Caudal is a negative regulator of the Anopheles IMD Pathway that controls resistance to Plasmodium falciparum infection

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 323-332

  Clayton, April M ^a   Cirimotich, Chris M ^a,b   Dong, Yuemei ^a   Dimopoulos, George ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Caudal; Imd pathway; Innate immunity; Mosquito; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

CAUDAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84873726772     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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