Laminin and a Plasmodium ookinete surface protein inhibit melanotic encapsulation of Sephadex beads in the hemocoel of mosquitoes

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-199

  Warburg, Alon ^a   Shtern, Alex ^a   Cohen, Noa ^a   Dahan, Noa ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Basement membrane; Laminin; Oocyst; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CYANOGEN BROMIDE; LAMININ; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PGS28; SEPHADEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CHICKENS; DEXTRANS; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEMOLYMPH; LAMININ; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSPHERES; OOCYSTS; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BOVINAE; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM;

EID: 33846913438     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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