A lateral oviduct secreted protein plays a vital role for egg movement through the female reproductive tract in the brown planthopper.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2021.103555
Abstract: The oviduct serves as a delivery tube for mature eggs ovulated from ovaries to egg-laying sites. Oviduct secreted components play important roles in ovulation and fertilization in mammals, however, no oviduct secreted protein has been… read more here.
Keywords: oviduct secreted; oviduct; role egg; lateral oviduct ... See more keywords
Knockdown of the salivary protein gene NlG14 caused displacement of the lateral oviduct secreted components and inhibited ovulation in Nilaparvata lugens
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010704
Abstract: Saliva plays important roles in insect feeding, but its roles in insect reproduction were rarely reported. Here we reported that the knockdown of a salivary gland-specific gene NlG14 disrupted the reproduction through inhibiting the ovulation… read more here.
Keywords: gene nlg14; lateral oviduct; ovulation; knockdown salivary ... See more keywords