The AeAct-4 gene is expressed in the developing flight muscles of female Aedes aegypti

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 563-568

  Munoz D ^a,b   Jimenez, A ^b   Marinotti, O ^b   James, A A ^b  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Female specific; Muscle actin; Pupal expression; RIDL

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PRIMER DNA;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLYING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYLOGENY; PUPA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 5044228143     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0962-1075.2004.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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