Genome-wide identification, characterization and classification of ionotropic glutamate receptor genes (iGluRs) in the malaria vector Anopheles sinensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

Abstract Background Ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) are conserved ligand-gated ion channel receptors, and ionotropic receptors (IRs) were revealed as a new family of iGluRs. Their subdivision was unsettled, and their characteristics are little known. Anopheles sinensis is a major malaria vec...

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Main Authors: Ting-Ting Wang, Feng-Ling Si, Zheng-Bo He, Bin Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-017-2610-x