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What is the association of heme aggregates with the peritrophic matrix of adult female mosquitoes?

The aim of this Letter is to call attention to the presence of iron-containing or heme aggregates seen within or near the peritrophic matrix (PM) in published Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti midgut micrographs. The micrographs shown here suggest that the PM of An. gambiae adult female is not a h...

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Autor principal: Magalhaes, Tereza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4138372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25123232
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-362