The insulin/TOR signal transduction pathway is involved in the nutritional regulation of juvenile hormone synthesis in Aedes aegypti

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 495-500

  Pérez Hedo, Meritxell ^a   Rivera Perez, Crisalejandra ^a   Noriega, Fernando G ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Insulin; Juvenile hormone; Mosquito; TOR

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; JUVENILE HORMONE; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CORPUS ALLATUM; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION (PROCESS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CORPORA ALLATA; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; INSULIN; JUVENILE HORMONES; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84876716624     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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