Chymotrypsin genes in the malaria mosquitoes Anopheles aquasalis and Anopheles darlingi

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-315

  De Almeida, R W ^a   Tovar, F J ^a   Ferreira, I I ^b   Leoncini, O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anopheles aquasalis; Anopheles darlingi; Chymotrypsin; Mosquito; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES AQUASALIS; ANOPHELES DARLINGI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

EID: 0037373232     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00245-X     Document Type: Article

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