Description
Material provided: Whole mosquitoes, dissected tissues, or extracts
Unit definition: 100 mosquitoes (50 if dissected)
Vector information
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Anopheles
Species: Anopheles coluzzii
Strain Name: N‘Gousso
Place of origin: Yaoundé, Cameroon
Date of colonisation: 2006
Genotype features: TEP1*S1
Phenotype features: susceptible to P. falciparum
Production protocol
Mosquitoes were reared according to standard procedures.
Product options
Please specify in your request:
Whole or dissected: 100 whole mosquitoes; or 50 dissected midguts, salivary glands or ovaries
Form of material:
- Whole mosquitoes or dissected tissues, fixed in 70% ethanol, formalin, or other fixative: useful for DNA extraction from 70% ethanol, immunohistochemistry, not useful for RNA experiments or proteomics.
- Whole mosquitoes or dissected tissues, homogenised in a lysis buffer such as Trizol: useful for RNA, DNA and protein experiments.
- Whole mosquitoes or dissected tissues, frozen at -80°C or stored in RNALater useful for RNA, DNA and protein experiments.
- Other formats or preparations may be possible by request, contact us.
Sample size: For larger sample sizes, request more units.
Publications
- Harris, C., Lambrechts, L., Rousset, F., Abate, L., Nsango, S.E., Fontenille, D., Morlais, I., and Cohuet, A. (2010). Polymorphisms in Anopheles gambiae immune genes associated with natural resistance to Plasmodium falciparum. PLoS Pathog 6, e1001112.
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