Transcription regulation of sex-biased genes during ontogeny in the Malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Magnusson, Kalle ^a   Mendes, Antonio M ^a   Windbichler, Nikolai ^a   Papathanos, Philippos Aris ^a   Nolan, Tony ^a   Dottorini, Tania ^b   Rizzi, Ermanno ^c   Christophides, George K ^a   Crisanti, Andrea ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE DEACETYLASE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; INSECT GENETICS; INSECT GENOME; LARVAL STAGE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OVARY; POPULATION GROWTH; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEX RATIO; SPERM; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MALARIA; MALE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79959714982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021572     Document Type: Article

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