Identification and Characterization of Seminal Fluid Proteins in the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Boes, Kathryn E ^a   Ribeiro, José M C ^b   Wong, Alex ^c   Harrington, Laura C ^d   Wolfner, Mariana F ^d   Sirot, Laura K ^a  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

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

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOKINETIC HORMONE; AMINOPEPTIDASE; AQUAPORIN; CATHEPSIN D; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; FICOLIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SEMINAL FLUID PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TETRASPANIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOMICS; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; AEDES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN DATABASE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DATABASES, PROTEIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEOMICS; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84903457889     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002946     Document Type: Article

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