Characterization of three Toll-like genes from mosquito Aedes aegypti

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-74

  Luna, C ^a   Hoa, N T ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Kanzok, S M ^a   Brown, S E ^b   Imler, J L ^c   Knudson, D L ^b   Zheng, Liangbiao ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Dengue vector; Innate immunity; Mosquito; Toll; Yellow fever vector

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHIMERA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037319852     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2003.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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