Blood digestion in the mosquito, Anopheles stephensi: The effects of Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis on midgut enzyme activities

Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 535-541

  Jahan, N ^a,c   Docherty, P T ^b,d   Billingsley, P F ^b   Hurd, H ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Lahore College Women University   (Pakistan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase; Anopheles stephensi; Bloodmeal; Chymotrypsin; Plasmodium; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; INTESTINE ENZYME; PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BLOOD; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; CHYMOTRYPSIN; DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALARIA; MICE; PARASITEMIA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLASMODIUM YOELII; STOMACH; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0032697216     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099005090     Document Type: Article

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