Expression of nuclear receptor-transcription factor genes during Aedes aegypti midgut metamorphosis and the effect of methoprene on expression.

Exposure of mosquito 4th instars to the juvenile hormone analogue methoprene prevents the emergence of adults by interfering with metamorphosis. One metamorphic processes that is disrupted is midgut remodeling. To investigate the molecular mechanisms by which this occurs, the pattern of transcription factor gene expression during the Aedes aegypti (L.