Article
Transcriptional regulation of the mosquito vitellogenin gene via a blood meal-triggered cascade.
Gene - 22 Aug 2001
Kokoza V A, Martin D, Mienaltowski M J, Ahmed A, Morton C M, Raikhel A S
Abstract excerpt
In anautogenous mosquitoes, a blood meal is required for activation of genes encoding yolk protein precursors (YPP). Vitellogenin (Vg), the major YPP gene, is transcribed at a very high level following blood meal activation. It is expressed exclusively in the female fat body, the tissue producing most of mosquito hemolymph and immune proteins. In this paper, we analyzed the upstream region of the Aedes aegypti Vg...
Topics
- 5' Flanking Region
- Aedes
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Binding, Competitive
- Blood
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay
- Fat Body