Anopheles gambiae APL1 is a family of variable LRR proteins required for Rel1-mediated protection from themalaria parasite, Plasmodium berghei

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Riehle, Michelle M ^a   Xu, Jiannong ^a,f   Lazzaro, Brian P ^b   Rottschaefer, Susan M ^b   Coulibaly, Boubacar ^c   Sacko, Madjou ^c   Niare, Oumou ^c   Morlais, Isabelle ^d   Traore, Sekou F ^c   Vernick, Kenneth D ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^d Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN APL1; PROTEIN APL1A; PROTEIN APL1B; PROTEIN APL1C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; GENE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CACTACEAE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, INSECT; HAPLOTYPES; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 56649115780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003672     Document Type: Article

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