Characterization of the multicopper oxidase gene family in Anopheles gambiae

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 817-824

  Gorman, Maureen J ^a   Dittmer, Neal T ^a   Marshall, Jeremy L ^a   Kanost, Michael R ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticle tanning; Detoxification; Immunity; Laccase; Metal metabolism; Multicopper oxidase; Sclerotization

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OOCYTE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OVUM; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 50449097264     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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