

  Pham, Daphne Q D ^a   Brown, Susan E ^b   Knudson, Dennis L ^b   Winzerling, Joy J ^c   Dodson, Mark S ^d   Shaffer, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Ferritin; FISH; Gene; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1Q; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSPOSON; YELLOW FEVER;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INTRONS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033931425     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01428.x     Document Type: Article

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