Molecular biology of mosquito vitellogenesis: From basic studies to genetic engineering of antipathogen immunity

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1275-1286

  Raikhel, Alexander S ^a   Kokoza, Vladimir A ^a   Zhu, Jinsong ^a   Martin, David ^b   Wang, Sheng Fu ^c   Li, Chao ^d   Sun, Guoqiang ^a   Ahmed, Abdoulaziz ^a   Dittmer, Neal ^e   Attardo, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anautogeny; Ecdysteroid receptor; Gene regulation; Transcription factor; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEFENSIN; ECDYSONE; ECDYSONE RESPONSE FACTOR; INSECT DEFENSIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENE; VITELLOGENESIS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DEFENSINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENES, REGULATOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INSECT VECTORS; VITELLOGENESIS; VITELLOGENINS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA;

EID: 0036784612     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00090-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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