A snake venom phospholipase A2 blocks malaria parasite development in the mosquito midgut by inhibiting ookinete association with the midgut surface

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 4157-4167

  Zieler, Helge ^a   Keister, David B ^a   Dvorak, James A ^a   Ribeiro, José M C ^a  

^a Chromatin Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Crotalus adamanteus; Eastern diamondback rattlesnake; Malaria; Ookinete; P bromophenacyl bromide; Phospholipase; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium gallinaceum; Transmission blocking

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A; SNAKE VENOM;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; SNAKE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; CULICIDAE; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; AVES; CROTALUS; CROTALUS ADAMANTEUS; GALLUS GALLUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035745806     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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