Urea Synthesis and Excretion in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes Are Regulated by a Unique Cross-Talk Mechanism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Isoe, Jun ^a   Scaraffia, Patricia Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOIN; ARGINASE; ARGININE; URATE OXIDASE; UREA; AMMONIA; INSECT PROTEIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UREA CYCLE; VITELLOGENESIS; AEDES; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; ENZYMOLOGY; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; VERTEBRATA;

AEDES; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ARGINASE; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; INSECT PROTEINS; MALPIGHIAN TUBULES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RNA INTERFERENCE; URATE OXIDASE; UREA; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 84878766965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065393     Document Type: Article

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