Identification and expression of odorant-binding proteins of the malaria-carrying mosquitoes Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles arabiensis

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 175-189

  Li, Zheng Xi ^a,b   Pickett, John A ^a   Field, Linda M ^a   Zhou, Jing Jiang ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Anopheles gambiae; Mosquito; Odorant binding protein; Olfaction; Semi quantitative RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ODORANT BINDING PROTEIN; ODORANT-BINDING PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; INSECTA;

EID: 16244402354     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20047     Document Type: Article

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