Strong alkalinization in the anterior midgut of larval yellow fever mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti): Involvement of luminal Na+/K +-ATPase

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 311, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 155-161

  Onken, Horst ^a   Patel, Malay ^a   Javoroncov, Margarita ^a   Izeirovski, Sejmir ^a   Moffett, Stacia B ^b   Moffett, David F ^b  

^a WAGNER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CHOLINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; OUABAIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LARVA; METABOLISM; PH;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHOLINE; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA; OUABAIN; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; STROPHANTHUS GRATUS;

EID: 62549111312     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.512     Document Type: Article

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