Figure 10. Presence of ferritin subunits in ovaries and eggs of Aedes aegypti. Western blots probed with antibodies against ferritin. Protein extracts were prepared from ovaries of 4 mosquitoes sugar fed, 24h and 48h after blood feeding, from ovaries of 2 mosquitoes 77h after blood feeding, from 40 embryos (eggs 0-3 h after oviposition), and from 40 pharate 1st instar larvae (eggs 4 days after oviposition). The protein bands of ferritin HCH and LCH subunits are indicated on the left; the arrow on the right points to a ~30 kDa band.