Innate immune defense against malaria infection in the mosquito

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-88

  Dimopoulos, G ^a   Muller H M ^a   Levashina, E A ^a   Kafatos, F C ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IRON METABOLISM; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; REVIEW;

EID: 0035142692     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(00)00186-2     Document Type: Review

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