Phagocytosis in mosquito immune responses

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-16

  Blandin, Stephanie A ^a   Levashina, Elena A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Complement; Malaria; Mosquito immunity; Phagocytosis; TEP1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN DSCAM; PROTEIN TEP1; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; HEMOCYTES; INSECT VECTORS; PHAGOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMODIUM;

EID: 34548598492     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2007.00553.x     Document Type: Review

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