An Insight into the Transcriptome of the Digestive Tract of the Bloodsucking Bug, Rhodnius prolixus

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-

  Ribeiro, José M C ^a   Genta, Fernando A ^b,c   Sorgine, Marcos H F ^b   Logullo, Raquel ^b   Mesquita, Rafael D ^b   Paiva Silva, Gabriela O ^b   Majerowicz, David ^b   Medeiros, Marcelo ^d   Koerich, Leonardo ^b   Terra, Walter R ^b,e   Ferreira, Clélia ^b,e   Pimentel, André C ^e   Bisch, Paulo M ^b   Leite, Daniel C ^b   Diniz, Michelle M P ^b   da Junior, João Lídio S G V ^b,f   Da Silva, Manuela L ^b,d   Araujo, Ricardo N ^b,g   Gandara, Ana Caroline P ^b   Brosson, Sébastien ^h   Salmon, Didier ^b   Bousbata, Sabrina ^h   González Caballero, Natalia ^c   Silber, Ariel Mariano ^e   Alves Bezerra, Michele ^b   Gondim, Katia C ^b   Silva Neto, Mário Alberto C ^b   Atella, Georgia C ^b   Araujo, Helena ^b   Dias, Felipe A ^b   Polycarpo, Carla ^b   Vionette Amaral, Raquel J ^b   Fampa, Patrícia ^b   Melo, Ana Claudia A ^b   Tanaka, Aparecida S ^b,i   Balczun, Carsten ^j   Oliveira, José Henrique M ^b   Gonçalves, Renata L S ^b   Lazoski, Cristiano ^b   Rivera Pomar, Rolando ^k,l   Diambra, Luis ^k   Schaub, Günter A ^j   Garcia, Elói S ^b,c   Azambuja, Patrícia ^b,c   Braz, Glória R C ^b   Oliveira, Pedro L ^b   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^j RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^l Universidad Nacional del Noroeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYROSEQUENCING; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RHODNIUS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INSECT PROTEINS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RHODNIUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84893795577     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002594     Document Type: Article

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