Cloning and characterization of Dorsal homologues in the hemipteran Rhodnius prolixus

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 681-689

  Ursic Bedoya, R ^a   Buchhop, J ^a   Lowenberger, C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Gene regulation; Insect immunity; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

DL (DORSAL) PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHODNIUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHODNIUS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

HEXAPODA; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

EID: 70349215648     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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