Upregulation of two actin genes and redistribution of actin during diapause and cold stress in the northern house mosquito, Culex pipiens

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1226-1233

  Kim, Mijung ^a   Robich, Rebecca M ^a   Rinehart, Joseph P ^a   Denlinger, David L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Actin distribution; Adult diapause; Cold tolerance; Cytoskeleton

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; INSECT PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

COLD TOLERANCE; CRYOBIOLOGY; DIAPAUSE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOSQUITO; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COLD; CULEX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTESTINE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UPREGULATION;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLD; CULEX; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; INTESTINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UP-REGULATION;

CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS PIPIENS;

EID: 33751002961     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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