Molecular aspects of transferrin expression in the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans morsitans)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 715-723

  Guz, Nurper ^a   Attardo, Geoffrey M ^a   Wu, Yineng ^a   Aksoy, Serap ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Larvigenesis; Oogenesis; Transferrin; Trypanosome; Tsetse; Viviparous reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; TRANSFERRIN;

HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNITY; MILK; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RNA; SERUM; TSETSE FLY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA; TSETSE FLY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFERRIN; TRYPANOSOMA; TSETSE FLIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS MORSITANS; HEXAPODA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 34447509457     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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