The ceratotoxin gene family in the medfly Ceratitis capitata and the Natal fruit fly Ceratitis rosa (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Heredity

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 382-389

  Rosetto, M ^a,c   Marchini, D ^a   De Filippis, T ^a   Ciolfi, S ^a   Frati, F ^a   Quilici, S ^b   Dallai, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptides; Female specific peptides; Gene duplication; Insect immunity; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

FLY; GENETICS; TOXIN;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; EVOLUTION; INSECT PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; CERATITIS ROSA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ROSA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0037911548     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800258     Document Type: Article

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