Silencing an Anopheles gambiae catalase and sulfhydryl oxidase increases mosquito mortality after a blood meal

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 134-143

  Magalhaes, T ^a,b,c   Brackney, D E ^b   Beier, J C ^a   Foy, B D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Malaria; Mosquito; Redox metabolism; RNAi; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HEXAPODA;

CATALASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOL OXIDASE;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CATALASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MICE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 48249084918     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20238     Document Type: Article

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