SLC7 amino acid transporters of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti and their role in fat body TOR signaling and reproduction

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 513-522

  Carpenter, Victoria K ^a,b   Drake, Lisa L ^a   Aguirre, Sarah E ^a   Price, David P ^a   Rodriguez, Stacy D ^a   Hansen, Immo A ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Amino acid; Mosquito; RNA interference; SLC7 transporter; Target of rapamycin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; INSECT PROTEIN; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DIET; DRUG; FAT RESERVE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE; MOSQUITO; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SIGNALING; TRANSLOCATION; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; METABOLISM; OVIPARITY; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AEDES; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; OVIPARITY; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; METAZOA;

EID: 84859424597     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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