Transglutaminase-mediated semen coagulation controls sperm storage in the malaria mosquito.

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Published in PLoS Biol on December 22, 2009

Authors

David W Rogers1, Francesco Baldini, Francesca Battaglia, Maria Panico, Anne Dell, Howard R Morris, Flaminia Catteruccia

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.

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