Vitellogenin knockdown

InterventionPreclinical

1 paper studies it1 finding

1 lab in 1 country

Funders: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico and 3 more

Model organisms1

Outcomes

1

Egg viability

downin R. prolixus1

1 study

Vitellogenin knockdown decreases egg viability in R. prolixus.
“Despite regular oviposition rates, most of these eggs were inviable”
Model organismsRNAi-mediated knockdown in adult femalesfemales
Functional characterization of vitellogenin unveils novel roles in RHBP uptake and lifespan regulation in the insect vector Rhodnius prolixus
Insect biochemistry and molecular biologyMar 13, 2025

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Insect Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyMar 16

Functional characterization of vitellogenin unveils novel roles in RHBP uptake and lifespan regulation in the insect vector Rhodnius prolixus

Experiments in model organismsMechanisms