Characterization of a vitellogenin gene reveals two phase regulation of vitellogenesis by engorgement and mating in the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata (Acari: Argasidae)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 501-515

  Horigane, M ^a,b   Shinoda, T ^c   Honda, H ^a   Taylor, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

ecdysteroids; EcR; mating; RXR; Vg

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TICK; TIME; VITELLOGENESIS; ARGASIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARGASIDAE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; VITELLOGENESIS; VITELLOGENINS;

ACARI; ARGASIDAE; ARTHROPODA; IXODIDA; ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA;

EID: 77954336910     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01007.x     Document Type: Article

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