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Role in Diuresis of a Calcitonin Receptor (GPRCAL1) Expressed in a Distal-Proximal Gradient in Renal Organs of the Mosquito Aedes aegypti (L.)

Evolution of anthropophilic hematophagy in insects resulted in the coordination of various physiological processes for survival. In female mosquitoes, a large blood meal provides proteins for egg production and as a trade-off, rapid elimination of the excess water and solutes (Na(+), Cl(−)) is criti...

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Autores principales: Kwon, Hyeogsun, Lu, Hsiao-Ling, Longnecker, Michael T., Pietrantonio, Patricia V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23209727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050374