Rhodnius prolixus: Identification of missing components of the IMD immune signaling pathway and functional characterization of its role in eliminating bacteria

• Nicolas Salcedo-Porras ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nicolas Salcedo-Porras, Alessandra Guarneri, Pedro L. Oliveira, Carl Lowenberger

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: nicolas_salcedo@sfu.ca

  Affiliation Centre for Cell Biology, Development, and Disease, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8291-5233

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• Alessandra Guarneri ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nicolas Salcedo-Porras, Alessandra Guarneri, Pedro L. Oliveira, Carl Lowenberger

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Instituto René Rachou, Avenida Augusto de Lima, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9162-2731

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• Pedro L. Oliveira ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nicolas Salcedo-Porras, Alessandra Guarneri, Pedro L. Oliveira, Carl Lowenberger

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CCS, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0307-354X

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• Carl Lowenberger

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nicolas Salcedo-Porras, Alessandra Guarneri, Pedro L. Oliveira, Carl Lowenberger

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Cell Biology, Development, and Disease, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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