Molecular and Functional Characterization of Odorant-Binding Protein Genes in an Invasive Vector Mosquito, Aedes albopictus

Yuhua Deng; Hui Yan; Jinbao Gu; Jiabao Xu; Kun Wu; Zhijian Tu; Anthony A. James; Xiaoguang Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068836

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Molecular and Functional Characterization of Odorant-Binding Protein Genes in an Invasive Vector Mosquito, Aedes albopictus

Yuhua Deng,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangdong, PR China
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Hui Yan,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangdong, PR China
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Jinbao Gu,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangdong, PR China
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Jiabao Xu,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangdong, PR China
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Kun Wu,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangdong, PR China
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Zhijian Tu,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Anthony A. James,

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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Xiaoguang Chen

* E-mail: xgchen2001@hotmail.com

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangdong, PR China
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Molecular and Functional Characterization of Odorant-Binding Protein Genes in an Invasive Vector Mosquito, Aedes albopictus

Yuhua Deng,
Hui Yan,
Jinbao Gu,
Jiabao Xu,
Kun Wu,
Zhijian Tu,
Anthony A. James,
Xiaoguang Chen

Published: July 23, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068836

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