Characterization of a juvenile hormone-regulated chymotrypsin-like serine protease gene in Aedes aegypti mosquito

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-200

  Bian, Guowu ^a   Raikhel, Alexander S ^b   Zhu, Jinsong ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood feeding; Juvenile hormone; Midgut; Mosquito; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIGESTION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; JUVENILE HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA INTERFERENCE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AEDES AEGYPTI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38349035845     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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