Aedes aegypti peritrophic matrix and its interaction with heme during blood digestion

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 517-523

  Pascoa, Valéria ^a   Oliveira, Pedro L ^b   Dansa Petretski, Marílvia ^a   Silva, José R ^a   Alvarenga, Patricia H ^b   Jacobs Lorena, Marcelo ^c   Lemos, Francisco J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Blood digestion; Heme; Mosquito; Peritrophic matrix

Indexed keywords

HEME; HEME DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN; PEROXIDASE;

AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MEAL; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HEME; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0036009748     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(01)00130-8     Document Type: Article

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