Isolation and molecular characterization of Musca domestica delta-9 desaturase sequences

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 533-542

  Eigenheer, A L ^a   Young, S ^a   Blomquist, G J ^a   Borgeson, C E ^a   Tillman, J A ^a,b   Tittiger, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

cDNA; Fatty acyl CoA desaturase; Gene evolution; Musca domestica; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HOUSEFLIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STEAROYL-COA DESATURASE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; MUSCA DOMESTICA;

EID: 0036897705     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2002.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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