Genetic Dissection of Anopheles gambiae Gut Epithelial Responses to Serratia marcescens

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Stathopoulos, Stavros ^a   Neafsey, Daniel E ^b   Lawniczak, Mara K N ^a   Muskavitch, Marc A T ^c   Christophides, George K ^a,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE FF; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLORA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PYROSEQUENCING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERRATIA INFECTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; INSECT VECTORS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84897390874     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003897     Document Type: Article

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