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Diphosphoglycerate rather than ATP as a physiological phagostimulant factor forRhodnius prolixus

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Diphosphoglycerate in μM concentrations stimulates feeding inRhodnius prolixus. Since diphosphoglycerate is present at a high concentration in red blood cells, and is resistant to apyrase hydrolysis, it is suggested that it is a physiological phagostimulant for this blood-sucking insect.

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  1. Department of Physiology, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Caixa Postal 183, 24000, Niteroi, R.J., Brazil

    J. D. Macarini

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Work subsidized by CNPq, BRASIL. Part of this work was presented as a communication at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. An. Acad. brasil Cienc.54 (1982) 1.

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Macarini, J.D. Diphosphoglycerate rather than ATP as a physiological phagostimulant factor forRhodnius prolixus. Experientia 39, 159–160 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01958873

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