An immune signalling kinase AaMEK3 from mosquitoes: cDNA cloning and characterization.

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that Amblyomma americanum tick serine protease inhibitor 6 (AamS6) was secreted into the host during tick feeding and that both its mRNA and protein were ubiquitously and highly expressed during the first 3 days of tick feeding. This study demonstrates that AamS6 is a cross-class inhibitor o...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Mulenga A,Kim T,Ibelli AM

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) refers to the process of post-transcriptional silencing of cellular mRNA by the application of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). RNAi strategies have been widely employed to regulate gene expression in plants and animals including insects. With the availability of the full genome sequences of major ...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Balakrishna Pillai A,Nagarajan U,Mitra A,Krishnan U,Rajendran S,Hoti SL,Mishra RK

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying honeybee social behaviours, we identified a novel gene, Nb-1, whose expression in the worker brain changes according to the age-dependent division of labour in normal colonies. The open reading frames contained in the Nb-1 cDNA were not conserved in the homologue of a r...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Tadano H,Yamazaki Y,Takeuchi H,Kubo T

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated and determined the nucleotide sequences for cDNA clones encoding glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGD) from the medfly Ceratitis capitata. The derived amino acid sequences for G6PD and 6PGD are presented and compared with G6PDs and 6PGDs from other specie...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Scott MJ,Kriticou D,Robinson AS

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) photolyases repair ultraviolet (UV)-induced DNA damage using blue light. To get insight in the origin of baculovirus CPD photolyase (phr) genes, homologues in the lepidopteran insects Chrysodeixis chalcites, Spodoptera exigua and Trichoplusia ni were identified and characterized. Lep...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Biernat MA,Ros VI,Vlak JM,van Oers MM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear ribosomal ITS2 and mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase DNA sequences were analysed from the Byturidae (Coleoptera), which includes the raspberry beetles. The secondary structure of ITS2 was plotted and interspecific changes analysed. Evidence for selection on simple sequence repeats within the ITS2 was found. Phy...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Malloch G,Fenton B,Goodrich MA

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens, is a major threat to rice production. The eggshell plays an important role in insect reproduction. The constituents and formation process of BPH eggshells remains largely unknown. Here, we report a novel eggshell-associated protein, NlChP38, containing an amelogenin dom...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Lou YH,Lu JB,Li DT,Ye YX,Luo XM,Zhang CX

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular mechanisms underlying the interaction between malarial sporozoites and putative receptor(s) on the salivary glands of Anopheles gambiae remain largely unknown. In previous studies, a salivary gland protein of ~100 kDa was identified as a putative target based on recognition of the protein by a monoclonal ant...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Okulate MA,Kalume DE,Reddy R,Kristiansen T,Bhattacharyya M,Chaerkady R,Pandey A,Kumar N

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolbachia is an intracellular bacterium that has aroused intense interest because of its ability to alter the biology of its host in diverse ways. In the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, Wolbachia can induce complex cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) phenotypes and fitness changes, although little is known ...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Zhang YK,Ding XL,Rong X,Hong XY

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The full-length Hsp90 cDNA in Delia antiqua was cloned and sequenced. The deduced polypeptide comprised 717 amino acid residues, with a molecular mass of 82 140 Da. Summer- and winter-diapauses both elevated HSP90 transcript levels in D. antiqua pupae. Levels gradually increased with time in summer diapausing pupae wh...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Chen B,Kayukawa T,Monteiro A,Ishikawa Y

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitellogenins, cyclorraphan yolk proteins and lepidopteran minor yolk proteins are three classes of female-specific proteins that serve as an embryonic nutritional store. Similarity to vertebrate lipid-binding proteins was established for vitellogenins and yolk proteins, vitellogenins being related to apolipoprotein B...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Hens K,Lemey P,Macours N,Francis C,Huybrechts R

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta is an important model for insect physiology but genomic and transcriptomic data are currently lacking. Following a recent pyrosequencing study generating immune related expressed sequence tags (ESTs), here we use this new technology to define the M. sexta larval midgut transcriptome....

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Pauchet Y,Wilkinson P,Vogel H,Nelson DR,Reynolds SE,Heckel DG,ffrench-Constant RH

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of insects that transmit disease and damage crops has become increasingly difficult. The ability to genetically engineer insects would facilitate strategies to protect crops and block arthropod vector-borne disease transmission. Transformation vectors based on insect transposable elements have been develop...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Jordan TV,Shike H,Boulo V,Cedeno V,Fang Q,Davis BS,Jacobs-Lorena M,Higgs S,Fryxell KJ,Burns JC

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a novel gene, CLEM 36, of the flesh fly Sarcophaga peregrina, which shows significant homology to the C-type lectin family. CLEM 36 mRNA was transcribed excessively from the second day after eclosion only in the tip of mouthparts. Whole mount in situ hybridization showed that CLEM 36 mRNA was expresse...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Yamamoto-Kihara M,Kotani E

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Asian rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzae, is a fast evolving, damaging pest of rice. Understanding the underlying molecular mechanism of interaction between the gall midge and rice will help in devising strategies to control and manage the pest. The present study aims to identify rice-responsive genes in the gall mi...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Sinha DK,Bentur JS,Nair S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) has emerged as a promising method for validating gene function; however, its utility in nonmodel insects has proven problematic, with delivery methods being one of the main obstacles. This study investigates a novel method of RNAi delivery in aphids, the aerosolization of short interfering RNA ...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Thairu MW,Skidmore IH,Bansal R,Nováková E,Hansen TE,Li-Byarlay H,Wickline SA,Hansen AK

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biogenic amine receptor genes constitute an ancient and highly divergent family within the larger superfamily of G-protein-coupled receptors. These receptors play a central role in modulating nerve cell activity and thus behaviour. Because the honey bee offers numerous advantages for behavioural studies we endeavo...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Ebert PR,Rowland JE,Toma DP

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like peptides (ILPs) including insulin, insulin-like growth factor (IGF) and relaxin are evolutionarily conserved hormones in metazoans, and they are involved in diverse physiological processes. The migratory brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens, encodes four ILP genes (Nlilp1, Nlilp2, Nlilp3 and Nlilp4...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Xue WH,Liu YL,Jiang YQ,He SF,Wang QQ,Yang ZN,Xu HJ

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HindIII restriction digests of the rDNA repeat unit of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, reveal significant intraspecies sequence polymorphism. This variability is probably caused by structural differences within the nontranscribed spacer regions (NTS) of the ribosomal repeat unit. HindIII rDNA fragment polym...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Mukha DV,Sidorenko AP,Lazebnaya IV,Wiegmann BM,Schal C

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid degradation of odours after interaction with olfactory receptors is a critical step of the signal reception process. However, the implied mechanisms are still largely unknown in vertebrates as well as in insects. Involvement of odourant-degrading enzymes in odourant degradation within the antennae has been shown...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Merlin C,Rosell G,Carot-Sans G,François MC,Bozzolan F,Pelletier J,Jacquin-Joly E,Guerrero A,Maïbèche-Coisne M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile hormone esterases (JHEs) are required for the degradation of juvenile hormones (JHs) in insects. Here, we report the cloning and analysis of the jhe gene in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, a model insect of Coleoptera. The Tcjhe gene was strongly expressed at the final instar larva, as would be exp...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Tsubota T,Minakuchi C,Nakakura T,Shinoda T,Shiotsuki T

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aedes aegypti is a major vector of arthropod-borne viruses such as yellow fever virus and dengue viruses. Efforts to discern the function of genes involved in important behaviours, such as vector competence and host seeking through reverse genetics, would greatly benefit from the ability to generate targeted gene disr...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Traver BE,Anderson MA,Adelman ZN

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many hemimetabolous insects produce their own cellulase enzymes from the glycoside hydrolase family 9, first observed in termites and cockroaches. Phasmatodea have multiple cellulases, some of which are multifunctional and can degrade xylan or xyloglucan. To discover when these abilities evolved, we identified cellula...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Shelomi M,Wipfler B,Zhou X,Pauchet Y

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Target of rapamycin (TOR), a member of the phosphatidylinositol kinase-related kinase family, plays a critical role in the regulation of growth, metabolism, development and survival, at both the cellular and the organismal levels. Two paralogous Tor genes, BmTor1 and BmTor2, were identified as a pair of inverted repea...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Zhou S,Zhou Q,Liu Y,Wang S,Wen D,He Q,Wang W,Bendena WG,Li S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ticks continue to be a threat to animal and human health, and new and novel control strategies are needed for ticks and tick-borne pathogens. The characterization of the tick-pathogen interface and the tick immune response to microbial infections is fundamental toward the formulation of new control strategies for tick...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Jaworski DC,Zou Z,Bowen CJ,Wasala NB,Madden R,Wang Y,Kocan KM,Jiang H,Dillwith JW

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has led to the idea that derived traits can arise through the evolution of novel roles for conserved genes. We explored whether neuropeptide Y (NPY)-like signalling, a conserved pathway that regulates food-related behaviour, is involved in a derived, nutritionally-related trait, the division of labou...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Ament SA,Velarde RA,Kolodkin MH,Moyse D,Robinson GE

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intensely studied white gene is widely used as a genetic marker in Drosophila melanogaster. Here, we cloned and characterized the white gene in an important pest of the fruit industry, Bactrocera dorsalis, to understand its functional role in pigmentation. We obtained BdWhite knockout strains, based on the wild-ty...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Bai X,Zeng T,Ni XY,Su HA,Huang J,Ye GY,Lu YY,Qi YX

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loxosceles intermedia venom comprises a complex mixture of proteins, glycoproteins and low molecular mass peptides that act synergistically to immobilize envenomed prey. Analysis of a venom-gland transcriptome from L. intermedia revealed that knottins, also known as inhibitor cystine knot peptides, are the most abunda...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Matsubara FH,Meissner GO,Herzig V,Justa HC,Dias BC,Trevisan-Silva D,Gremski LH,Gremski W,Senff-Ribeiro A,Chaim OM,King GF,Veiga SS

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insects and other arthropods have an effective innate immune system that can clear infections with bacteria and other microorganisms. Despite this ability, one group of bacteria, the spiroplasmas, survive unharmed within the haemolymph of a wide range of arthropod hosts. We investigated the interaction between one mem...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Hurst GD,Anbutsu H,Kutsukake M,Fukatsu T

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are important chaperones, which are involved in various signal pathways and regulate lots of physiological processes. Early research suggested that some Hsps are involved in insect development. However, few studies have been carried out to explore the roles of Hsps, especially in larval-pupa...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Gu J,Huang LX,Shen Y,Huang LH,Feng QL

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00