Characterization of Plasmodium developmental transcriptomes in Anopheles gambiae midgut reveals novel regulators of malaria transmission

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 254-268

  Akinosoglou, Karolina A ^a   Bushell, Ellen S C ^a   Ukegbu, Chiamaka Valerie ^a   Schlegelmilch, Timm ^a   Cho, Jee Sun ^a   Redmond, Seth ^a   Sala, Katarzyna ^a   Christophides, George K ^a,b   Vlachou, Dina ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATASE; POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA MICROARRAY; GAMER GENE; GAMETOCYTE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HADO GENE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALARIA; MIDGUT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALARIA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 84921495275     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12363     Document Type: Article

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