Molecular basis of odor coding in the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae

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

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4418-4423

  Wang, Guirong ^a   Carey, Allison F ^b   Carlson, John R ^b   Zwiebel, Laurence J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Odorant receptor; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MALARIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; ODORS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

EID: 77749254836     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913392107     Document Type: Article

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