Showing papers by "Shirley Luckhart published in 2001"

TL;DR: The large number of AsNOS transcripts and diversity in AsN OS splicing and exon 1 sequences indicate that transcriptional complexity is a hallmark of both invertebrate and vertebrate NOS genes.

TL;DR: The modulation of As60A and A. stephensi nitric oxide synthase (AsNOS) expression in response to Plasmodium indicates that homologs of effector (N OS) and regulator (TGF-beta1) gene super families may defend evolutionarily diverse hosts against a shared pathogen.

TL;DR: It is proposed that As60A plays a role in the mosquito immune response to Plasmodium infection and is thus a member of the Dpp/BMP subfamily of the TGF-beta superfamily.