Transferrin in the mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae), up-regulated upon infection and development of the filarial parasite, Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobbold) (Spirurida: Onchocercidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 325-330

  Paily, K P ^a   Kumar, B Agiesh ^a   Balaraman, K ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEFENSIN; GAMBISIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DNA STRAND; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMOLYMPH; HUMAN; INSECT GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULEX; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFERRIN; UP-REGULATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ONCHOCERCIDAE; SPIRURIDA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 34250795838     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0474-2     Document Type: Article

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