Aedes aegypti dopa decarboxylase: Gene structure and regulation

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 231-239

  Ferdig, M T ^a   Taft, A S ^b   Smartt, C T ^b   Lowenberger, C A ^b   Li, J ^c   Zhang, J ^c   Christensen, B M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Dopa decarboxylase; Gene expression; Gene structure; Ovary development

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROXYECDYSONE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PROMOTER REGION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; ECDYSTERONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034210270     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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