Phenylalanine metabolism regulates reproduction and parasite melanization in the malaria mosquito

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fuchs, Silke ^a   Behrends, Volker ^a   Bundy, Jacob G ^a   Crisanti, Andrea ^a   Nolan, Tony ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROLACTIC ACID; CARBIDOPA; DOPAMINE; MELANIN; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; PHENYLPYRUVIC ACID; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HATCHING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATURATION; MELANOGENESIS; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE GENE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; REPRODUCTION; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE SILENCING; MALARIA; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLOME; PHENOTYPE; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84896968543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084865     Document Type: Article

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