MicroRNA Tissue Atlas of the Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae.
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SUBMITTER: Lampe L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5765347 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
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MicroRNA Tissue Atlas of the Malaria Mosquito <i>Anopheles gambiae</i>.
Lampe Lena L Levashina Elena A EA
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) 20180104 1
<i>Anopheles gambiae</i> mosquitoes transmit the human malaria parasite <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i>, which causes the majority of fatal malaria cases worldwide. The hematophagous lifestyle defines mosquito reproductive biology and is exploited by <i>P. falciparum</i> for its own sexual reproduction and transmission. The two main phases of the mosquito reproductive cycle, previtellogenic (PV) and postblood meal (PBM), shape its capacity to transmit malaria. Transition between these phases is tig ...[more]
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