A coordinated expression of biosynthetic enzymes controls the flux of juvenile hormone precursors in the corpora allata of mosquitoes

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 660-669

  Nouzova, Marcela ^a   Edwards, Marten J ^b   Mayoral, Jaime G ^a   Noriega, Fernando G ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUHLENBERG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Flux; Juvenile hormone; Mosquito; Precursors

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; JUVENILE HORMONE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CORPUS ALLATUM; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; METABOLISM;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CORPORA ALLATA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; JUVENILE HORMONES; PUPA;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 79959784972     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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