Plasmodium sporozoite invasion of the mosquito salivary gland

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 394-400

  Ghosh, Anil Kumar ^a   Jacobs Lorena, Marcelo ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN MAEBEL; PROTEIN PCRMP1; PROTEIN PCRMP2; PROTEIN SAGLIN; PROTEIN SGS; PROTEIN TRAP; PROTEIN TREP; PROTEIN USO3; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SALIVARY GLAND PROTEIN; SPOROZOITE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APICOMPLEXAN LIFE CYCLE STAGE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; SPECIES INVASION; SPOROZOITE;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLANDS; SPOROZOITES;

EID: 68049117073     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2009.06.010     Document Type: Review

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