A chitin-like component in Aedes aegypti eggshells, eggs and ovaries

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1249-1261

  Moreira, Mônica F ^a   dos Santos, Amanda S ^a   Marotta, Humberto R ^a   Mansur, Juliana F ^a   Ramos, Isabela B ^a   Machado, Ednildo A ^a   Souza, Gustavo H M F ^b   Eberlin, Marcos N ^b   Kaiser, Carlos R ^a   Kramer, Karl J ^c   Muthukrishnan, Subbaratnam ^c   Vasconcellos, Ana Maria H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Benzoylphenylurea; Chemical control; Chitin; Chitin staining; Eggshell; Insect growth regulator; Lufenuron; Mosquito; Ovaries

Indexed keywords

BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; FLUPHENACUR; INSECTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; LARVA; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OVARY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; CHITIN; CHITINASE; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; OVARY; OVUM; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; GALLUS GALLUS; HEXAPODA; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

EID: 35448969822     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.07.017     Document Type: Article

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