Molecular Basis for Genetic Resistance of Anopheles gambiae to Plasmodium: Structural Analysis of TEP1 Susceptible and Resistant Alleles

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Le, Binh V ^a   Williams, Marni ^a   Logarajah, Shankar ^a   Baxter, Richard H G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; THIOESTER; THIOESTER CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84868124107     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002958     Document Type: Article

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