Isolation and expression of a sterol carrier protein‐2 gene from the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti
- 22 January 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Insect Molecular Biology
- Vol. 12 (1), 51-60
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2583.2003.00386.x
Abstract
Trafficking of cholesterol in insects is a very important process due to the fact that insects depend on dietary cholesterol to fulfil their physiological needs. We identified a putative mosquito ste...Keywords
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