An insight into the transcriptome of the digestive tract of the bloodsucking bug, Rhodnius prolixus.

An insight into the transcriptome of the digestive tract of the bloodsucking bug, Rhodnius prolixus.

The bloodsucking hemipteran Rhodnius prolixus is a vector of Chagas' disease, which affects 7-8 million people today in Latin America. In contrast to other hematophagous insects, the triatomine gut is compartmentalized into three segments that perform different functions during blood digestion....

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Main Authors: José M C Ribeiro, Fernando A Genta, Marcos H F Sorgine, Raquel Logullo, Rafael D Mesquita, Gabriela O Paiva-Silva, David Majerowicz, Marcelo Medeiros, Leonardo Koerich, Walter R Terra, Clélia Ferreira, André C Pimentel, Paulo M Bisch, Daniel C Leite, Michelle M P Diniz, João Lídio da S G V Junior, Manuela L Da Silva, Ricardo N Araujo, Ana Caroline P Gandara, Sébastien Brosson, Didier Salmon, Sabrina Bousbata, Natalia González-Caballero, Ariel Mariano Silber, Michele Alves-Bezerra, Katia C Gondim, Mário Alberto C Silva-Neto, Georgia C Atella, Helena Araujo, Felipe A Dias, Carla Polycarpo, Raquel J Vionette-Amaral, Patrícia Fampa, Ana Claudia A Melo, Aparecida S Tanaka, Carsten Balczun, José Henrique M Oliveira, Renata L S Gonçalves, Cristiano Lazoski, Rolando Rivera-Pomar, Luis Diambra, Günter A Schaub, Elói S Garcia, Patrícia Azambuja, Glória R C Braz, Pedro L Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3886914?pdf=render

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