Developmental expression patterns of cuticular protein genes with the R&R Consensus from Anopheles gambiae

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 508-519

  Togawa, Toru ^a   Dunn, W Augustine ^a   Emmons, Aaron C ^a   Nagao, John ^a   Willis, Judith H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CPR; Cuticle; Cuticular protein; Gene cluster; Gene dosage compensation; R R Consensus; Real time qRT PCR

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 40049095998     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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