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SUBMITTER: Evans AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2756223 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Evans Amy M AM Aimanova Karlygash G KG Gill Sarjeet S SS
The Journal of experimental biology 20091001 Pt 20
After anautogenous mosquitoes ingest the required blood meal, proteins in it are rapidly cleaved, yielding a large pool of amino acids. Transport of these amino acids into gut epithelial cells and their subsequent translocation into other tissues is critical for oogenesis and other physiological processes. We have identified a proton amino acid transporter (PAT) in Aedes aegypti (AaePAT1, AAEL007191) which facilitates this transport and is expressed in epithelial cell membranes of larval caecae ...[more]