Comparative Genomics of Odorant Binding Proteins in Anopheles gambiae, Aedes aegypti, and Culex quinquefasciatus

Malini, Manoharan; Ng Fuk Chong, Matthieu; Vaïtinadapoulé, Aurore; Frumence, Étienne; Sowdhamini, Ramanathan; Offmann, Bernard

doi:10.1093/gbe/evs131

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Comparative Genomics of Odorant Binding Proteins in Anopheles gambiae, Aedes aegypti, and Culex quinquefasciatus

Published in Genome Biology and Evolution • Jan 1, 2013

Authors:

Manoharan Malini

Matthieu Ng Fuk Chong

Aurore Vaïtinadapoulé

Abstract

About 1 million people in the world die each year from diseases spread by mosquitoes, and understanding the mechanism of host identification by the mosquitoes through olfaction is at stake. The role of odorant binding proteins (OBPs) in the primary molecular events of olfaction in mosquitoes is beco...

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Biology

Anopheles gambiae

Culex quinquefasciatus

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