Mass spectrometry based proteomic analysis of salivary glands of urban malaria vector Anopheles stephensi.

ABSTRACT: Salivary gland proteins of Anopheles mosquitoes offer attractive targets to understand interactions with sporozoites, blood feeding behavior, homeostasis, and immunological evaluation of malaria vectors and parasite interactions. To date limited studies have been carried out to elucidate salivary proteins of An. stephensi salivary glands. The aim of the present study was to provide detailed analytical attributives of functional salivary gland proteins of urban malaria vector An. stephensi. A proteomic approach combining one-dimensional electrophoresis (1DE), ion trap liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS), and computational bioinformatic analysis was adopted to provide the first direct insight into identification and functional characterization of known salivary proteins and no

SUBMITTER: Vijay S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4122192 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature