Bombyx mori epidermal growth factor receptor is required for nucleopolyhedrovirus replication.

abstract：:The piggyBac IFP2 transposable element, originally discovered in a Trichoplusia ni cell line, also exists as nearly identical elements in other noctuid lepidopterans, and in several species of the tephritid genus Bactrocera. To further define the distribution of piggyBacs in Bactrocera, and compare their relationship ...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Handler AM,Zimowska GJ,Armstrong KF

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Anabrus simplex is a swarming plague orthopteran found in western North America. The genome is 15 766 bp in length and genome organization follows the ancestral insect gene arrangement. atp6 lacked any readily identifiable stop codon. Examination of mRNA secondary structure for this gene suggested a stem/loop-medi...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Fenn JD,Cameron SL,Whiting MF

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large and diverse family of serine protease genes was identified in first-instar larval cDNA of the sheep blowfly (Lucilia cuprina). This complex repertoire of genes was identified via a PCR approach using highly degenerate primers based on structurally conserved regions which surround the active site His and Ser re...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Elvin CM,Vuocolo T,Smith WJ,Eisemann CH,Riddles PW

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bactrocera tryoni (Queensland fruit fly) are polyphagous horticultural pests of eastern Australia. Heterogametic males contain a sex-determining Y-chromosome thought to be gene poor and repetitive. Here, we report 39 Y-chromosome scaffolds (~700 kb) from B. tryoni identified using genotype-by-sequencing data and whole...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Choo A,Nguyen TNM,Ward CM,Chen IY,Sved J,Shearman D,Gilchrist AS,Crisp P,Baxter SW

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antheraea assamensis is reared on various species of the Lauraceae family from north-east India for its distinctive cocoon silk. We demonstrate differential expression of digestive trypsin and chymotrypsins in larvae feeding on a primary host, Persea bombycina Kosterm., in comparison to larvae feeding on Litsea monope...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Saikia M,Singh YT,Bhattacharya A,Mazumdar-Leighton S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lepidoptera is one of the most widespread insect orders and includes several agriculturally important insect species. Ecological success of the lepidopteran insects partly depends on their adaptive chemoreception tactics, which play an important role in the selection of hosts, egg-laying sites and mates. Members of th...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Agnihotri AR,Roy AA,Joshi RS

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most, if not all non-Drosophila insect systems, the study of gene regulation relies on in vitro analyses. With the aim of providing an in vivo assay, we developed an original protocol using the Bombyx mori silk gland, by which the functioning of cloned gene promoters can be efficiently measured. This consists of in...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Horard B,Mangé A,Pélissier B,Couble P

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apis mellifera plays crucial roles in maintaining the balance of global ecosystems and stability of agricultural systems by helping pollination of flowering plants, including many crops. In recent years, this balance has been disrupted greatly by some pesticides, which results in great losses of honeybees worldwide. P...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Hu YT,Tang CK,Wu CP,Wu PC,Yang EC,Tai CC,Wu YL

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently showed that the Masculinizer gene (Masc) plays a primary role in sex determination in the lepidopteran model insect Bombyx mori. However, it remains unknown whether this Masc protein-dependent sex determination system is conserved amongst lepidopteran insects or within the family Bombycidae. Here we cloned...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Lee J,Kiuchi T,Kawamoto M,Shimada T,Katsuma S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus Say and Culex pipiens pipiens Linnaeus are sibling species incriminated as important vectors of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases worldwide. The two forms differ little morphologically and are differentiated mainly based upon ecological, behavioural, physiological and genetic ...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Sanogo YO,Dobson SL,Bordenstein SR,Novak RJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The products of the maternal-effect genes, nanos (nos) and oskar (osk), are important for the development of germ cells in insects. Furthermore, these genes have been proposed as candidates for donating functional DNA regulatory sequences for use in gene drive systems to control transmission of mosquito-borne pathogen...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Juhn J,Marinotti O,Calvo E,James AA

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:Reverse chemical ecology based on insect functional odorant binding proteins has been extensively studied to screen behaviourally active compounds, whereas chemosensory proteins (CSPs), which are reportedly involved in olfactory chemical reception and could serve as molecular targets remain unclear. In the present stu...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Duan SG,Li DZ,Wang MQ

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect chitinases are hydrolytic enzymes required for the degradation of chitin. They are essential for insect moulting and metamorphosis. In this study, the regulation mechanism of a chitinase gene, Bombyx mori chitinase 5 (BmCHT5), was studied. Quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis showed that Bm...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Zhang X,Zheng S

更新日期：2017-04-01 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 pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) is the first whole genome sequenced insect with a hemimetabolic development and an emerging model organism for studies in ecology, evolution and development. The insect steroid moulting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) controls and coordinates development in insects, especially the ...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Christiaens O,Iga M,Velarde RA,Rougé P,Smagghe G

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Three genes encoding clan MB metalloproteinases (EpMP1-3) were identified from venom glands of the ectoparasitic wasp Eulophus pennicornis. The derived amino acid sequences predict mature proteins of approximately 46 kDa, with a novel two-domain structure comprising a C-terminal reprolysin domain, and an N-terminal do...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Price DR,Bell HA,Hinchliffe G,Fitches E,Weaver R,Gatehouse JA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory neurone membrane proteins (SNMPs) function as essential cofactors for insect sex pheromone detection. In this study, we report two SNMPs in Ectropis obliqua Prout, a serious geometrid pest that produces typical Type-II sex pheromones. Sequence alignments and phylogenetic analyses showed that EoblSNMP1 and Eobl...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Sun L,Wang Q,Zhang Y,Yan Y,Guo H,Xiao Q,Zhang Y

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：: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：:Insect mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) analysis is a powerful tool for the study of population genetics and phylogenetics. In the past few years primer sequences for the PCR amplification of various insect mtDNA genes have been published. The objectives of this study were (1) present new primer sequences for six insect m...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Kambhampati S,Smith PT

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) has developed into an important ethological model organism for social behaviour and behavioural plasticity. Bees perform a complex age-dependent division of labour with the most pronounced behavioural differences occurring between in-hive bees and foragers. Whereas nurse bees, for exa...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Reim T,Scheiner R

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the importance of locust density-dependent polyphenism as a model system for understanding phenotypic plasticity, there is still much to be learnt about its underlying molecular control. Here we describe the first investigation into the expression of genes encoding the DNA methylation machinery in the migrator...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Robinson KL,Tohidi-Esfahani D,Ponton F,Simpson SJ,Sword GA,Lo N

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transferrin (Tf) gene has been predicted from an expressed sequence tag of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella. It encodes 681 amino acid residues that share 80-90% sequence homologies with other lepidopteran Tfs. The gene was constitutively expressed in all developmental stages of P. xylostella. Double-strand...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Kim J,Kim Y

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellulose is a major component of the primary and secondary cell walls in plants. Cellulose is considered to be the most abundant biopolymer on Earth and represents a large potential source of metabolic energy. Yet, cellulose degradation is rare and mostly restricted to cellulolytic microorganisms. Recently, various m...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Busch A,Kunert G,Wielsch N,Pauchet Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Drosophila homeodomain-interacting protein kinase (Hipk) is a versatile regulator involved in a variety of pathways, such as Notch and Wingless signalling, thereby acting in processes including the promotion of eye development or control of cell numbers in the nervous system. In vertebrates, extensive studies have...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Dewald DN,Steinmetz EL,Walldorf U

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culex quinquefasciatus is a vector of many diseases that adversely impact human and animal health; however, compared to other mosquito vectors limited genome engineering technologies have been characterized for this vector. Clustered regularly interspaced short palindrome repeats-associated protein 9 (CRISPR-Cas9) bas...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Li M,Li T,Liu N,Raban RR,Wang X,Akbari OS

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Costelytra zealandica larvae are pests of New Zealand pastures causing damage by feeding on the roots of grasses and clovers. The major larval protein digestive enzymes are serine proteases (SPs), which are targets for disruption in pest control. An expressed sequence tag (EST) library from healthy, third instar larva...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Marshall SD,Gatehouse LN,Becher SA,Christeller JT,Gatehouse HS,Hurst MR,Boucias DG,Jackson TA

更新日期：2008-06-01 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