Gabriela O. Paiva‐Silva

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

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

Fitness trade-offs incurred by ovary-to-gut steroid signalling in Drosophila

Sara Mahmoud H. Ahmed, Julieta A. Maldera, Damir Krunic et al. · Nature · 2020 · 159 citations · Full text

Biology, Fitness Trade-offs, Fitness +5

A new intracellular pathway of haem detoxification in the midgut of the cattle tick <i>Boophilus microplus</i>: aggregation inside a specialized organelle, the hemosome

Flávio Alves Lara, Ulysses Lins, Gabriela O. Paiva‐Silva et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 2003 · 118 citations · Full text

A Heme-binding Aspartic Proteinase from the Eggs of the Hard TickBoophilus microplus

Marcos Henrique Ferreira Sorgine, Carlos Logullo, Russolina B. Zingali et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2000 · 105 citations · Full text