Genome Wide Mapping of Peptidases in Rhodnius prolixus: Identification of Protease Gene Duplications, Horizontally Transferred Proteases and Analysis of Peptidase A1 Structures, with Considerations on Their Role in the Evolution of Hematophagy in Triatominae

Genome Wide Mapping of Peptidases in Rhodnius prolixus: Identification of Protease Gene Duplications, Horizontally Transferred Proteases and Analysis of Peptidase A1 Structures, with Considerations on Their Role in the Evolution of Hematophagy in Triatominae

Triatominae is a subfamily of the order Hemiptera whose species are able to feed in the vertebrate blood (i.e., hematophagy). This feeding behavior presents a great physiological challenge to insects, especially in Hemipteran species with a digestion performed by lysosomal-like cathepsins instead of...

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Main Authors: Bianca S. Henriques, Bruno Gomes, Samara G. da Costa, Caroline da Silva Moraes, Rafael D. Mesquita, Viv M. Dillon, Eloi de Souza Garcia, Patricia Azambuja, Roderick J. Dillon, Fernando A. Genta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
Rhodnius prolixus
insect
genome
blood feeding
peptidase
gene transfer
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2017.01051/full

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