Molecular immune responses of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae to bacteria and malaria parasites.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on October 14, 1997

Authors

G Dimopoulos1, A Richman, H M Müller, F C Kafatos

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1: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.

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