Anopheles gambiae immune responses to Sephadex beads: Involvement of anti-Plasmodium factors in regulating melanization

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 769-778

  Warr, Emma ^a   Lambrechts, Louis ^b,c   Koella, Jacob C ^b   Bourgouin, Catherine ^c   Dimopoulos, George ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Innate immunity; Melanization; Sephadex beads

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; INSECT PROTEIN; MELANIN; MICROSPHERE; SEPHADEX;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; GENOME; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DEXTRANS; GENOME, INSECT; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INSECT PROTEINS; KINETICS; MELANINS; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

EID: 33749245128     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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