Detection of the Wolbachia-encoded DNA binding protein, HU beta, in mosquito gonads

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 272-279

  Beckmann, John F ^a   Markowski, Todd W ^a   Witthuhn, Bruce A ^a   Fallon, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; Cytoplasmic incompatibility; HU; Mosquito; SDS PAGE; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE LIKE PROTEIN HU, BACTERIA; HISTONE-LIKE PROTEIN HU, BACTERIA;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; FEMALE; GENETICS; GONAD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULEX; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84873198265     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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