A lysozyme in the salivary glands of the malaria vector Anopheles darlingi

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-264

  Moreira Ferro, C K ^c   Daffre, S ^c   James, A A ^a   Marinotti, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anopheles; Lysozyme; Mosquito; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; CDNA LIBRARY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; LYSOZYME; MALARIA; PH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES DARLINGI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA;

EID: 0032146553     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.1998.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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