title: Vector Biology: Tyrosine Degradation Protects Blood Feeders from Death via La Grande Bouffe.
abstract: Blood-feeding arthropods digest vast amounts of host-blood nutrients. A new study suggests that tyrosine degradation is essential for the survival of blood-fed kissing bugs, mosquitoes, and ticks. This finding presents a promising target for the control of these disease vectors.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Electronic address: kopajz@paru.cas.cz.
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kopáček
authors.affiliation: Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Electronic address: perner@paru.cas.cz.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods; D009033:Culicidae; D003643:Death; D004199:Disease Vectors; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D014443:Tyrosine
chemical_list: D014443:Tyrosine