Rodrigo Dutra Nunes

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

Unique Adaptations, Tandem Expansions, Microbial Pathogens +29

A Coxiella mutualist symbiont is essential to the development of Rhipicephalus microplus

Melina Garcia Guizzo, Luís Fernando Parizi, Rodrigo Dutra Nunes et al. · Scientific Reports · 2017 · 150 citations · Full text

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

Marcos Sterkel, Hugo D. Perdomo, Melina Garcia Guizzo et al. · Current Biology · 2016 · 87 citations · Full text

Biology, Terrestrial Arthropod, Blood-feeding Arthropods +5

The major insect lipoprotein is a lipid source to mosquito stages of malaria parasite

Geórgia C. Atella, Paula Bittencourt‐Cunha, Rodrigo Dutra Nunes et al. · Acta Tropica · 2008 · 75 citations

Biology, Biochemistry, Natural Sciences +11

The Antioxidant Role of Xanthurenic Acid in the Aedes aegypti Midgut during Digestion of a Blood Meal

Vitor L. A. Lima, Felipe de Almeida Dias, Rodrigo Dutra Nunes et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 63 citations · Full text

Nutrition, Lipid Peroxidation, Digestive Tract +18