Genome of <i>Rhodnius prolixus</i> , an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection

Rafael D. Mesquita, Raquel J. Vionette-Amaral, Carl Lowenberger, +113

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Unique AdaptationsTandem ExpansionsMicrobial PathogensGeneticsEntomology +27

Neuropeptide precursor gene discovery in the Chagas disease vector <i>Rhodnius prolixus</i>

Sheila Ons, Marcos Sterkel, Luis Diambra, +2

Insect Molecular Biology

Tyrosine Detoxification Is an Essential Trait in the Life History of Blood-Feeding Arthropods

Marcos Sterkel, Hugo D. Perdomo, Melina Garcia Guizzo, +5

Current Biology

BiologyTerrestrial ArthropodBlood-feeding ArthropodsEntomologyTyrosine Detoxification +3

Identification of a point mutation associated with pyrethroid resistance in the para-type sodium channel of Triatoma infestans, a vector of Chagas’ disease

Jésica Fabro, Marcos Sterkel, Natalia Capriotti, +4

Infection Genetics and Evolution

Parasitic ProtozoaGeneticsEntomologyPyrethroid ResistancePesticide Resistance +7

Identification of G protein coupled receptors for opsines and neurohormones in Rhodnius prolixus. Genomic and transcriptomic analysis

Sheila Ons, Andrés Lavore, Marcos Sterkel, +5

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

NeuropeptidesSignal TransductionMolecular NeuroscienceMolecular PhysiologyBiochemistry +10

OKB, a novel family of brain-gut neuropeptides from insects

Marcos Sterkel, Pedro L. Oliveira, Henning Urlaub, +3

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

BiologyEntomologyNeuropeptide ReceptorNeuroscienceMolecular Neurobiology +3

Orcokinin neuropeptides regulate ecdysis in the hemimetabolous insect Rhodnius prolixus

Juan Pedro Wulff, Ivana Sierra, Marcos Sterkel, +5

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

BiologyPhysiologyEntomologyNeuropeptide ReceptorHyperparasite +3

Transcriptomics supports local sensory regulation in the antenna of the kissing-bug Rhodnius prolixus

José Manuel Latorre-Estivalis, Marcos Sterkel, Sheila Ons, +1

BMC Genomics

Functional Proteomics of Neuropeptidome Dynamics during the Feeding Process of <i>Rhodnius prolixus</i>

Marcos Sterkel, Henning Urlaub, Rolando Rivera‐Pomar, +1

Journal of Proteome Research

EntomologyGastrointestinal Peptide HormoneProteomic TechnologyNeuropeptidome DynamicsHypothalamic Peptide +20

DOPA decarboxylase is essential for cuticle tanning in Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), affecting ecdysis, survival and reproduction

Marcos Sterkel, Sheila Ons, Pedro L. Oliveira

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

BiologyTerrestrial ArthropodNatural SciencesEvolutionary BiologyEntomology +4