Lipophorin levels in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, and the effect of feeding

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 301-312

  Van Heusden, Miranda C ^a   Erickson, Brian A ^a   Pennington, James E ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood meal; Density; Development; ELISA; Lipid; Protein meal; Starvation

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; LIPID; LIPOPHORIN; LIPOPROTEIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EATING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSECT; LARVA; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EATING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARVA; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; PUPA; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 0030637273     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)34:3<301::AID-ARCH5>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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