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Structure of an Odorant-Binding Protein from the Mosquito Aedes aegypti Suggests a Binding Pocket Covered by a pH-Sensitive “Lid”

BACKGROUND: The yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is the primary vector for the viruses that cause yellow fever, mostly in tropical regions of Africa and in parts of South America, and human dengue, which infects 100 million people yearly in the tropics and subtropics. A better understanding of...

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Autores principales: Leite, Ney Ribeiro, Krogh, Renata, Xu, Wei, Ishida, Yuko, Iulek, Jorge, Leal, Walter S., Oliva, Glaucius
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2778553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19956631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008006