Flaminia Catteruccia

JNK signaling regulates reproductive trade-offs after Plasmodium infection in the malaria mosquito

ABSTRACT Environmental stress can limit mammalian reproduction by affecting production of sexual steroid hormones. Here we reveal a similar mechanism in the malarial mosquito Anopheles gambiae : activation of the stress-sensitive c- J un N -terminal k inase, JNK, constrains repro...