Isolation of a Fragment Homologous to the Rp49 Constitutive Gene of Drosophila in the Neotropical Malaria Vector Anopheles Aquasalis (Diptera: Culicidae)

Abstract

The constitutive ribosomal gene rp49 is frequently used as an endogenous control in Drosophila gene expression experiments. Using the degenerate primer PCR technique we have cloned a fragment homologous to this gene in Anopheles aquasalis Curry, a Neotropical vector of malaria. In addition, based on this first sequence, a new primer was designed, which allowed the isolation of fragments of rp49 in two other species, Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) and Culex quinquefasciatus Say, suggesting that it could be used to cl…