cDNA cloning and transcriptional regulation of the vitellogenin receptor from the imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-204

  Chen, M E ^a   Lewis, D K ^a   Keeley, L L ^a   Pietrantonio, P V ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low density lipoprotein receptor; Solenopsis invicta; Transcriptional regulation; Vitellogenin receptor

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EGG PROTEIN; METHOPRENE; PRIMER DNA; VITELLOGENIN RECEPTOR;

AGE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; UPREGULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE COMPONENTS; METHOPRENE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 1942440368     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0962-1075.2004.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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