Malaria parasite colonisation of the mosquito midgut - Placing the Plasmodium ookinete centre stage

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 519-527

  Angrisano, Fiona ^a,b   Tan, Yan Hong ^a   Sturm, Angelika ^b   McFadden, Geoffrey I ^b   Baum, Jake ^a,b  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Malaria; Midgut traversal; Mosquito; Oocyst; Ookinete; Plasmodium; Transmission

Indexed keywords

CELL TRAVERSAL PROTEIN; CHITINASE; CIRCUMSPOROZOITE AND THROMBOSPONDIN RELATED ADHESIVE RELATED PROTEIN; ENOLASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMODIUM PERFORIN LIKE PROTEIN 3; PLASMODIUM PERFORIN LIKE PROTEIN 5; PROTEIN P25; PROTEIN P28; PUTATIVE SECRETED OOKINETE PROTEIN 2; PUTATIVE SECRETED OOKINETE PROTEIN 7; SECRETED OOKINETE ADHESIVE PROTEIN; SUBTILISIN LIKE PROTEASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR A DOMAIN RELATED PROTEIN;

COLONIZATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENOMICS; HOST; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; PROTEOMICS;

CELL MOTILITY; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SURFACE; CYTOSKELETON; DEGRADATION; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GAMETE; GAMETOCYTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA; MICROTUBULE; MIDGUT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OOKINETE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROZOITE;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ENTOMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOMICS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PROTEOMICS;

HEXAPODA; PLASMODIUM PARASITES;

EID: 84861702103     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.02.004     Document Type: Review

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