Plasmodium yoelii: Contribution of oocysts melanization to natural refractoriness in Anopheles dirus

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 433-439

  Wen Yue, Xu ^a   Jian, Zhang ^a   Tao Li, Zhou ^a   Fu Sheng, Huang ^a   Jian Hua, Duan ^a   Ying, Wang ^a   Zhong Wen, Qiu ^a   Li Sha, Xia ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anopheles dirus; Diptera; Haemocyte; Haemolymph; Melanization; Monophenol oxidase (MPO); o Diphenoloxidase (o DPO); Phenoloxidase (PO); Plasmodium yoelii; Prophenoloxidase (PPO); Protozoa; Refractory

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; GLUCOSE; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES DIRUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL ADHESION; ENCAPSULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MELANINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OOCYSTS; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

ANOPHELES DIRUS; DIPTERA; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

EID: 34249872762     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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