Structure and expression of the lipophorin-encoding gene of the malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-109

  Marinotti, Osvaldo ^a   Capurro, Margareth de L ^b   Nirmala, Xavier ^a   Calvo, Eric ^a   James, Anthony A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fat body; Hemolymph; Lipid; Lipoprotein; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; APOLIPOPROTEIN; ECDYSONE; INSECT PROTEIN; LIPID; LIPOPHORIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PREPROAPOLIPHORIN I; PREPROAPOLIPHORIN II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; EGG; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSECT GENETICS; LIPID TRANSPORT; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VECTOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TISSUE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33744721801     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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