Plasmodium activates the innate immune response of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6114-6119

  Richman, Adam M ^a   Dimopoulos, George ^a   Seeley, Douglas ^a   Kafatos, Fotis C ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Insect immunity; Malaria; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DEFENSIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MALARIA; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DEFENSINS; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; INTESTINES; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030684057     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.20.6114     Document Type: Article

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