However, information about their regulation in Chagas’ disease vectors is still scarce. Vg and Vt have been isolated from several species and their levels are indicative of the efficiency of the oogenesis process. During this process, the fat body synthesizes the main egg protein, vitellogenin (Vg), which will be taken up by the ovary to be stored as vitellin (Vt). Correspondence: insects, like vectors of Chagas’ disease, must surpass a threshold level in terms of the amount and quality of the blood meal in order to successfully produce eggs. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.
Rubiolo.ĭepartamento de Bioquímica Clínica, CIBICI-Conicet.
Vitellogenesis in Dipetalogaster maxima, a vector of Chagas’ disease, Dipetalogaster maxima
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