Anopheles gambiae corazonin: Gene structure, expression and effect on mosquito heart physiology

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-355

  Hillyer, J F ^a   Estevez Lao T Y ^a   Funkhouser, L J ^a   Aluoch, V A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; corazonin; dorsal vessel; haemolymph; heart; mosquito; neuropeptide

Indexed keywords

CORAZONIN PROTEIN, INSECT; CORAZONIN RECEPTOR; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HEART; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HEART; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 84861101400     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2012.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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