The angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene family of Anopheles gambiae

BMC Genomics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Burnham, Susan ^a   Smith, Judith A ^b   Lee, Alison J ^a   Isaac, R Elwyn ^a   Shirras, Alan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; GENOME; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 29144479343     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-6-172     Document Type: Article

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