..., which will improve the measurement and the interpretation of electrophysiological data collected from Malpighian tubules. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: kwb1@cornell.edu ) 19 11 2007 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2008 2008 Malpighian tubule yellow fever mosquito...

...Ming-Jiun Yu; Klaus W. Beyenbach SUMMARY The diuretic peptide leucokinin is known to increase fluid secretion in Malpighian tubules of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti by increasing a transepithelial Cl - conductance. The present study sought to examine whether stellate cells provided...

... hormones enable hematophagous and probably also phytophagous insects to deal with enormous dietary loads, thereby contributing to the evolutionary success of insects. (e-mail: kwb1@cornell.edu ) 18 7 2003 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2003 2003 yellow fever mosquito Aedes...

...Daniel S. Wu; Klaus W. Beyenbach SUMMARY The relationship between the intracellular ATP concentration[ATP] i and the electrical properties of principal cells was investigated in Malpighian tubules of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti . Under control conditions, [ATP] i was 0.91 mmol l -1...