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A Deep Insight into the Sialome of Male and Female Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes

Only adult female mosquitoes feed on blood, while both genders take sugar meals. Accordingly, several compounds associated with blood feeding (i.e. vasodilators, anti-clotting, anti-platelets) are found only in female glands, while enzymes associated with sugar feeding or antimicrobials (such as lys...

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Autores principales: Ribeiro, José M. C., Martin-Martin, Ines, Arcà, Bruno, Calvo, Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4801386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26999592
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151400