The morphology and physiology of the oogenesis have been well studied in vector Chagas disease Rhodnius prolixus. However, molecular interactions that regulate process egg formation, key for reproductive cycle vector, is still largely unknown. In order to understand cellular basis oogenesis, we examined function gene Bicaudal C (BicC) during early development R. We show prolixus BicC (Rp-BicC) ...

Notch (N) and other neurogenic genes have been implicated in two fundamental processes, lateral specification of cell fates, and epithelial development. Previous studies have suggested that the neurogenic gene brainiac (brn) is specifically required for epithelial development (Goode, S., Morgan, M., Liang, Y-P. and Mahowald, A. P. (1996). Dev. Biol. 178, 35-50). In this report we show that eggh...

Natural indicators of the electrical polarity of a direct current (DC) source is limited to semiconductor based diodes and transistors. Recently a novel bio-natural indicator of the polarity of a DC source have been reported. Mimosa Pudica or sensitive plant is found to be a natural detector of a DC source polarity, however the mechanism underlying this phenomenon is not known. This paper aims ...