G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Anopheles gambiae
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- 4 October 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 298 (5591), 176-178
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1076196
Abstract
We used bioinformatic approaches to identify a total of 276 G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) from the Anopheles gambiae genome. These include GPCRs that are likely to play roles in pathways affecting almost every aspect of the mosquito's life cycle. Seventy-nine candidate odorant receptors were characterized for tissue expression and, along with 76 putative gustatory receptors, for their molecular evolution relative to Drosophila melanogaster . Examples of lineage-specific gene expansions were observed as well as a single instance of unusually high sequence conservation.Keywords
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