Bridging the gaps in vector biology

EMBO Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-262

  Schneider, David S ^a   James, Anthony A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genomics; Immunity; Insecticide; Population biology; Transposons

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAPAUSE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT GENETICS; INSECT RESISTANCE; KNOCKOUT GENE; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CONGRESSES; CULICIDAE; DISEASE VECTORS; GENOMICS; GREECE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; INSECTA;

EID: 33645764434     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400643     Document Type: Conference Paper

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