Identification and characterization of circadian clock genes in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 123-139

  Cortes T ^a   Ortiz Rivas, B ^a   Martinez Torres D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aphid; Circadian expression; Clock genes; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; PISUM SATIVUM;

INSECT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PEA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APHIDS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; GENOME, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEAS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956224107     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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