Transcriptomic analysis and molecular docking reveal genes involved in the response of Aedes aegypti larvae to an essential oil extracted from Eucalyptus.

• Main Authors: Ivana Sierra (Author), Jose Manuel Latorre-Estivalis (Author), Lucila Traverso (Author), Paula V Gonzalez (Author), Ariel Aptekmann (Author), Alejandro Daniel Nadra (Author), Héctor Masuh (Author), Sheila Ons (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Aedes aegypti (L.) is an urban mosquito, vector of several arboviruses that cause severe diseases in hundreds of million people each year. The resistance to synthetic insecticides developed by Ae. aegypti populations worldwide has contributed to failures in vector cont...