... in the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles stephensi (Diptera, Culicidae). Nearly 100% of eggs dissected from virgin females immersed in distilled water darkened, similar to normally oviposited fertilized eggs. It was revealed by the cytological examination of chromosomes that meiotic arrest was relieved...

... O to a concentration of 1 mmol l –1 and then diluted to the required working concentration in Schneider's medium supplemented with 10% foetal calf serum (FCS; Invitrogen Inc.). Fig. 3. The cDNA and putative protein sequence of the Anopheles stephensi leucokinin receptor gene. Nucleotide...

..., of the ovarian follicles at some stage during oogenesis. We have shown that the mosquito Anopheles stephensi responds in this manner when ookinetes of the malaria parasite Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis first begin to invade the midgut. Little is known about the initiation and regulation of follicle resorption...

...J. A. K. Macvicker; P. F. Billingsley; M. B. A. Djamgoz ABSTRACT Na + /K + -ATPase activity was demonstrated in the midgut of Anopheles stephensi . More than 80% of the total ATPase activity was sensitive to inhibition by ouabain with an IC 50 of 4.5×10 −7 ±0.3×10 −7 mol l −1 and with maximal...