Wolbachia stimulates immune gene expression and inhibits plasmodium development in anopheles gambiae

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Kambris, Zakaria ^a   Blagborough, Andrew M ^b   Pinto, Sofia B ^a   Blagrove, Marcus S C ^a   Godfray, H Charles J ^a   Sinden, Robert E ^b   Sinkins, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN; CLIP DOMAIN SERINE PROTEASE; DEFENSIN; LECTIN; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT IMMUNE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; THIOESTER CONTAINING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; MALARIA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; UPREGULATION; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANTIBIOSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; UP-REGULATION; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BRUGIA; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 78449261793     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001143     Document Type: Article

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