The evolution of immune-related genes from disease carrying mosquitoes: Diversity in a peptidoglycan- and a thioester-recognizing protein

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 599-605

  Little, T J ^a   Cobbe, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Arms race; Innate immunity; Malaria; Parasite; Pathogen; Selection

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI;

ESTER; INSECT PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSQUITO; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULICIDAE; ESTERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; IMMUNITY; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33645110750     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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