A shared genetic mechanism for melanotic encapsulation of CM-Sephadex beads and a malaria parasite, Plasmodium cynomolgi B, in the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 380-386

  Gorman, M J ^a   Cornel, A J ^b   Collins, F H ^b   Paskewitz, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCAPSULATION; GENETICS; MALARIA; MELANOCYTE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI;

EID: 0030561035     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0126     Document Type: Article

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