Figure 5From: Mosquito immune responses and compatibility between Plasmodium parasites and anopheline mosquitoesEffect of silencing An. gambiae (G3) CTL4, LRIM1, TEP1, or LRIM2 on P. yoelii infection. The images illustrate the level of infection and parasite melanization observed 6 days post infection (PI) when each gene was silenced. Live parasites are detected with green fluorescence (left panels) and those melanized are in DIC images (right panels). Effect of silencing C-type lectin 4 (CTL4) (Panel A), leucine rich-repeat immune protein 1 (LRIM1) (Panel B), thioester-containing protein 1 (TEP1) (Panel C), or leucine rich-repeat immune protein 2 (LRIM2) (Panel D) on P. yoelii infection. The dots represent the number of live (green) or melanized (black) parasites on individual midguts 6 days PI. The median number of oocysts is indicated by the horizontal line. Distributions are compared using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test; n = number of mosquitoes; P values lower than 0.05 are consider to be significantly different.Back to article page