Structural organization of the mitochondrial DNA control region in Aedes aegypti

Genome

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 931-937

  Rondan Dueñas, Juan C ^a   Gardenal, Cristina N ^a   Albrieu Llinás, Guillermo ^a   Panzetta Dutari, Graciela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

A+T rich region; Aedes aegypti; Conserved blocks; Mitochondrial DNA; Repeated elements

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSQUITO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CULICIDAE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33845429077     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/G06-053     Document Type: Article

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