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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. Matsubara T, Beeman RW, Shike H, Besansky NJ, Mukabayire O, Higgs S, James AA, Burns JC. 1996. Pantropic retroviral vectors integrate and express in cells of the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 93(12):6181-6185. Abstract. Download PDF version.
  2. Mathiopoulos KD, Lanzaro GC. 1995. Distribution of genetic diversity in relation to chromosomal inversions in the malaria mosquitoAnopheles gambiae. J. Mol. Evol. 40(6):578-584. Abstract.
  3. Mathiopoulos KD, Powell JD, McCutchan TF. 1995. An anchored restriction-mapping approach applied to the genetic analysis of the Anopheles gambiae malaria vector complex 1. Mol. Biol. Evol. 12(1):103-112. Abstract. Download PDF version.
  4. Miller LH, Sakai RK, Romans P, Gwadz RW, Kantoff P, Coon HG. 1987. Stable integration and expression of a bacterial gene in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Science. 237(4816):779-781. Abstract.
  5. Moreira-Ferro CK, Marinotti O, Bijovsky AT. 1999. Morphological and biochemical analyses of the salivary glands of the malaria vector, Anopheles darlingi. Tissue Cell. 31(3):264-273. Abstract.
  6. Mukabayire O, Cornel AJ, Dotson EM, Collins FH, Besansky NJ. 1996. The Tryptophan oxygenase gene of Anopheles gambiae. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 26(6):525-528. Abstract.
  7. Muller HM, Crampton JM, della Torre A, Sinden R, Crisanti A. 1993. Members of a trypsin gene family in Anopheles gambiae are induced in the gut by blood meal. EMBO J. 12(7):2891-2900. Abstract.
  8. Prapanthadara L, Ranson H, Somboon P, Hemingway J. 1998. Cloning, expression and characterization of an insect class I glutathione S-transferase from Anopheles dirus species B. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 28(5-6):321-329. Abstract.
  9. Ranson H, Cornel AJ, Fournier D, Vaughan A, Collins FH, Hemingway J. 1997. Cloning and localization of a glutathione S-transferase class I gene from Anopheles gambiae. J. Biol. Chem. 272(9):5464-5468. Abstract.
  10. Reiss RA, James AA. 1993. A glutathione S-transferase gene of the vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Insect Mol. Biol. 2(1):25-32. Abstract.
  11. Reynaud E, Vazquez M, Zurita M. 1998. Molecular analysis and chromosome mapping of the H2A, H3 and H4 histone genes from themalaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Insect Mol. Biol. 7(4):385-391. Abstract.
  12. Ribeiro JM, Valenzuela JG. 1999. Purification and cloning of the salivary peroxidase/catechol oxidase of the mosquito Anophelesalbimanus. J. Exp. Biol. 202 (Pt. 7):809-816. Abstract. Abstract and Download PDF from publisher.
  13. Richman AM, Bulet P, Hetru C, Barillas-Mury C, Hoffmann JA, Kafalos FC. 1996. Inducible immune factors of the vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae: biochemical purification of a defensin antibacterial peptide and molecular cloning of preprodefensin cDNA.Insect Mol. Biol. 5(3):203-210. Abstract.
  14. Romans P, Bhattacharyya RK, Colavita A. 1998. Ikirara, a novel transposon family from the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Insect Mol. Biol. 7(1):1-10. Abstract.
  15. Romans P, Black WC 4th, Sakai RK, Gwadz RW. 1999. Linkage of a gene causing malaria refractoriness to Diphenol oxidase-A2 on chromosome 3 of Anopheles gambiae. Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 60(1):22-29. Abstract.
  16. Romans P, Seeley DC, Kew Y, Gwadz RW. 1991. Use of a restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) as a genetic marker in crosses ofAnopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae): independent assortment of a diphenol oxidase RFLP and an esterase locus. J. Med. Entomol. 28(1):147-151. Abstract.
  17. Scott JA, Brogdon WG, Collins FH. 1993. Identification of single specimens of the Anopheles gambiae complex by the polymerase chain reaction. Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 49(4):520-529. Abstract.
  18. Shandilya H, Gakhar SK, Adak T. 1999. Plasmodium infection-induced changes in salivary gland proteins of malaria vector Anopheles stephensi (Diptera:Culicidae). Jpn. J. Infect. Dis. 52(5):214-216. Abstract.
  19. Shen Z, Jacobs-Lorena M. 1997. Characterization of a novel gut-specific chitinase gene from the human malaria vector Anophelesgambiae. J. Biol. Chem. 272(46):28895-28900. Abstract.
  20. Shen Z, Jacobs-Lorena M. 1998. A type I peritrophic matrix protein from the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae binds to chitin. Cloning, expression, and characterization. J. Biol. Chem. 273(28):17665-17670. Abstract.
  21. Valenzuela JG, Francischetti IM, Ribeiro JM. 1999. Purification, cloning, and synthesis of a novel salivary anti-thrombin from the mosquito Anopheles albimanus. Biochemistry. 38(34):11209-11215. Abstract.
  22. Vernick KD, Collins FH. 1989. Association of a Plasmodium-refractory phenotype with an esterase locus in Anopheles gambiae. Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 40(6):593-597. Abstract.
  23. Vernick KD, Collins FH, Gwadz RW. 1989. A general system of resistance to malaria infection in Anopheles gambiae controlled by two main genetic loci. Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 40(6):585-592. Abstract.
  24. Vernick KD, Fujioka H, Seeley DC, Tandler B, Aikawa M, Miller LH. 1995. Plasmodium gallinaceum: a refractory mechanism of ookinete killing in the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.Exp. Parasitol. 80(4):583-595. Abstract.
  25. Vizioli J, Bulet P, Charlet M, Lowenberger C, Blass C, Muller HM, Dimopoulos G, Hoffmann J, Kafatos FC, Richman A. 2000. Cloning and analysis of a cecropin gene from the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Insect Mol. Biol. 9(1):75-84. Abstract. Abstract from publisher.
  26. Waidhet-Kouadio P, Yuda M, Ando K, Chinzei Y. 1998. Purification and characterization of a thrombin inhibitor from the salivary glands of a malarial vector mosquito, Anopheles stephensi. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1381(2):227-233. Abstract.
  27. Zakharkin SO, Gordadze AV, Korochkina SE, Mathiopoulos KD, Della Torre A, Benes H. Molecular cloning and expression of a hexamerin cDNA from the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Eur. J. Biochem. 246(3):719-726. Abstract.
  28. Zheng L, Benedict MQ, Cornel AJ, Collins FH, Kafatos FC. 1996. An integrated genetic map of the African human malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Genetics. 143(2):941-952. Abstract.
  29. Zheng L, Collins FH, Kumar V, Kafatos FC. 1993. A detailed genetic map for the X chromosome of the malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae. Science. 261(5121):605-608. Abstract.
  30. Zheng L, Cornel AJ, Wang R, Erfle H, Voss H, Ansorge W, Kafatos FC, Collins FH. 1997. Quantitative trait loci for refractoriness of Anopheles gambiae to Plasmodium cynomolgi B. Science. 276(5311):425-428. Abstract.
  31. Zheng LB, Saunders RD, Fortini D, della Torre A, Coluzzi M, Glover DM, Kafatos FC. 1991. Low-resolution genome map of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 88(24):11187-11191. Abstract.
  32. Zheng L, Whang LH, Kumar V, Kafatos FC. 1995. Two genes encoding midgut-specific maltase-like polypeptides from Anopheles gambiae. Exp. Parasitol. 81(3):272-283. Abstract.
  33. Zurita M, Reynaud E, Kafatos FC. 1997. Cloning and characterization of cDNAs preferentially expressed in the ovary of the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Insect Mol. Biol. 6(1):55-62. Abstract.





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