Yellow fever mosquito sterol carrier protein-2 gene structure and transcriptional regulation

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-215

  Vyazunova, I ^a   Lan, Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Insect hormone; Sterol carrier protein; Tran scription factor

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; DNA; ECDYSTERONE; HR3 PROTEIN, AEDES AEGYPTI; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; STEROL CARRIER PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; ECDYSTERONE; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77952595277     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00959.x     Document Type: Article

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