A calcium bioluminescence assay for functional analysis of mosquito (aedes aegypti) and tick (rhipicephalus microplus) G protein-coupled receptors

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 50, 2011, Pages

  Lu, Hsiao Ling ^a   Kersch, Cymon N ^a   Taneja Bageshwar, Suparna ^a   Pietrantonio, Patricia V ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80355128023     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2732     Document Type: Article

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