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Molecular Genetics of Anopheles

These references concerning molecular genetics of Anopheles. Some general genetics articles, especially about malaria refractoriness are also included.




  1. Ahmed A, Martin D, Manetti AG, Han SJ, Lee WJ, Mathiopoulos KD, Muller HM, Kafatos FC, Raikhel A, Brey PT. 1999. Genomic structure and ecdysone regulation of the prophenoloxidase 1 gene in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 96(26):14795-14800. Abstract.
  2. Arca B, Lombardo F, de Lara Capurro M, della Torre A, Dimopoulos G, James AA, Coluzzi M. Trapping cDNAs encoding secreted proteins fromthe salivary glands of the malaria vectorAnopheles gambiae. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 96(4):1516-1521. Abstract.
  3. Arca B, Lombardo F, Capurro M, della Torre A, Spanos L, Dimopoulos G, Louis C, James AA, Coluzzi M. 1999. Salivary gland-specific gene expression in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.Parassitologia. 41(1-3):483-487. Abstract.
  4. Beard CB, Cornel AJ, Collins FH. The polyubiquitin gene of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae: structure and expression.Insect Mol. Biol. 5(2):109-117. Abstract.
  5. Beard CB, Hamm DM, Collins FH. 1993. The mitochondrial genome of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae: DNA sequence, genomeorganization, and comparisons with mitochondrial sequences of other insects. Insect Mol. Biol. 2(2):103-124. Abstract.
  6. Beerntsen BT, Champagne DE, Coleman JL, Campos YA, James AA. Characterization of the Sialokinin I gene encoding the salivary vasodilator of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Insect Mol. Biol. 8(4):459-467. Abstract. Abstract from publisher.
  7. Benedict MQ, McNitt LM, Cornel AJ, Collins FH. 1999. A new marker, black, a useful recombination suppressor, In(2)2, and a balanced lethal for chromosome 2 of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 61(4):618-624. Abstract.
  8. Besansky NJ, Bedell JA, Mukabayire O. 1994. Q: a new retrotransposon from the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. InsectMol. Biol. 3(1):49-56. Abstract.
  9. Besansky NJ, Hamm DM, Collins FH. 1994. An Anopheles gambiae cDNA predicts a protein similar to a yeast Suil translation factor. Gene. 141(2):299-300. Abstract.
  10. Besansky NJ, Lehmann T, Fahey GT, Fontenille D, Braack LE, Hawley WA, Collins FH. 1997. Patterns of mitochondrial variation within and between African malaria vectors, Anopheles gambiae and An. arabiensis, suggest extensive gene flow. Genetics. 147(4):1817-1828. Abstract.
  11. Besansky NJ, Mukabayire O, Bedell JA, Lusz H. 1996. Pegasus, a small terminal inverted repeat transposable element found in the white gene of Anopheles gambiae. Genetica. 98(2):119-129. Abstract.
  12. Besansky NJ, Powell JR, Caccone A, Hamm DM, Scott JA, Collins FH. 1994. Molecular phylogeny of the Anopheles gambiae complex suggests genetic introgression between principal malaria vectors.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 91(15):6885-6888. Abstract. Download PDF version.
  13. Biessmann H, Walter MF, Le D, Chuan S, Yao JG. 1999. Moose, a new family of LTR-retrotransposons in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Insect Mol. Biol. 8(2):201-212. Abstract.
  14. Catteruccia, F., T. Nolan, C. Blass, H.M. Muller, A. Crisanti, F.C. Kafatos, and T.G. Loukeris. 2000. Toward Anopheles transformation: Minos element activity in anopheline cells and embryos. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 97(5):2157-2162. Abstract.
  15. Champagne DE, Smartt CT, Ribeiro JM, James AA. 1995. The salivary gland-specific apyrase of the mosquito Aedes aegypti is a member of the 5'-nucleotidase family. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 92(3):694-698. Abstract. Download PDF version.
  16. Collins FH, Paskewitz SM, Crews-Oyen AE. 1991. A genetic study of Plasmodium susceptibility in the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Ann. Soc. Belg. Med. Trop. 71 Suppl. 1:225-232. Abstract.
  17. Collins FH, Sakai RK, Vernick KD, Paskewitz S, Seeley DC, Miller LH, Collins WE, Campbell CC, Gwadz RW. 1986. Genetic selection of a Plasmodium-refractory strain of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Science. 234(4776):607-610. Abstract.
  18. Collins FH, Zheng L, Paskewitz SM, Kafatos FC. 1997. Progress in the map-based cloning of the Anopheles gambiae genes responsible for the encapsulation of malarial parasites. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 91(5):517-521. Abstract.
  19. Curtis CF, Pates HV, Takken W, Maxwell CA, Myamba J, Priestman A, Akinpelu O, Yayo AM, Hu JT. 1999. Biological problems with the replacement of a vector population by Plasmodium-refractorymosquitoes. Parassitologia. 41(1-3):479-481. Abstract.
  20. della Torre A, Favia G, Mariotti G, Coluzzi M, Mathiopoulos KD. 1996. Physical map of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.Genetics. 143(3):1307-1311. Abstract.
  21. Dimopoulos G, Casavant TL, Chang S, Scheetz T, Roberts C, Donohue M, Schultz J, Benes V, Bork P, Ansorge W, Soares MB, Kafatos FC. 2000. Anopheles gambiae pilot gene discovery project: Identification of mosquito innate immunity genes from expressed sequence tags generated from immune-competent cell lines. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 97(12):6619-6624. Abstract.
  22. Dimopoulos G, Muller HM, Kafatos FC. 1999. How does Anopheles gambiae kill malaria parasites? Parassitologia. 41(1-3):169-175. Abstract.
  23. Dimopoulos G, Zheng L, Kumar V, della Torre A, Kafatos FC, Louis C. 1996. Integrated genetic map of Anopheles gambiae: use of RAPD polymorphisms for genetic, cytogenetic and STS landmarks. Genetics. 143(2):953-960. Abstract.
  24. Dimopoulos G, Richman A, della Torre A, Kafatos FC, Louis C. 1996. Identification and characterization of differentially expressed cDNAs of the vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 93(23):13066-13071. Abstract.
  25. Dimopoulos G, Seeley D, Wolf A, Kafatos FC. 1998. Malaria infection of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae activates immune-responsive genes during critical transition stages of the parasite life cycle. EMBO J. 17(21):6115-6123. Abstract.
  26. Favia G, Dimopoulos G, della Torre A, Toure YT, Coluzzi M, Louis C. 1994. Polymorphisms detected by random PCR distinguish between different chromosomal forms of Anopheles gambiae. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 91(22):10315-10319. Abstract. Download PDF version.
  27. Favia G, Dimopoulos G, Louis C. 1994. Analysis of the Anopheles gambiae genome using RAPD markers. Insect Mol. Biol. 3(3):149-157. Abstract.
  28. Feldmann AM, van Gemert GJ, van de Vegte-Bolmer MG, Jansen RC. 1998. Genetics of refractoriness to Plasmodium falciparum in the mosquito Anopheles stephensi. Med. Vet. Entomol. 12(3):302-312. Abstract.
  29. Feldmann AM, Ponnudurai T. 1989. Selection of Anopheles stephensi for refractoriness and susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum. Med. Vet. Entomol. 3(1):41-52. Abstract.
  30. Gorman MJ, Andreeva OV, Paskewitz SM. 2000. Molecular characterization of five serine protease genes cloned from Anopheles gambiae hemolymph. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 30(1):35-46. Abstract.
  31. Gorman MJ, Cornel AJ, Collins FH, Paskewitz SM. 1996. A shared genetic mechanism for melanotic encapsulation of CM-Sephadex beads and a malaria parasite, Plasmodium cynomolgi B, in the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Exp. Parasitol. 84(3):380-386. Abstract. Abstract from publisher.
  32. Gwadz RW. 1994. Genetic approaches to malaria control: how long the road? Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 50(6 Suppl):116-125. Abstract.
  33. Han YS, Salazar CE, Reese-Stardy SR, Cornel A, Gorman MJ, Collins FH, Paskewitz SM. 1997. Cloning and characterization of a serine protease from the human malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae.Insect Mol. Biol. 6(4):385-395. Abstract.
  34. Hill SM, Crampton JM. 1994. Synthetic DNA probes to identify members of the Anopheles gambiae complex and to distinguishthe two major vectors of malaria within the complex, An. gambiae s.s. and An. arabiensis. Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 50(3):312-321. Abstract.
  35. James, A.A., B. T. Beerntsen, M. de L. Capurro, C.J. Coates, J. Coleman, N. Jasinskiene, and A.V. Krettli. 1999. Controlling malaria transmission with genetically-engineered, Plasmodium-resistant mosquitoes: milestones in a model system. Parassitologia. 41(1-3):461-471. Abstract.
  36. Jasinskiene, N. C. J. Coates, M. Q. Benedict, A. J.Cornel, C. S. Rafferty, A. A. James, and F. H. Collins. 1998. Stable transformation of the yellow fever mosquito,Aedes aegypti, with the Hermes element from thehousefly. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95(7): 3743-3747.
  37. Jiang H, Wang Y, Korochkina SE, Benes H, Kanost MR. 1997. Molecular cloning of cDNAs for two pro-phenol oxidase subunits from the malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 27(7):693-699. Abstract.
  38. Kang D, Romans P, Lee JY. 1996. Analysis of a lysozyme gene from the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Gene. 174(2):239-244. Abstract.
  39. Kidwell, M.G. and A.R. Wattam. 1998. An important step forward in the genetic manipulation of mosquito vectors of humandisease. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 95 (7): 3349-3350. Abstract.
  40. Kumar NP. 1999. A non-radioactive method for mapping restriction fragment length polymorphic genetic markers in Anopheles gambiae. Indian J. Exp. Biol. 37(10):1046-1048. Abstract.
  41. James AA, Blackmer K, Marinotti O, Ghosn CR, Racioppi JV. 1991. Isolation and characterization of the gene expressing the major salivary gland protein of the female mosquito, Aedes aegypti.Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 44(2):245-253. Abstract.
  42. Lee WJ, Ahmed A, della Torre A, Kobayashi A, Ashida M, Brey PT.Molecular cloning and chromosomal localization of a prophenoloxidase cDNA from the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Insect Mol. Biol. 7(1):41-50. Abstract.
  43. Lombardi S, Esposito F, Zavala F, Lamizana L, Rossi P, Sabatinelli G, Nussenzweig RS, Coluzzi M. 1986. CS antigen localization in malaria vectors: hypothetical refractoriness to transmission observed in the field. Parassitologia. 28(2-3):113-116. Abstract.
  44. Lombardi S, Esposito F, Zavala F, Lamizana L, Rossi P, Sabatinelli G, Nussenzweig RS, Coluzzi M. 1987. Detection and anatomical localization of Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein and sporozoites in the afrotropical malaria vector Anopheles gambiae s.l. Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 37(3):491-494. Abstract.
  45. Lombardo F, Di Cristina M, Spanos L, Louis C, Coluzzi M, Arca B. 2000. Promoter sequences of the putative Anopheles gambiae apyrase confer salivary gland expression in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Biol. Chem. May 5 [epub ahead of print]. Abstract. Download article in PDF format.





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