The Genome of Anopheles darlingi, the main neotropical malaria vector

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 7387-7400

  Marinotti, Osvaldo ^a   Cerqueira, Gustavo C ^b   De Almeida, Luiz Gonzaga Paula ^c   Ferro, Maria Inês Tiraboschi ^d   Da Silva Loreto, Elgion Lucio ^e   Zaha, Arnaldo ^f   Teixeira, Santuza M R ^g   Wespiser, Adam R ^h   E Silva, Alexandre Almeida ⁱ   Schlindwein, Aline Daiane ^j   Pacheco, Ana Carolina Landim ^k,l   Da Costa Da Silva, Artur Luiz ^m   Graveley, Brenton R ⁿ   Walenz, Brian P ^o   De Araujo Lima, Bruna ^p   Ribeiro, Carlos Alexandre Gomes ^q   Nunes Silva, Carlos Gustavo ^r   De Carvalho, Carlos Roberto ^q   De Almeida Soares, Célia Maria ^s   De Menezes, Claudia Beatriz Afonso ^p   Matiolli, Cleverson ^p   Caffrey, Daniel ^h   Araújo, Demetrius Antonio M ^t   De Oliveira, Diana Magalhães ^k   Golenbock, Douglas ^h   Grisard, Edmundo Carlos ^j   Fantinatti Garboggini, Fabiana ^p   De Carvalho, Fabíola Marques ^c   Barcellos, Fernando Gomes ^u   Prosdocimi, Francisco ^v   May, Gemma ^m   De Azevedo Junior, Gilson Martins ^w   Guimarães, Giselle Moura ^w   Goldman, Gustavo Henrique ^x,y   Padilha, Itácio Q M ^p   Da Silva Batista, Jacqueline ^w   Ferro, Jesus Aparecido ^d   Ribeiro, José M C ^z   Fietto, Juliana Lopes Rangel ^q   Dabbas, Karina Maia ^d   Cerdeira, Louise ^c   Agnez Lima, Lucymara Fassarella ^aa   Brocchi, Marcelo ^o   De Carvalho, Marcos Oliveira ^f   De Melo Teixeira, Marcus ^ab   De Mascena Diniz Maia, Maria ^ac   Goldman, Maria Helena S ^y   Schneider, Maria Paula Cruz ^m   Felipe, Maria Sueli Soares ^ab,ad   Hungria, Mariangela ^ae   Nicolás, Marisa Fabiana ^c   Pereira, Maristela ^q   Montes, Martín Alejandro ^ac   Cantão, Maurício E ^c,ae   Vincentz, Michel ^p   Rafael, Miriam Silva ^w   Silverman, Neal ^h   Stoco, Patrícia Hermes ^j   Souza, Rangel Celso ^c   Vicentini, Renato ^p   Gazzinelli, Ricardo Tostes ^g   De Oliveira Neves, Rogério ^q   Silva, Rosane ^v   Astolfi Filho, Spartaco ^q   Maciel, Talles Eduardo Ferreira ^q   Ürményi, Turàn P ^v   Tadei, Wanderli Pedro ^w   Camargo, Erney Plessmann ^y   De Vasconcelos, Ana Tereza Ribeiro ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^k STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^l FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^m FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^o J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^q FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^r FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^s FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^t FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^u STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^v FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^w INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^x BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^y UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

^aa FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^ab INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^ac UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^ad UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^ae EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES DARLINGI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; INDEL MUTATION; INSECT GENETICS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYNTENY; TRANSPOSON; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, INSECT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PHYLOGENY; SYNTENY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84883471432     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt484     Document Type: Article

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