Decrease in expression of beta-tubulin and microtubule abundance in flight muscles during diapause in adults of Culex pipiens

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-302

  Kim, M ^a   Denlinger, D L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold tolerance; Culex pipiens; Diapause; Low temperature; Microtubule; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CULEX; DOWN REGULATION; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; THORAX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; CULEX; DOWN-REGULATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; THORAX; TUBULIN;

CULEX PIPIENS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 67249141468     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00870.x     Document Type: Article

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