Analysis of the wild-type and mutant genes encoding the enzyme kynurenine monooxygenase of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 483-490

  Han, Q ^a   Calvo, E ^b   Marinotti, O ^b   Fang, J ^a   Rizzi, M ^c   James, A A ^b   Li, Jianyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 hydroxykynurenine; Aedes aegypti; Kynurenine; Kynurenine 3 monooxygenase; Kynurenine hydroxylase; White eye

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; KINETICS; KYNURENINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AEDES AEGYPTI; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; ZOSTEROPIDAE;

EID: 0141763611     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2003.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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