Gene structure and expression of nanos (nos) and oskar (osk) orthologues of the vector mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 545-552

  Juhn, J ^a,b   Marinotti, O ^a   Calvo, E ^a,c   James, A A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Germline; Hybridization in situ; Mosquito; nos; osk; Pole cells

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RNA TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CULEX; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; OVARY; RNA TRANSPORT; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; NEMATOCERA;

EID: 52049100827     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2008.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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