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Ammonia Excretion in an Osmoregulatory Syncytium Is Facilitated by AeAmt2, a Novel Ammonia Transporter in Aedes aegypti Larvae

The larvae of the mosquito Aedes aegypti inhabit ammonia rich septic tanks in tropical regions of the world that make extensive use of these systems, explaining the prevalence of disease during dry seasons. Since ammonia (NH(3)/ [Formula: see text]) is toxic to animals, an understanding of the physi...

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Autores principales: Durant, Andrea C., Donini, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5905399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29695971
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.00339