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Systemic RNAi of the cockroach vitellogenin receptor results in a phenotype similar to that of the Drosophila yolkless mutant.
The FEBS journal - 1 Jan 2006
Ciudad Laura, Piulachs Maria-Dolors, Bellés Xavier
Abstract excerpt
During vitellogenesis, one of the most tightly regulated processes in oviparous reproduction, vitellogenins are incorporated into the oocyte through vitellogenin receptor (VgR)-mediated endocytosis. In this paper, we report the cloning of the VgR cDNA from Blattella germanica, as well as the first functional analysis of VgR following an RNA interference (RNAi) approach. We characterized the VgR, VgR mRNA and...
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