Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of glutathione S-transferases in an endoparasitoid wasp, Pteromalus puparum.

abstract：:Apolipophorin III (apoLp-III) functions in lipid transport and immune activation in insects. We cloned a cDNA encoding putative apoLp-III from larvae of Thitarodes pui, a host species of Ophiocordyceps sinensis, with great economic importance in the Tibetan Plateau. Excluding a putative signal peptide of the first 20 ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Sun Z,Yu J,Wu W,Zhang G

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When diapause and non-diapause eggs of the same bivoltine strain of Bombyx mori were chilled at 5 degrees C for more than 30 days, the hatchability of diapause eggs increased while that of non-diapause eggs decreased, respectively. To investigate the relationship between effects of chilling on the hatchability and the...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Zhao LC,Shi LG

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine differential gene expression profiles in the venom gland and sac (gland/sac) of a solitary hunting wasp species, Orancistrocerus drewseni Saussure (1857), a subtractive cDNA library was constructed by suppression subtractive hybridization. A total of 498 expressed sequence tags (EST) were clustered and as...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Baek JH,Woo TH,Kim CB,Park JH,Kim H,Lee S,Lee SH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In insect gap junctions, species-specific differences occur in response to the purported gap junction uncoupling agent, 1-octanol. Changes in gap junctional communication between oocytes and their epithelial cells following treatment with 1-octanol were assayed in Oncopeltus fasciatus (the milkweed bug), Hyalophora ce...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Adler EL,Woodruff RI

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of tebufenozide and methoxyfenozide on vitellogenin (Vg) synthesis/release in the fat body, translocation in hemolymph, uptake by the ovary, and the expression of the ecdysone receptor (EcR) and its heterodimer partner, ultraspiracle protein (USP) in fat body, were investigated in Cydia pomonella. The resu...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Sun X,Song Q,Barrett B

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macroautophagy (autophagy) is an evolutionarily conserved catabolic process involved in physiological and developmental processes including cell survival, death, and innate immunity. Homologues of most of 36 originally discovered autophagy-related (ATG) genes in yeast have been characterized in higher eukaryotes inclu...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Tindwa H,Jo YH,Patnaik BB,Noh MY,Kim DH,Kim I,Han YS,Lee YS,Lee BL,Kim NJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The full-length cDNA of pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide receptor (PBANR) was cloned from the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae); it included an open reading frame of 1,053 bp encoding 350 amino acids. The PBANR of S. exigua (SePBANR) was structurally characteristic of G p...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Cheng Y,Luo L,Jiang X,Zhang L,Niu C

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic engineering of plants using transgenic technology is targeted to enhance agronomic performance or improved quality traits in a wide variety of plant species, and has become a fundamental tool for basic research in plant biotechnology. Constitutive promoters are presently the primary means used to express trans...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Tavva VS,Palli SR,Dinkins RD,Collins GB

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the hawkmoth Manduca sexta high density lipophorin from adult insects (HDLp-A) delivers lipids to developing oocytes. During this lipid delivery HDLp-A is taken up by the oocyte and converted to a very high density lipophorin (VHDLp), which is stored in protein storage granules (yolk bodies). A membrane-free lysate...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Van Antwerpen R,Law JH

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymes associated with glycogen metabolism and glycerol synthesis in larvae of the Shonai ecotype of the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis, were investigated over the winter in 2000-2001. Glycerol content was scarcely detected in September and October, rapidly increased in November and December, peaked in January, ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Li YP,Ding L,Goto M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Destruxins have been implicated in the infection process by entomopathogenic fungi and have been also found to be highly toxic when applied topically or ingested by different insect species. To gain insight into the mechanism of action of this toxin on insect internal organs, we have evaluated the effects of destruxin...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Ruiz-Sanchez E,O'Donnell MJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rab proteins play fundamental roles in the regulation of membrane traffic. Previously, from the brain of Bombyx mori we isolated two cDNA clones (BRab1 and BRab14), each of which encoded a different member of Rab-protein family and was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified using an affinity chromatography. In thi...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Uno T,Nakao A,Katsurauma C

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:THQ (1-aroyl-4-(arylamino)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline) compounds were identified by FMC Corporation in cell-based assays that used ecdysone receptors from Drosophila melanogaster, Heliothis virescens, or Plodia interpunctata. THQ compounds showed weak insecticidal activity against H. virescens and, therefore, were no...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Palli SR,Tice CM,Margam VM,Clark AM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The green rice leafhopper, Nephotettix cincticeps, is a major rice pest in Southeast Asia and Southern China. Novel control strategies must be explored to control the rice pest. Behavior or fitness regulation of insect by modulating the Troponin C (TnC) may be a novel strategy in the comprehensive management of the in...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Lan H,Hong X,Huang R,Lin X,Li Q,Li K,Zhou T

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular activities of K+, H+, Mg2+, Ca2+, and Cl-, measured with ion selective microelectrodes in the oocyte and the nurse cells in ovarian follicles of Hyalophora cecropia, indicated that a Ca2+ current is a key component of the electrical potential that is maintained across the intercellular bridges connecting...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Woodruff RI,Telfer WH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sterile insect technique (SIT) was developed to eradicate the new world screwworm from the southern United States and Mexico, and became a component of many area-wide integrated pest management programs, particularly useful in managing tephritid fruit flies. SIT is based on the idea of rearing and sterilizing male...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Chang CL,Goodman CL,Ringbauer J,Geib SM,Stanley D

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-proliferation in Drosophila Kc167 cells was inhibited by 50% when cell cultures contained 1.7 x 10(-7) M azadirachtin for 48 h (a tertranortriterpenoid from the neem tree Azadirachta indica). Drosophila Kc167 cells exhibited direct nuclear damage within 6-h exposure to azadirachtin (5 x 10(-7) M and above) or wit...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Robertson SL,Ni W,Dhadialla TS,Nisbet AJ,McCusker C,Ley SV,Mordue W,Mordue 'Luntz' AJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recombinant lambda clone 4-2 containing the genomic region of the Drosophila hormone receptor 38 (DHR 38) gene, homologous to mammalian neuronal growth factor I-B (NGFI-B), was isolated by radioactive labelled oligonucleotide hybridization. The nucleotide sequence of the genomic clone revealed three exons that enc...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Komonyi O,Mink M,Csiha J,Maróy P

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At 22°C and under a long-day photoperiod of L:D 16:8, all the last fifth instar Loxostege sticticalis larvae undergo prepupal stage and pupate without diapause. Under a short-day photoperiod of L:D 12:12, in contrast, they all enter diapause with approximately 36 days diapause maintenance and then terminate diapause s...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Jiang X,Huang S,Luo L

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The southern green stink bug (SGSB, Nezara viridula) is an emerging polyphagous pest in many regions of the world. RNA interference (RNAi) is a valuable method for understanding gene function and holds great potential for pest management. However, RNAi efficiency is variable among insects and the differences in transp...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Gurusamy D,Howell JL,Chereddy SCRR,Koo J,Palli SR

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In S. exigua, ingestion of Cry1Ac reduces larval growth, shortens lifespan, and decreases copulation and oviposition of the adults. Cadherin-like protein SeCad1b in S. exigua has recently been published. Here, we tested whether SeCad1b mediates the negative effects of Cry1Ac. We identified three potential Cry toxin bi...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Chen RR,Ren XL,Han ZJ,Mu LL,Li GQ,Ma Y,Cui JJ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant protease inhibitors (PIs) are elements of a common plant defense mechanism induced in response to herbivores. The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, a highly polyphagous lepidopteran pest, responds to various PIs in its diet by expressing genes encoding trypsins. This raises the question of whether the PI-ind...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Machado SW,de Oliveira CFR,Zério NG,Parra JRP,Macedo MLR

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, larvae of silkworm Bombyx mori were subjected to low temperature, hypoxia, and viral infection to evaluate stressor-mediated oxidative stress (OS) and the induction of antioxidant enzymes (AOEs). Exposure to cold, hypoxia, and nuclear polyhedral virus for 24 h resulted in a significant increase in hydro...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Micheal AS,Subramanyam MV

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of last-instar larvae of multi-resistant cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis with four dibenzoylhydrazines, methoxyfenozide (RH-2485), tebufenozide (RH-5992), halofenozide (RH-0345), and RH-5849, resulted in premature molting leading to death. Methoxyfenozide was the most toxic followed by tebufenozide, ha...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Smagghe G,Carton B,Decombel L,Tirry L

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitellogenin has been identified in the ant Camponotus festinatus, both in queens and workers. In the workers, it is already present before adult eclosion in low concentrations (less than 1 microgram/microliter hemolymph). Vitellogenin and vitellin are immunologically identical and are composed of a single type of apo...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Martinez T,Wheeler D

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we have analyzed the changes of the ovarian nutritional resources in Dipetalogaster maxima at representative days of the reproductive cycle: previtellogenesis, vitellogenesis, as well as fasting-induced early and late atresia. As expected, the amounts of ovarian lipids, proteins, and glycogen increased ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Leyria J,Fruttero LL,Aguirre SA,Canavoso LE

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicity of potassium ferrocyanide (PFC) and protective effects of 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) under PFC treatment were tested on the Drosophila melanogaster model system. Fly larvae were raised on food supplemented with PFC at concentrations of 1.0 mM and mixtures with DNP in concentrations of 0.50 and 1.25 mM, eithe...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Lozinsky OV,Lushchak OV,Lushchak VI

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding sites for vitellogenin were solubilized and analyzed either with a filter assay or with ligand blotting. We tested sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS), Chaps, octyl-beta-D-glucoside, and sodium deoxycholate and found SDS and sodium deoxycholate to be most effective in solubilizing both high and low molecular weight bi...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Indrasith LS,Kindle H,Lanzrein B

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among insects, lifespans vary over a broad range, from the short-lived mayflies to the 17-year periodical cicadas. Generally, lifespans are determined by a phase in life, the reproductive lifespan, which varies among species. Numerous pathways, such as the insulin/insulin-like growth factor signaling pathway, the targ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Xiong S,Yu K,Ye X,Fang Q,Deng Y,Xiao S,Yang L,Wang B,Wang F,Yan Z,Wang F,Song Q,Stanley DW,Ye G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen 5-phenyloxazoles (5POs) were examined for their ability to modulate adenylate cyclase by measuring cAMP produced in head membrane homogenates of fifth instar larvae of the silkworm Bombyx mori. Among the compounds tested, 5-(4-methoxyphenyl)oxazole (9) and the 2,6-dichlorophenyl congener showed the highest ac...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Khan MA,Nakane T,Ohta H,Ozoe Y

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00