Gene expression patterns associated with blood-feeding in the malaria mosquito <it>Anopheles gambiae</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Blood feeding, or hematophagy, is a behavior exhibited by female mosquitoes required both for reproduction and for transmission of pathogens. We determined the expression patterns of 3,068 ESTs, representing ~2,000 unique gene transc...

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Main Authors: Hogan James R, Lobo Neil F, Harker Brent W, Hillenmeyer Maureen E, Kern Marcia K, Hong Young S, Dana Ali N, Romans Patricia, Collins Frank H
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-01-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/6/5