Armigeres subalbatus (Diptera: Culicidae) prophenoloxidase III is required for mosquito cuticle formation: Ultrastructural study on dsRNA-knockdown mosquitoes

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 495-503

  Tsao, I Y ^a   Christensen, B M ^b   Chen, C C ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

double stranded RNA interference; mosquito; prophenoloxidase; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PRO PHENOLOXIDASE; PRO-PHENOLOXIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; INTEGUMENT; METABOLISM; MOSQUITO; RNA INTERFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CULICIDAE; ENZYME PRECURSORS; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; PUPA; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

ARMIGERES SUBALBATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954179108     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME08114     Document Type: Article

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