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SUBMITTER: Medeiros MN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3740404 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Medeiros Marcelo N MN Logullo Raquel R Ramos Isabela B IB Sorgine Marcos H F MH Paiva-Silva Gabriela O GO Mesquita Rafael D RD Machado Ednildo Alcantara EA Coutinho Maria Alice MA Masuda Hatisaburo H Capurro Margareth L ML Ribeiro José M C JM Cardoso Braz Glória Regina GR Oliveira Pedro L PL
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology 20110628 10
Insect oocytes grow in close association with the ovarian follicular epithelium (OFE), which escorts the oocyte during oogenesis and is responsible for synthesis and secretion of the eggshell. We describe a transcriptome of OFE of the triatomine bug Rhodnius prolixus, a vector of Chagas disease, to increase our knowledge of the role of FE in egg development. Random clones were sequenced from a cDNA library of different stages of follicle development. The transcriptome showed high commitment to t ...[more]