| Title |
Insulin-Like Peptides and the Target of Rapamycin Pathway Coordinately Regulate Blood Digestion and Egg Maturation in the Mosquito Aedes aegypti
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0020401 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Monika Gulia-Nuss, Anne E. Robertson, Mark R. Brown, Michael R. Strand |
| Abstract |
Mosquitoes are insects that vector many serious pathogens to humans and other vertebrates. Most mosquitoes must feed on the blood of a vertebrate host to produce eggs. In turn, multiple cycles of blood feeding promote frequent contacts with hosts and make mosquitoes ideal disease vectors. Both hormonal and nutritional factors are involved in regulating egg development in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti. However, the processes that regulate digestion of the blood meal remain unclear. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Belgium | 2 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Senegal | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 134 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 36 | 25% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 29 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 13% |
| Other | 12 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 7% |
| Other | 22 | 15% |
| Unknown | 17 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 78 | 54% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 28 | 19% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 1% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 8 | 6% |
| Unknown | 20 | 14% |