Molecular characterization of five serine protease genes cloned from Anopheles gambiae hemolymph

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-46

  Gorman, Maureen J ^a   Andreeva, Olga V ^a   Paskewitz, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accession numbers; AF 11751; AF11749; AF1177348; AF117750; AF117752; Anopheles gambiae; Clip domain; Insect immunity; Malaria; Mosquito; Plasmodium; Prophenoloxidase activating enzyme; Serine protease; Sp14A; Sp14D2; Sp18D; Sp22D; Sp27A

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033962819     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00095-8     Document Type: Article

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