Immune response of Anopheles gambiae to the early sporogonic stages of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 6673-6680

  Tahar, Rachida ^a   Boudin, Christian ^b,c   Thiery, Isabelle ^a   Bourgouin, Catherine ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Immune response; Interaction; Plasmodium berghei; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN GNBP; PROTEIN NOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; GAMETOCYTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BLOOD PROTEINS; DEFENSINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECT PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

EID: 12244298203     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf664     Document Type: Article

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