Isolation of a fragment homologous to the rp49 constitutive gene of Drosophila in the Neotropical malaria vector Anopheles aquasalis (Diptera: Culicidae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 545-547

  Gentile, C ^a   Lima, J B P ^a,b   Peixoto, A A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Inst de Biologia do Exército   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Anopheles aquasalis; Culex quinquefasciatus; Drosophila constitutive gene; Mosquitoes; rp49; rpL32

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES AQUASALIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 27744547297     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762005000600008     Document Type: Article

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