Identification, characterization and analysis of expression of genes encoding arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferases in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 623-634

  Barbera M ^a   Mengual, B ^a,b   Collantes Alegre, J M ^a   Cortes T ^a,c   Gonzalez A ^a   Martinez Torres D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AANAT; aphid; diapause; life cycle; melatonin; photoperiod

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN;

AANAT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIAPAUSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LIFE-CYCLE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

AANAT; APHID; DIAPAUSE; LIFE-CYCLE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APHIDS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84887467996     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imb.12050     Document Type: Article

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