PCR cloning of a histone H1 gene from Anopheles stephensi mosquito cells: Comparison of the protein sequence with histone H1-like, C-terminal extensions on mosquito ribosomal protein S6

BMC Genomics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Zhai, Yongjiao ^a   Fallon, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H1; PROTEIN S6;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSECT CELL; INSECT GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MOSQUITO; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 25444461143     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-6-8     Document Type: Article

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