Driving midgut-specific expression and secretion of a foreign protein in transgenic mosquitoes with AgAper1 regulatory elements

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-279

  Abraham, E G ^a   Donnelly Doman, M ^b   Fujioka, H ^b   Ghosh, A ^a   Moreira, L ^b,c   Jacobs Lorena, M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Peritrophic matrix protein 1; Phospholipase A2; Plasmodium; Transgenic mosquito; Transmission blocking

Indexed keywords

APER1 PROTEIN, ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CARRIER PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANOPHELES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 20444429428     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2004.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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