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SUBMITTER: Pitts RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5220300 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pitts R Jason RJ Derryberry Stephen L SL Zhang Zhiwei Z Zwiebel Laurence J LJ
Scientific reports 20170109
The principal Afrotropical human malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, remains a significant threat to global health. A critical component in the transmission of malaria is the ability of An. gambiae females to detect and respond to human-derived chemical kairomones in their search for blood meal hosts. The basis for host odor responses resides in olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) that express chemoreceptors encoded by large gene families, including the odorant receptors (ORs) and the vari ...[more]