Utilization of pre-existing energy stores of female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes during the first gonotrophic cycle

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 919-925

  Zhou, Guoli ^a   Pennington, James E ^a   Wells, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Glycogen; Lipid; Metabolism; Pentose phosphate pathway; Protein; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 11144221344     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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