RNAi knock-downs support roles for the mucin-like (AeIMUC1) gene and short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) gene in Aedes aegypti susceptibility to Plasmodium gallinaceum

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 112-115

  Berois, M ^a   Romero Severson, J ^a   Severson, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Innate immunity; Malaria; Mosquito midgut; Plasmodium gallinaceum; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; MUCIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BLOOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMMUNITY; INFECTIVITY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTEIN; VERTEBRATE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; MUCINS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HAEMOSPORIDA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84856225872     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00965.x     Document Type: Article

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