Aedes Dronc: A novel ecdysone-inducible caspase in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 563-572

  Cooper, D M ^a   Thi, E P ^a,b   Chamberlain, C M ^a   Pio, F ^a   Lowenberger, C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Apoptosis; Caspase; Development; Ecdysone

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; ECDYSONE;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CASPASES; ECDYSONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 34748823570     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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