Laccase2 is required for sclerotization and pigmentation of Aedes albopictus eggshell

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1929-1934

  Wu, Xiansheng ^a,b   Zhan, Ximei ^a,b   Gan, Ming ^a,b   Zhang, Dongjing ^a,b   Zhang, Meichun ^c   Zheng, Xiaoying ^a,b   Wu, Yu ^a,b   Li, Zhuoya ^a,b   He, Ai ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LACCASE; LACCASE 2; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG COLOR; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC STABILITY; LACCASE2 GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCLEROTIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THORAX; UPREGULATION;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DENGUE VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHINA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; LACCASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVARY; PIGMENTATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84876290387     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3349-8     Document Type: Article

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