Progress in the map-based cloning of the Anopheles gambiae genes responsible for the encapsulation of malarial parasites.

doi:10.1080/00034989760888

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Progress in the map-based cloning of the Anopheles gambiae genes responsible for the encapsulation of malarial parasites.

Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology - 1 Jul 1997

Collins F H, Zheng L, Paskewitz S M, Kafatos F C

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A genetically selected strain of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae, the major vector of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, is able to encapsulate and kill Plasmodium ookinetes after they have penetrated the midgut cells and come to rest between the midgut epithelial cells and the surrounding basal lamin...

Topics

Africa South of the Sahara
Animals
Anopheles
Chromosome Mapping
Insect Vectors
Malaria
Microsatellite Repeats
Phenotype
Plasmodium

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