A factor preventing melanization of sephadex CM C-25 beads in Plasmodium-susceptible and refractory Anopheles gambiae

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-41

  Paskewitz, Susan M ^a   Riehle, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Insect immunity; Malaria; Melanization; Mosquito; Plasmodium; Sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; INSECTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031754466     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4305     Document Type: Article

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