Molecular cloning and transcriptional activation of lysozyme-encoding cDNAs in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-94

  Ursic Bedoya, R J ^a   Mitzey, A M ^b   Obraztsova, M ^c   Lowenberger, C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect immunity; Lysozyme

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; MESSENGER RNA;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSACTIVATION;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 13544255633     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2004.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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