The ferritin light-chain homologue promoter in Aedes aegypti

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-270

  Pham, D Q D ^a   Chavez, C A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferritin light chain homologue promoter; Gene regulation; Iron; Mosquito; Transcription

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; INSECT PROTEIN; IRON;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; FERRITINS; INSECT PROTEINS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 20444384793     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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