The Plasmodium parasite - A 'new' challenge for insect innate immunity

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 13-14, 2004, Pages 1473-1482

  Meister, S ^a   Koutsos, A C ^a   Christophides, G K ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anopheles; CTL4; Innate immunity; LRIM1; Malaria; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; JANUS KINASE; STAT PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; MOSQUITO;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CELL KILLING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GAMETOCYTE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 12744279478     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.10.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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