Molecular structure of the prothoracicotropic hormone gene in the northern house mosquito, Culex pipiens, and its expression analysis in association with diapause and blood feeding

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-213

  Zhang, Q ^a   Denlinger, D L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blood meal; body size; Culex pipiens; day length; development time; diapause; gene expression; PTTH

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; INSECT HORMONE; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PUPA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BOMBYX MORI; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS PIPIENS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952295211     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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