Anopheles gambiae innate immunity

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Yassine, Hassan ^a   Osta, Mike A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MELANOGENESIS; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANOPHELES (GENUS); ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77649219382     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01388.x     Document Type: Review

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