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Knockdown of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT1) reduces fat body lipid mobilization and resistance to starvation in the insect vector Rhodnius prolixus

The energy stored in fatty acids is essential for several critical activities of insects, such as embryogenesis, oviposition, and flight. Rhodnius prolixus is an obligatory hematophagous hemipteran and vector of Chagas disease, and it feeds infrequently on very large blood meals. As digestion slowly...

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Autores principales: De Paula, Iron F., Santos-Araujo, Samara, Majerowicz, David, Ramos, Isabela, Gondim, Katia C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10352773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37469565
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1201670