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A New Role of the Mosquito Complement-like Cascade in Male Fertility in Anopheles gambiae

Thioester-containing protein 1 (TEP1) is a key immune factor that determines mosquito resistance to a wide range of pathogens, including malaria parasites. Here we report a new allele-specific function of TEP1 in male fertility. We demonstrate that during spermatogenesis TEP1 binds to and removes da...

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Autores principales: Pompon, Julien, Levashina, Elena A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4579081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26394016
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002255

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