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WHAT IS THE ASSOCIATION OF HEME AGGREGATES WITH THE PERITROPHIC MATRIX OF ADULT FEMALE MOSQUITOES?
metabolismo
Quitina
metabolismo
Culicidae
fisiologia
Trato Gastrointestinal
fisiologia
Heme
metabolismo
Proteínas de Insetos
metabolismo
Animais
Feminino
Especificidade da Espécie
Magalhaes, Tereza | Date Issued:
2014
Author
Affilliation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Abstract
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 homogenous layer and instead may have a peritrophin layer surrounded by heme aggregates that are possibly associated to other molecules involved in their formation. In depth studies addressing PM structure in different mosquito species are needed, as these will be important to continue clarifying the roles of the PM.
DeCS
Proteínas de Transportemetabolismo
Quitina
metabolismo
Culicidae
fisiologia
Trato Gastrointestinal
fisiologia
Heme
metabolismo
Proteínas de Insetos
metabolismo
Animais
Feminino
Especificidade da Espécie
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