Molecular characterization of a prophenoloxidase cDNA from the malaria mosquitoAnopheles stephensi
- 1 April 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Insect Molecular Biology
- Vol. 9 (2) , 127-137
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00169.x
Abstract
Some refractory anopheline mosquitoes are capable of killing Plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria, by melanotic encapsulation of invading ookinetes. Phenoloxidase (PO) appears to be involved in...Keywords
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