Functional characterisation of the Anopheles leucokinins and their cognate G-protein coupled receptor

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 4573-4586

  Radford, Jonathan C ^a   Terhzaz, Selim ^a   Cabrero, Pablo ^a   Davies, Shireen A ^a   Dow, Julian A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aequorin; Anopheles gambiae; Anopheles stephensi; Calcium; Leucokinin; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

AEQUORIN; CALCIUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; INSECT HORMONE; LEUCOKININ I; NEUROPEPTIDE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOME; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AEQUORIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; GENOME; INSECT HORMONES; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROPEPTIDES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CULEX SALINARIUS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 13144277629     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01317     Document Type: Article

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