Identification of a distinct family of genes encoding atypical odorant-binding proteins in the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 549-560

  Xu, P X ^a   Zwiebelt, L J ^b   Smith, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Invertebrate; Olfaction; Olfactory; Perireceptor; Plasmodium; Smell

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0344232762     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2003.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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