Transglutaminase-mediated semen coagulation controls sperm storage in the malaria mosquito

PLoS Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Rogers, David W ^a   Baldini, Francesco ^b   Battaglia, Francesca ^a,c   Panico, Maria ^a   Dell, Anne ^a   Morris, Howard R ^a   Catteruccia, Flaminia ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INSECT PROTEIN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FEMALE; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM PRESERVATION; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FERTILITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSECT PROTEINS; INSEMINATION; MALE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEMEN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 73949130780     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000272     Document Type: Article

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