The leucine-rich repeat immune protein family in malaria vector mosquitoes
A novel mosquito-specific family of leucine-rich repeat immune proteins (LRIMs) was recently identified in Anopheles gambiae, the major vector of malaria in Africa. The founding family members, LRIM1 and APL1C, form a heterodimer circulating in the mosquito hemolymph and mediate killing of malaria p...
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Imperial College London
2013
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.616819 |