A gut-specific serine protease from the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae is down regulated after blood ingestion

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-229

  Shen, Z ^a,b   Edwards, M J ^a,c   Jacobs Lorena, M ^a,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^c OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Chymotrypsin; Digestion; Protease

Indexed keywords

BLOOD MEAL; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CLONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD; CHYMOTRYPSIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOWN-REGULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA;

EID: 0034210233     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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