Molecular evolution of the three short PGRPs of the malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles arabiensis in East Africa

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mendes, Cristina ^a   Felix, Rute ^a   Sousa, Ana Margarida ^a   Lamego, Joana ^a   Charlwood, Derek ^a,b   Do Rosrio, Virgílio E ^a   Pinto, Joo ^a   Silveira, Henrique ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AMINO ACID; CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

CARRIER PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN RECOGNITION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOZAMBIQUE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CARRIER PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOZAMBIQUE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

EID: 76649112066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-9     Document Type: Article

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