Friday 2 December 2022

Why the Connections Between Cells Could be New Targets for Managing Insect Pests | Entomology Today

Closeup of Aedes aegypti mosquito (mostly black in color with white stripes on thorax and legs) on skin, beginning to pierce skin with proboscis.

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The channels that link insect cells, known as gap junctions, control a wide array of biological functions. Biologists are exploring gap junctions as potential targets for new insecticides, and a new review in Annals of the Entomological Society of America examines existing knowledge and future directions for this line of research.

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