Cloning and analysis of a cecropin gene from the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-84

  Vizioli, J ^a   Bulet, P ^a   Charlet, M ^a   Lowenberger, C ^b   Blass, C ^c   Muller H M ^c   Dimopoulos, G ^c   Hoffmann, J ^a   Kafatos, F C ^c   Richman, Adam ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Antimicrobial peptide; Cecropin; Innate immunity; Malaria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CECROPIN; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCUS; PARASITIC INFECTION; X CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; INSECT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034144458     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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