Transcriptional complexity of the Anopheles stephensi nitric oxide synthase gene

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 249-256

  Luckhart, S ^a   Li, K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anopheles; Insect immunity; Malaria; Mosquito; Nitric oxide synthase; Plasmodium; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXON; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; EXONS; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035112360     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(00)00144-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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