Carla Polycarpo

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 et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2015 · 358 citations · Full text

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

José M. C. Ribeiro, Fernando Ariel Genta, Marcos Henrique Ferreira Sorgine et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2014 · 207 citations · Full text

An aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase that specifically activates pyrrolysine

Carla Polycarpo, Alexandre Ambrogelly, Amélie Bérubé et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2004 · 198 citations · Full text

Pyrrolysine analogues as substrates for pyrrolysyl‐tRNA synthetase

Carla Polycarpo, Stephanie C. Herring, Amélie Bérubé et al. · FEBS Letters · 2006 · 154 citations · Full text

Pyrrolysine is not hardwired for cotranslational insertion at UAG codons

Alexandre Ambrogelly, Sarath Gundllapalli, Stephanie C. Herring et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 130 citations · Full text