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Comprehensive proteolytic profiling of <i>Aedes aegypti</i> mosquito midgut extracts: Unraveling the blood meal protein digestion system
2024-09-24
Abstract excerpt
To sustain the gonotrophic cycle, the Aedes aegypti mosquito must acquire a blood meal from a human or other vertebrate host. However, in the process of blood feeding, the mosquito may facilitate the transmission of several bloodborne viral pathogens ( e.g. , dengue, Zika, and chikungunya). The blood meal is essential as it contains proteins that are digested into polypeptides and amino acid nutrients that are e...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d289de52-1f66-5a7f-a860-57f092e6870d
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.09.23.614410
