Blood-feeding induces reversible functional changes in flight muscle mitochondria of Aedes aegypti mosquito.

BACKGROUND: Hematophagy poses a challenge to blood-feeding organisms since products of blood digestion can exert cellular deleterious effects. Mitochondria perform multiple roles in cell biology acting as the site of aerobic energy-transducing pathways, and also an important source of reactive oxyge...

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Main Authors: Renata L S Gonçalves, Ana Carolina L Machado, Gabriela O Paiva-Silva, Marcos H F Sorgine, Marisa M Momoli, Jose Henrique M Oliveira, Marcos A Vannier-Santos, Antonio Galina, Pedro L Oliveira, Marcus F Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2773413?pdf=render