Fig. 3. Intact imported phosphatidylethanolamine in neonate A. gambiae larvae. Texas Red-PE-loaded lipophorin was injected into vitellogenic females. Extracted phospholipids from larvae were fractionated by thin-layer chromatography. Fluorescence from the lipid analog was visualized by illuminating the plate with UV light. Lane UL, unlabeled phospholipids extracted from unlabeled neonate larvae; lane L, labeled phospholipids extracted from neonate larvae hatched from eggs laid by the females injected with Texas Red-PE; lane S, standard containing commercial Texas Red-PE that was injected into the mosquitoes.

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