Expression profile of prophenoloxidase-encoding (acppo6) gene of plasmodium vivax-refractory strain of Anopheles culicifacies

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1220-1226

  Sharma, Anil ^a,b   Rodrigues, Janneth ^a,c   Kajla, Mayur K ^d   Agrawal, Neema ^a   Adak, T ^b   Bhatnagar, Raj K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles culicifacies; Plasmodium vinckei petteri; prophenoloxidase; refractory

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PRO PHENOLOXIDASE; PRO-PHENOLOXIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CATECHOL OXIDASE; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; PLASMODIUM VINCKEI PETTERI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 78649362497     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10033     Document Type: Article

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