Identification and expression profiling of putative odorant-binding proteins in the malaria mosquitoes, Anopheles gambiae and A. arabiensis

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 567-576

  Li, Zhengxi ^a   Zhou, Jing Jiang ^b   Shen, Zuorui ^a   Field, Lin ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. arabiensis; A. gambiae; Odorant binding protein; Olfaction; Semi quantitative RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

A. ARABIENSIS; A. GAMBIAE; DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION PATTERNS; ODORANT BINDING PROTEINS; OLFACTION; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE RT-PCR;

PROTEINS;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MALARIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SMELL;

EID: 21644458806     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yc0232     Document Type: Article

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