Characterization of genomic DNA encoding cecropins from an Aedes albopictus mosquito cell line

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-30

  Sun, D ^a,b   Fallon, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Cecropin; Gene structure; Immune response; Mosquito cell line

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECT PROTEIN;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CLASSIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENOMIC LIBRARY; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0036008684     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0962-1075.2001.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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