2020
Analysis of blood-induced Anopheles gambiae midgut proteins and sexual stage Plasmodium falciparum interaction reveals mosquito genes important for malaria transmission
Cui Y, Niu G, Li VL, Wang X, Li J. Analysis of blood-induced Anopheles gambiae midgut proteins and sexual stage Plasmodium falciparum interaction reveals mosquito genes important for malaria transmission. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 14316. PMID: 32868841, PMCID: PMC7459308, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71186-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMidgut proteinsCandidate genesStage parasitesGene expression profilesMosquito genesUnique genesMalaria transmissionInsect cellsMosquito proteinsSexual stage parasitesGene productsAsexual stage parasitesKnockdown assaysP. falciparum invasionProtein sequencesPlasmodium invasionAnopheles gambiaeSecretory proteinsExpression profilesMosquito midgutParasite invasionGenesCell lysatesMosquito susceptibilityProtein
2012
Molecular characterization of DSC1 orthologs in invertebrate species
Cui YJ, Yu LL, Xu HJ, Dong K, Zhang CX. Molecular characterization of DSC1 orthologs in invertebrate species. Insect Biochemistry And Molecular Biology 2012, 42: 353-359. PMID: 22321571, DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvertebrate speciesVoltage-gated sodiumVoltage-gated cation channelsFull-length cDNACation channelsEvolutionary relationshipsInsect speciesArachnid speciesVertebrate speciesPhylogenetic analysisGenome sequenceOrthologsPhylum MolluscaBrown planthopperVarroa destructorPest controlMolecular characterizationSafe insecticidesClassical calcium channelsCalcium channelsSpeciesUnique familyNovel familyMotifDSC1