Embryonic desiccation resistance in Aedes aegypti: Presumptive role of the chitinized Serosal Cuticle

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rezende, Gustavo Lazzaro ^a   Martins, Ademir Jesus ^a   Gentile, Carla ^a,b   Farnesi, Luana Cristina ^a   Pelajo Machado, Marcelo ^a   Peixoto, Alexandre Afrânio ^a   Valle, Denise ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CUTICLE PROTEINS, INSECTS; EGG PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CUTICLE; DESICCATION; DESICCATION RESISTANCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HATCHING; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA SPLICING; SEROSA; SEROSAL CUTICLE; AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OOCYTE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DENGUE; DESICCATION; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; RNA SPLICING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 53249129083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-8-82     Document Type: Article

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