Chapter 2 Gene Expression Studies in Mosquitoes

Advances in Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue , 2008, Pages 19-50

  Chen, Xiao Guang ^a   Mathur, Geetika ^b   James, Anthony A ^b,c  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TRANSGENE; TRANSPOSON;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULICIDAE; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALARIA; REPRODUCTION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 58249084037     PISSN: 00652660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2660(08)00802-X     Document Type: Chapter

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