Lipophorin acts as a shuttle of lipids to the milk gland during tsetse fly pregnancy
Benoit JB, Yang G, Krause TB, Patrick KR, Aksoy S, Attardo GM. Lipophorin acts as a shuttle of lipids to the milk gland during tsetse fly pregnancy. Journal Of Insect Physiology 2011, 57: 1553-1561. PMID: 21875592, PMCID: PMC3209505, DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.08.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHemolymph lipid levelsLipid levelsMilk glandRole of LpSecond gonotrophic cycleFat bodyGonotrophic cycleCarrier lipoproteinsFirst gonotrophic cycleFemale reproductive cycleTsetse reproductionMother's uterusPregnant femalesLipid mobilizationUterine fluidGlandSingle gene sequencesViviparous tsetse flyPregnancyLarval gut contentsUterusAdult fat bodyOvariesLipid transport proteinsOocyte development