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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2010 Mar 15;1800(8):824–833. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2010.03.004

Fig. 3. Iron metabolism in mosquitoes. A. Main route for iron absorption.

Fig. 3

Fe-Human Transferrin = iron from human transferrin in the blood meal; Fe-Human Heme = iron from human hemoglobin in the blood meal. Fe (not bolded) = % of Fe-Human Transferrin deposited in eggs or going to waste; Fe (bolded) = % of Fe-Human Heme deposited in eggs or going to waste. B. Proteins involved in iron transfer to different tissues. Fe = iron; Fer = insect ferritin; Tf = insect transferrin.