The major yolk protein vitellogenin interferes with the anti-plasmodium response in the malaria mosquito anopheles gambiae

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Rono, Martin K ^a,b,c   Whitten, Miranda M A ^a,b,c   Oulad Abdelghani, Mustapha ^c   Levashina, Elena A ^a,b,c   Marois, Eric ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT; LIPOPHORIN; THIOESTER CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN; YOLK PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; TEP1 PROTEIN, ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALARIA; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; GENE SILENCING; INSECT PROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALARIA; NF-KAPPA B; OOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 77955026463     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000434     Document Type: Article

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