Transcriptomic Evidence for a Dramatic Functional Transition of the Malpighian Tubules after a Blood Meal in the Asian Tiger Mosquito Aedes albopictus

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Esquivel, Carlos J ^a   Cassone, Bryan J ^a   Piermarini, Peter M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADULT; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FEEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DETOXIFICATION; DIGESTION; EXCRETION; FEEDING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ADAPTATION; AEDES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MEAL; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AEDES; ANIMALS; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALPIGHIAN TUBULES; MEALS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903458705     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002929     Document Type: Article

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