Identification of germline transcriptional regulatory elements in Aedes aegypti

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Akbari, Omar S ^a   Papathanos, Philippos A ^a   Sandler, Jeremy E ^a   Kennedy, Katie ^a   Hay, Bruce A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEDEA PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; SMAD4 PROTEIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; CHIKUNGUNYA; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MALE; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; DENGUE; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SMAD4 PROTEIN; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 84915826227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03954     Document Type: Article

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