Uric acid in Anopheles mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae): Effects of collarless, stripe, and white mutations

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 261-265

  Benedict, Mark Q ^a,b   Cohen, Allen ^a,c   Cornel, Anton J ^a,b   Brummett, Donald L ^a,c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Purine transport; Urate; Xanthine dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS; ANOPHELES MOSQUITO; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ZOSTEROPIDAE;

EID: 0001062714     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/89.2.261     Document Type: Article

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