A salivary factor binds a cuticular protein and modulates biting by inducing morphological changes in the mosquito labrum
Irene Arnoldi, Giulia F. Mancini, Marco Fumagalli, Dario Gastaldi, Luca D’Andrea, Claudio Bandi, Monica Venere, Paolo Iadarola, Federico Forneris, Paolo Gabrieli
Topics & Concepts
BiologyLabrumAedes aegyptiSalivaInsectArthropodProboscisCell biologyCockroachBitingExoskeletonBlood mealSalivary glandVertebrateAnatomyZoologyLarvaEcologyGeneticsGeneBiochemistryPaleontologyArthroscopyInsect and Pesticide ResearchNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior