Disruption of Plasmodium falciparum chitinase markedly impairs parasite invasion of mosquito midgut

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 4048-4054

  Tsai, Y L ^a   Hayward, R E ^a   Langer, R C ^a   Fidock, D A ^a   Vinetz, J M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALARIA; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLASMIDS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035007319     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.6.4048-4054.2001     Document Type: Article

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