Isolation and characterization of a C-type lectin cDNA specifically expressed in the tip of mouthparts of the flesh fly Sarcophaga peregrina

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-140

  Yamamoto Kihara, M ^a   Kotani, E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feeding; Gustatory organ; Immune system; Suppression subtractive hybridization; Whole mount in situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LECTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIPTERA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOUTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; HAUSTELLUM; INSECTA; PEREGRINA; SARCOPHAGA PEREGRINA; SARCOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 1942440397     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0962-1075.2004.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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