Identification and mapping of the promoter for the gene encoding the ferritin heavy-chain homologue of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-62

  Pham, D Q D ^a   Shaffer, J J ^a   Chavez, C A ^a   Douglass, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FERRITIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; FERRITINS; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES AEGYPTI; INSECTA;

EID: 0037211668     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00167-4     Document Type: Article

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