Comparative genomic analysis of chitinase and chitinase-like genes in the African malaria mosquito (Anopheles gambiae)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Jianzhen ^a,b   Zhang, Xin ^b   Arakane, Yasuyuki ^b,c   Muthukrishnan, Subbaratnam ^b   Kramer, Karl J ^b   Ma, Enbo ^a   Zhu, Kun Yan ^b  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT GENETICS; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIBOLIUM; AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; INSECT; MALARIA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTHROPODA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHITINASE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENOMICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALARIA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PUPA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79956221201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019899     Document Type: Article

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