Alternative splicing generates multiple transcripts of the inhibitor of apoptosis protein 1 in Aedes and Culex spp. mosquitoes

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1222-1233

  Beck, Eric T ^a   Blair, Carol D ^a   Black IV, William C ^a   Beaty, Barry J ^a   Blitvich, Bradley J ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes mosquitoes; Alternative splicing; Culex mosquitoes; Inhibitor of apoptosis

Indexed keywords

INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AEDES; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AEDES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULEX; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX TARSALIS; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS;

EID: 34748834575     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.07.015     Document Type: Article

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