Analysis of two novel midgut-specific promoters driving transgene expression in Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Nolan, Tony ^a   Petris, Elisa ^a   Müller, Hans Michael ^b   Cronin, Ann ^a   Catteruccia, Flaminia ^a,c   Crisanti, Andrea ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ANTRYP1 GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; G12 GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANOPHELES (GENUS); ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; PLASMODIUM PARASITES;

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANOPHELES; CULICIDAE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REPORTER; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, G12-G13; INSECT VECTORS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 79951533533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016471     Document Type: Article

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