... component of fluid absorption. Acetazolamide Carbonic anhydrase Concanamycin Insect Ouabain Sodium-potassium pump V-type proton pump Adult female mosquitoes of many species require a blood meal to finalize egg production (cf. Clements, 1992). In female yellow fever mosquitoes (Aedes...

... that the decorated spongiomes, V-type proton-pump-covered terminal tubules of the radial arms that end blindly in the cytosol, are electrogenic. The linear current–voltage relationship of the contractile vacuole membrane also implies that few voltage-activated ion channels are present in the membrane. To explain...