Molecular cloning and characterization of the complete acetylcholinesterase gene (Ace1) from the mosquito Aedes aegypti with implications for comparative genome analysis

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 667-674

  Mori, Akio ^a   Lobo, Neil F ^a   deBruyn, Becky ^a   Severson, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Gene annotation; Insecticide resistance; Linkage mapping; Repetitive elements

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EXON; GENE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INTRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULEX; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC MARKERS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INTRONS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 34249686509     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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