AccERK2, a map kinase gene from Apis cerana cerana, plays roles in stress responses, developmental processes, and the nervous system.

abstract：:Agricultural pest control using genetic-based methods provides a species-specific and environmentally harmless way for population suppression of fruit flies. One way to improve the efficiency of such methods is through self-limiting, female-eliminating approaches that can alter an insect populations' sex ratio toward ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Tsoumani KT,Meccariello A,Mathiopoulos KD,Papathanos PA

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Storage protein-1 (HcSP-1) is a major storage protein found in the hemolymph and fat body of Hyphantria cunea. HcSP-1 has a high methionine (6.0%) and low aromatic amino acid content (8.5%) (Cheon et al., 1998). In this study, the accumulation and expression of HcSP-1 in ovary was investigated using biochemical and im...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Cheon HM,Kim HJ,Chung DH,Kim MO,Park JS,Yun CY,Seo SJ

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calyx fluid and venom from the braconid parasitoid Microplitis demolitor differentially affected the development of Pseudoplusia includens and Heliothis virescens. P. includens exhibited delays in larval development, supernumerary instars, and formed larval-pupal intermediates when injected with 0.01-0.10 wasp equival...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Strand MR,Dover BA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biogenic amines are an important class of primary messengers in the central (CNS) and peripheral nervous systems and in peripheral organs. These substances regulate and modulate many physiological and behavioral processes. Various inactivation mechanisms for these substances exist to terminate biogenic amine-mediated ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Blenau W,Baumann A

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:Insect chitinases are a multigene family that is encoded by a rather large and diverse group of genes. The main function of chitinases is to digest the chitin contained in tissues such as the cuticles and gut lining during molting. In this study, we examined the role of a chitinase (SeChi) and a bacterial type chitina...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Zhang D,Chen J,Yao Q,Pan Z,Chen J,Zhang W

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Farnesoic acid O-methyl transferase (FAMeT) is the enzyme that catalyzes the formation of methyl farnesoate (MF) from farnesoic acid (FA) in the biosynthetic pathway of juvenile hormone (JH). This work reports the cloning, sequencing, and expression of FAMeT gene from the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris (MsFAMeT). ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Vieira CU,Bonetti AM,Simões ZL,Maranhão AQ,Costa CS,Costa MC,Siquieroli AC,Nunes FM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oral toxicity of the C-type allatostatin, Manduca sexta allatostatin (Manse-AS) and the analogue δR³δR⁵Manse-AS, where R residues were replaced by their D-isomers, were tested against the peach-potato aphid Myzus persicae by incorporation into an artificial diet. Both peptides had significant dose-dependent effect...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Matthews HJ,Down RE,Audsley N

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect eye coloration arises from the accumulation of various pigments. A number of genes that function in the biosynthesis (vermilion, cinnabar, and cardinal) and importation (karmoisin, white, scarlet, and brown) of these pigments, and their precursors, have been identified in diverse species and used as markers for...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Brent CS,Hull JJ

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report concerns the effect of heat shock on host-pathogen interaction in Galleria mellonella infected with Bacillus thuringiensis. We show enhanced activity against Gram-positive bacteria in the hemolymph of larvae pre-exposed to heat shock before infection with B. thuringiensis. Heat shock influenced the protein...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Taszłow P,Wojda I

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polyhydroxy structure of ecdysteroids provides a basis for the formation of various derivatives including the acetonides that have been frequently prepared mainly in preparative work. Acetonides can be formed between vicinal diols in cis position such as positions C-2/C-3 and C-20/C-22 in 20-hydroxyecdysone, for e...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Kayser H,Eilinger P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used a parasitoid wasp Drosophila melanogaster system to investigate the relationship between the humoral and cellular immune responses in insects. Expression of the gene encoding diptericin, an antibacterial peptide in various D. melanogaster strains parasitized by several species of parasitoid wasps, was stu...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Benassi V,Coustau C,Carton Y

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：:A trypsin inhibitor purified from the seeds of the Manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce (PDTI), was studied for its effects on growth parameters and developmental stages of Helicoverpa armigera. PDTI exhibited inhibitory activity against bovine trypsin (∼86%; ∼1.33 ug/ml IC50). The inhibitory activity of PDTI was una...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Pandey PK,Singh D,Jamal F

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neosurugatoxin (NSTX), a neurotoxin isolated from the Japanese ivory mollusc Babylonia japonica, is a potent neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) antagonist. Hitherto, NSTX has been found to block only neuronal nAChRs that are insensitive to alpha-Bgt. Here, we report for the first time that NSTX blocks a...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Bai D,Sattelle DB

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:Male German cockroaches possess secretory glands that secrete fluid into a pair of transverse depressions on the seventh and eighth abdominal tergites. We investigated the effects of altered juvenoid titer during the first part of the last instar on tergal gland secretory tissue development and the production of terga...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Saltzmann KA,Saltzmann KD,Neal JJ,Scharf ME,Bennett GW

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of the green-colored perivisceral fat body of newly ecdysed Manduca sexta pupae stimulate mitosis in midgut stem cells of Heliothis virescens cultured in vitro. Using a combination of cation- and anion-exchange chromatography, we have isolated a protein from these fat body extracts that accounts for the obser...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Blackburn MB,Loeb MJ,Clark E,Jaffe H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous investigations, we have determined that organophosphate resistance in the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, is at least partially attributed to a group of non-specific carboxylesterases referred to as group II. Antiserum raised against a purified 66-kDa group II esterase is specific fo...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Zhou X,Scharf ME,Meinke LJ,Chandler LD,Siegfried BD

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological activity of venom from Pimpla turionellae L. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) was examined in vivo toward larvae and pupae of Galleriae mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), and in vitro toward bacterial and fungal cultures, as well as cultured insect cells. Pupae of G. mellonella were far more susceptibl...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Ergin E,Uçkan F,Rivers DB,Sak O

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：:An active corpus allatum (CA) in the blood feeding insect, Rhodnius prolixus, releases a substance that inhibits metamorphosis in larvae, and activates egg production in adults. In adults, transecting the nervus corporis cardiacum II's (NCCII), which are attached posteriorly to each protocerebral lobe, greatly increas...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Chiang RG

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:Protein digestion in insects is a result of the action of a complex of proteinases present in the midgut. In this report we describe the cloning and sequencing of a trypsin cDNA from larvae of the lepidopteran herbivore Plutella xylostella. We investigated the expression of this gene and enzymatic activity of its tran...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Shi M,Huang F,Chen YF,Meng XF,Chen XX

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemolymph of each noctuid species successfully parasitized by Chelonus near curvimaculatus possessed a parasitism-specific protein (PSP) previously identified in host T. ni (Insect Biochem. 19:445;21:845). Expression of PSP occurred in a stage-specific manner in the stadium during which the host undergoes precocio...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Soldevila AI,Jones D

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：: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：:Capsule formation by the moth Pseudopulsia includens requires that plasmatocytes change from being nonadhesive cells in circulation to strongly adhesive cells capable of attaching to the foreign target and one another. This change in adhesive state is induced by Plasmatocyte Spreading Peptide (PSP1); a 23 amino acid p...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Strand MR,Clark KC,Gardiner EM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoreactivity against peptides of the allatostatin family having a typical YXFGL-NH2 C-terminus has been localized in different areas of the central nervous system, stomatogastric nervous system and gut of the cockroach Blattella germanica. In the protocerebrum, the most characteristic immunoreactive perikarya are ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Maestro JL,Bellés X,Piulachs MD,Thorpe A,Duve H

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lepidopteran larvae show a cellular response to invading foreign substances that are larger than hemocytes, for example, parasitoid eggs or larvae. This response is called hemocyte encapsulation and is often accompanied by phenoloxidase (PO)-catalyzed melanization. In the present study, we artificially transplanted en...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Kato Y,Yoshida T,Miura K,Tanaka T,Nakamatsu Y,Ochiai M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00