Anopheles gambiae collagen IV genes: Cloning, phylogeny and midgut expression associated with blood feeding and Plasmodium infection

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 681-690

  Gare, D C ^a,b   Piertney, S B ^a   Billingsley, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagen IV; Extracellular matrix; Midgut; Mosquito; Oocyst; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; INSECT PROTEIN;

MOSQUITO; PARASITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA LIBRARY; EPITHELIUM; FEEDING; FEMALE; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HYPOTHESIS; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT GENETICS; MALARIA; MEAL; MIDGUT; MODEL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOSQUITO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; ORTHOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DIPTERA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

EID: 0038177927     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00055-9     Document Type: Article

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