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Mitochondrial Physiology in the Major Arbovirus Vector Aedes aegypti: Substrate Preferences and Sexual Differences Define Respiratory Capacity and Superoxide Production

Adult females of Aedes aegypti are facultative blood sucking insects and vectors of Dengue and yellow fever viruses. Insect dispersal plays a central role in disease transmission and the extremely high energy demand posed by flight is accomplished by a very efficient oxidative phosphorylation proces...

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Autores principales: Soares, Juliana B. R. Correa, Gaviraghi, Alessandro, Oliveira, Marcus F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4372595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25803027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120600