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Role in diuresis of a calcitonin receptor (GPRCAL1) expressed in a distal-proximal gradient in renal organs of the mosquito Aedes aegypti (L.).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Kwon Hyeogsun, Lu Hsiao-Ling, Longnecker Michael T, Pietrantonio Patricia V
Abstract excerpt
Evolution of anthropophilic hematophagy in insects resulted in the coordination of various physiological processes for survival. In female mosquitoes, a large blood meal provides proteins for egg production and as a trade-off, rapid elimination of the excess water and solutes (Na(+), Cl(-)) is cr...
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