The Regulators of Mosquito Responses (3 of 4) (IMAGE)

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The Regulators of Mosquito Responses (3 of 4)

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Midgut epithelial nitration promotes Plasmodium lysis by activating the mosquito complement system. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 26, 2012, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The paper, by G.d.A. Oliveira at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH in Rockville, Md., and colleagues, was titled, “Epithelial Nitration by a Peroxidase/NOX5 System Mediates Mosquito Antiplasmodial Immunity.”

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[Image courtesy of Carolina Barillas-Mury]

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