2011
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
2010
Molecular characterization of two novel milk proteins in the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans morsitans)
Yang G, Attardo GM, Lohs C, Aksoy S. Molecular characterization of two novel milk proteins in the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans morsitans). Insect Molecular Biology 2010, 19: 253-262. PMID: 20136662, PMCID: PMC2862765, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00987.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViviparous reproductionKnockdown fliesRNA interferenceMilk protein genesTranscriptional regulation mechanismPotential phosphorylation sitesIntrauterine larval developmentRNA interference treatmentSpecific gene expressionTissue-specific expressionNovel milk proteinsSpecific expression profilesTsetse fliesHydrophobic amino acidsMajor milk proteinsNorthern blot analysisIntrauterine larvaeNovel genesPhosphorylation sitesProtein functionRT-PCR analysisTranscript abundanceProtein geneCDNA libraryGland proteins