Characterization of two globin genes from the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae: Divergent origin of nematoceran haemoglobins

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-142

  Burmester, Thorsten ^a   Klawitter, Sabine ^b   Hankeln, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Globin; Introns; Midge; Mosquito; Oxygen; Trachea

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; EVOLUTION; HEMOGLOBINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33847753543     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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