Identification and characterization of juvenile hormone esterase gene from the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 8 SPEC. ISS, 2007, Pages 829-837

  Bai, Hua ^a   Ramaseshadri, Parthasarathy ^a   Palli, Subba Reddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baculovirus expression; Development; Gene identification; Hormones; Insect; mRNA profiles

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34447108523     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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