Cloning and sequence analysis of the circadian clock genes period and timeless in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 777-782

  Summa, Keith ^a   Urbanski, Jennifer M ^a   Zhao, Xiumei ^a   Poelchau, Monica ^a   Armbruster, Peter ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; circadian clock; period; timeless

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; INTRON; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; INTRONS; MALE; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84861155007     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11171     Document Type: Article

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