Effect of prophenoloxidase expression knockout on the melanization of microfilariae in the mosquito Armigeres subalbatus

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 315-321

  Shiao, S H ^a   Higgs, S ^b   Adelman, Z ^c   Christensen, B M ^d   Liu, S H ^e   Chen, C C ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Double subgenomic Sindbis recombinant virus; Expression knockout; Melanization; Mosquito; Prophenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MELANIZATION; MICROFILIARIAE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; CULICIDAE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ENZYME PRECURSORS; GENETIC VECTORS; HEMOLYMPH; SINDBIS VIRUS;

ARMIGERES SUBALBATUS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034872755     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0962-1075.2001.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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