Mosquito glucosamine-6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase: cDNA, gene structure and enzyme kinetics

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 637-646

  Kato, Nobutaka ^a   Mueller, Christopher R ^a   Wessely, Vilena ^a   Lan, Que ^a   Christensen, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin; GNA; GNAT superfamily; Midgut; Mosquito; Peritrophic matrix

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 17844402766     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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