Distinct olfactory signaling mechanisms in the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 27-28

  Liu, Chao ^a   Pitts, R Jason ^a   Bohbot, Jonathan D ^b   Jones, Patrick L ^a   Wang, Guirong ^a   Zwiebel, Laurence J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; INSECT REPELLENT;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; LARVA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEET; GENE SILENCING; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALARIA; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELL;

EID: 77956806407     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000467     Document Type: Article

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