Compatible interaction with its rice host leads to enhanced expression of the gamma subunit of oligosaccharyl transferase in the Asian rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzae.

abstract：:ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are involved in the transport of substrates across biological membranes and are essential for many cellular processes. Of the fifty-six Drosophila ABC transporter genes only white, brown, scarlet, E23 and Atet have been studied in detail. Phylogenetic analyses identify the Droso...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Tarnay JN,Szeri F,Iliás A,Annilo T,Sung C,Le Saux O,Váradi A,Dean M,Boyd CD,Robinow S

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:Microsatellites are important molecular markers used in numerous genetic contexts. Despite this widespread use, the evolutionary processes governing microsatellite distribution and diversity remain controversial. Here, we present results on the distribution of microsatellites of three species in the parasitic wasp gen...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Pannebakker BA,Niehuis O,Hedley A,Gadau J,Shuker DM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide array of sensilla are distributed on insect antennae, and they play a variety of important roles. Rice planthoppers, destructive pests on rice, have a unique antenna sensilla structure called the 'sensory plaque organ'. The spineless (ss) gene encodes a bHLH-PAS transcription factor and plays a key role in ante...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Li X,Liu FZ,Cai WL,Zhao J,Hua HX,Zou YL

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：:Post-embryonic development in insects requires successive molts. Molts are triggered by ecdysteroids, and the nature of the molt (larval, pupal or adult) is determined by juvenile hormones. The genes encoding cuticle proteins are targets of both classes of hormones, and therefore are interesting models to study hormon...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Lestradet M,Gervasio E,Fraichard S,Dupas S,Alabouvette J,Lemoine A,Charles JP

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are important molecular players in insect olfaction, which has a great influence on the host-seeking behaviour of mosquitoes and other disease vectors. The mRNA level of the Anopheles gambiae Obp7 gene (Agam-Obp7) is higher in the adult female antennae and is slightly reduced in the fem...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Sengul MS,Tu Z

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel receptor guanylyl cyclase (GC) has been identified from the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) and has been designated BdmGC-1. Protein domain analysis revealed that BdmGC-1 possesses a characteristic domain organization similar to all known receptor GCs but with a unique carboxyl-terminal extensi...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Chang JC,Yang RB,Chen YH,Lu KH

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450s are a superfamily of haemoproteins, important in the metabolism of endogenous compounds and xenobiotics. As a first step to elucidating the role of this family in insecticide resistance in the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, we have cloned and mapped multiple P450 genes. Sixteen cDNAs encoding fu...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Ranson H,Nikou D,Hutchinson M,Wang X,Roth CW,Hemingway J,Collins FH

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some refractory anopheline mosquitoes are capable of killing Plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria, by melanotic encapsulation of invading ookinetes. Phenoloxidase (PO) appears to be involved in the formation of melanin and toxic metabolites in the surrounding capsule. A cDNA encoding Anopheles stephensi propheno...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Cui L,Luckhart S,Rosenberg R

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptive polymorphism may be common in immune system genes as co-evolutionary interactions foster diversity; either through ongoing positive selection (arms races), or balancing selection. DNA sequence diversity in two putative immune system genes was examined in species of the genus Anopheles and from Aedes aegypti. ...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Little TJ,Cobbe N

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cytochrome P450 genes, CYP6B8, CYP6B9, CYP6B27 and CYP6B28, exist in the Helicoverpa zea genome as two pairs of paralogs that evolved from gene duplication and 5'-polar gene conversion events. RT-PCR gel blot analyses have shown that all of these genes are expressed constitutively in midguts of all larval instars...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Li X,Berenbaum MR,Schuler MA

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manipulating the expression of genes in species that are not currently used as genetic models will provide comparative insights into the evolution of gene functions. However the experimental tools in doing so are limited in species that have not served as models for genetic studies. We have examined the effects of dou...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Beye M,Härtel S,Hagen A,Hasselmann M,Omholt SW

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect chitin deacetylases (CDAs) are carbohydrate esterases that catalyze N-deacetylation of chitin to generate chitosan, a process essential for chitin organization and compactness during the formation of extracellular chitinous structure. Here we identified two CDA2 splice variants (LdCDA2a and LdCDA2b) in Leptinot...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Wu JJ,Chen ZC,Wang YW,Fu KY,Guo WC,Li GQ

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone is fundamental for regulating moulting and metamorphosis in immature insects, and it plays a role in physiological regulation in adult insects. This hormone acts by binding and activating a receptor, the ecdysone receptor, which is part of the nuclear receptor gene superfamily. Here, we ...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Nascimento PVP,Almeida-Oliveira F,Macedo-Silva A,Ausina P,Motinha C,Sola-Penna M,Majerowicz D

更新日期：2021-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The maternally inherited bacterium Wolbachia is well known for spreading in natural populations by manipulating the reproduction of its arthropod hosts, but can also have mutualist effects that increase host fitness. In mosquitoes and Drosophila some Wolbachia strains can lead to an increase in survival of virus-infec...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Cattel J,Martinez J,Jiggins F,Mouton L,Gibert P

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:We identified two different groups of piggyBac-like elements (PLE) in the tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens, and named them HvPLE1 and HvPLE2. An intact copy of HvPLE1 revealed the characteristics of PLE: inverted terminal repeats, inverted subterminal repeats, and an open reading frame encoding transposase, wherea...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Wang J,Ren X,Miller TA,Park Y

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the wake of constant improvements in sequencing technologies, numerous insect genomes have been sequenced. Currently, 1219 insect genome-sequencing projects have been registered with the National Center for Biotechnology Information, including 401 that have genome assemblies and 155 with an official gene set of ann...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Li F,Zhao X,Li M,He K,Huang C,Zhou Y,Li Z,Walters JR

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenotypic diversity is frequently generated by differences in gene expression. In this study, we addressed the relationship between homology in gene expression and phenotype among four species of eusocial wasps. Specifically, we investigated the evolution of caste-specific and sex-specific gene expression patterns as...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Hunt BG,Goodisman MA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The responsiveness of several nuclear transcription factor genes to 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) was characterized in an embryonic cell line, GV1, from Manduca sexta. The mRNA for the Manduca ecdysone receptor (MsEcR) was present in the GV1 cells and transiently increased 2.3-fold by 5 h after the addition of 2 micrograms...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Lan Q,Wu Z,Riddiford LM

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we characterized a full-length cDNA encoding a putative iron-binding protein transferrin from the lepidopteran Mediterranean flour moth (EkTrf, 2397 bp). The putative EkTrf is 683 amino acids with a molecular mass of approximately 76 kDa. The deduced amino acid sequence showed significant homolog...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Guz N,Kilincer N,Aksoy S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We exposed adult male Drosophila melanogaster to cold, desiccation or starvation, and examined expression of several genes during exposure and recovery. Frost was expressed during recovery from cold, and was up-regulated during desiccation. Desiccation and starvation (but not cold) elicited increased expression of the...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Sinclair BJ,Gibbs AG,Roberts SP

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lucilia sericata maggots are used world-wide in biosurgery for the medical treatment of nonhealing wounds because they ingest necrotic tissues and significantly promote healing. To gain further insight into interdependencies between ecological adaptation and molecular evolution of innate immunity in Diptera, we used t...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Altincicek B,Vilcinskas A

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously identified a novel non-coding immediate early gene, termed kakusei , from the honeybee (Apis mellifera) and used it as a marker to detect neural activity in the brains of foraging workers (Kiya et al .,2007). Here, we investigated the detailed kakusei gene structure. Expression analysis revealed that, in...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Kiya T,Kunieda T,Kubo T

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters of subfamilies B, C and G confer resistance to xenobiotics including insecticides. We identified genes of these subfamilies expressed by the lepidopterans Trichoplusia ni and Bombyx mori. The B. mori genome includes eight, six and 13 ABC-B, -C and -G genes, respectively, wh...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Labbé R,Caveney S,Donly C

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sulfakinins are multifunctional insect neuropeptides displaying sequence similarities with the gastrin/ cholecystokinin (CCK) peptide family. In vertebrates, the peptides gastrin and CCK are involved in the regulation of digestion and food-intake. In this study sulfakinin cDNA was cloned and sequenced from the Med...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Meyering-Vos M,Müller A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here the first systematic work to discover insect genes involved in food breakdown using a cDNA library enriched for gut-expressed transcripts from Callosobruchus maculatus. A total of 1056 clones were screened for cDNA insert-containing plasmids, and 503 nonredundant open reading frames were discovered. T...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Pedra JH,Brandt A,Westerman R,Lobo N,Li HM,Romero-Severson J,Murdock LL,Pittendrigh BR

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knockdown Resistance to High Temperature (KRHT) is an adaptive trait of thermotolerance in insects. An interval mapping was performed on chromosome X of Drosophila melanogaster to search for quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting KRHT. A backcross population was obtained from two lines that dramatically differ for KR...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Norry FM,Sambucetti P,Scannapieco AC,Gomez FH,Loeschcke V

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemolymph polypeptides from Plasmodium-refractory and -susceptible mosquitoes were compared by one- and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. The refractory strain of Anopheles gambiae kills malaria parasites by a humoral melanization mechanism whereas the parasites develop normally in susceptible mosquitoes. The two ...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Chun J,McMaster J,Han Y,Schwartz A,Paskewitz SM

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00