Some strains of Plasmodium falciparum, a human malaria parasite, evade the complement-like system of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 28, 2012, Pages

  Molina Cruz, Alvaro ^a   DeJong, Randall J ^a   Ortega, Corrie ^a   Haile, Ashley ^a   Abban, Ekua ^a   Rodrigues, Janneth ^a   Jaramillo Gutierrez, Giovanna ^a   Barillas Mury, Carolina ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune evasion; Mosquito immunity; Refractory mosquito; Thioester containing protein 1 activation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; INSECT PROTEIN; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT PROTEIN 1; THIOESTER CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCAPSULATION; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE EVASION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYSIS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MELANIZATION; MIDGUT; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INSECT PROTEINS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84863966808     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1121183109     Document Type: Article

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