Conserved role of a complement-like protein in phagocytosis revealed by dsRNA knockout in cultured cells of the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae

Cell

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 709-718

  Levashina, Elena A ^a   Moita, Luis F ^a   Blandin, Stephanie ^a   Vriend, Gert ^a   Lagueux, Marie ^b   Kafatos, Fotis C ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GLYCOPROTEIN; METHYLAMINE; OPSONIN; PROTEIN ATEP I; THIOESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL BOND; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035831034     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00267-7     Document Type: Article

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