MicroRNA-275 targets sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ adenosine triphosphatase (SERCA) to control key functions in the mosquito gut.

The yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti is the major vector of arboviruses, causing numerous devastating human diseases, such as dengue and yellow fevers, Chikungunya and Zika. Female mosquitoes need vertebrate blood for egg development, and repeated cycles of blood feeding are tightly linked to pat...

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Main Authors: Bo Zhao, Keira J Lucas, Tusar T Saha, Jisu Ha, Lin Ling, Vladimir A Kokoza, Sourav Roy, Alexander S Raikhel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-08-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5560755?pdf=render