Isolation and characterization of a termite transferrin gene up-regulated on infection

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Thompson, Graham J ^a,b   Crozier, Y Ching ^a   Crozier, Ross H ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Insect immunity; Mastotermes; Subtractive hybridization; Tests for positive selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ISOPTERA; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFERRIN; UP-REGULATION;

FUNGI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; MASTOTERMES; MASTOTERMES DARWINIENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037321923     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2003.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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