Anopheles aquasalis infected by Plasmodium vivax displays unique gene expression profiles when compared to other malaria vectors and plasmodia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Bahia, Ana C ^a   Kubota, Marina S ^a   Tempone, Antonio J ^a   Pinheiro, Waleria D ^b   Tadei, Wanderli P ^b   Secundino, Nágila F C ^a   Traub Csekö, Yara M ^a   Pimenta, Paulo F P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952117051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009795     Document Type: Article

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