Mosquito RUNX4 in the immune regulation of PPO gene expression and its effect on avian malaria parasite infection

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 47, 2008, Pages 18454-18459

  Zou, Zhen ^a   Sang, Woon Shin ^a   Alvarez, Kanwal S ^a   Bian, Guowu ^a,b   Kokoza, Vladimir ^a   Raikhel, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune pathways; Prophenoloxidase; RUNX transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; PROPHENOLOXIDASE 1; PROPHENOLOXIDASE 3; PROPHENOLOXIDASE 5; PROPHENOLOXIDASE 8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; CATECHOL OXIDASE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENZYME PRECURSORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; INSECT PROTEINS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTHROPODA; AVES; CACTACEAE; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM;

EID: 57449085356     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804658105     Document Type: Article

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