Aedes aegypti transferrin. Gene structure, expression pattern, and regulation

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-88

  Harizanova, N ^a,b   Georgieva, T ^a   Dunkov, B C ^a   Yoshiga, T ^a,c   Law, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood meal; Drosophila melanogaster; Immunity; Iron; Juvenile hormone

Indexed keywords

IRON; MESSENGER RNA; METHOPRENE; TRANSFERRIN;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IRON; METHOPRENE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFERRIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 13544254492     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2004.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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