Organisation and expression of a cluster of yolk protein genes in the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina

Genetica

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-70

  Scott, Maxwell J ^a,d   Atapattu, Asela ^d   Schiemann, Anja H ^d   Concha, Carolina ^b,d   Henry, Rebecca ^d   Carey, Brandi lee ^d   Belikoff, Esther J ^a,d   Heinrich, Jörg C ^d   Sarkar, Abhimanyu ^c,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Lucilia cuprina; Sterile insect technique; Yolk protein

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79251640857     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-010-9492-6     Document Type: Article

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