The progress in the field of nanotechnology has contributed to the development of tools for combating the most critical problems in developing countries. The requirements that such tools should meet are low-cost and r...
Anopheles funestus and Anopheles gambiae are malaria vector mosquitoes. Knowing their resting behavior is important for implementing control methods. The aim of this study was to investigate the resting behaviour of t...
Malaria incidence in urban areas has generally been low compared to rural areas but recent data indicate that urban malaria remains a public health problem. It is therefore important to understand the factors that pro...
Chitin synthase (CHS) is an important enzyme catalyzing the formation of chitin polymers in all chitin containing organisms and a potential target site for insect pest control. However, our understanding of biochemi...
The epsilon class glutathione-S-transferase of Anopheles gambiae, agGSTe2, is capable of metabolizing DDT. A molecular docking analysis of DDT with agGSTe2 support an E2 elimination mechanism wherein the glutathione s...
Understanding the genetic architecture of indi-vidual taxa of medical importance is the first step for designing disease preventive strategies. To understand the genetic details and evolu-tionary perspective of the mo...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30370352 and 30570420)
Selenoprotein is biosynthesized by the incorporation of selenocysteine into proteins,where the TGA codon in the open reading frame does not act as a stop signal but is translated into selenocysteine.The dual functions...
Olfaction plays a major role in host-seeking behaviour of mosquitoes. An informat- ics-based genome-wide analysis of odorant-binding protein (OBP) homologues is under- taken, and 32 putative OBP genes in total in the ...