The cadherin superfamily in Anopheles gambiae: A comparative study with Drosophila melanogaster

Comparative and Functional Genomics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 204-216

  Moita, Catarina ^a   Simões, Sérgio ^a,c   Moita, Luís F ^b   Jacinto, António ^a,c   Fernandes, Pedro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Cadherin; Cell adhesion; Comparative genomics; Drosophila melanogaster

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CADHERIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 20444365098     PISSN: 15316912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cfg.473     Document Type: Article

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