Characterization of the yellow fever mosquito sterol carrier protein-2 like 3 gene and ligand-bound protein structure

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 326, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 67-77

  Dyer, David H ^a   Vyazunova, Irina ^a   Lorch, Jeffery M ^a   Forest, Katrina T ^a   Lan, Que ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Fatty acid; Mosquito; Sterol carrier

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; MESSENGER RNA; STEROL CARRIER PROTEIN 2; STEROL CARRIER PROTEIN 2 LIKE 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 67349190601     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: 15734919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-008-0007-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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