Molecular characterization of the ebony gene from the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana.

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：:Many studies have documented the involvement of eicosanoids in insect cellular immune responses to bacteria. The use of the fungal pathogen Beauveria bassiana as a nodulation elicitor, with inhibition of phospholipase A(2) by dexamethasone, extends the principle to fungi. This study also provides the first evidence of...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Lord JC,Anderson S,Stanley DW

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A P-element mobility excision assay was used to determine if non-drosophilid insects could support P gene vector function. Present studies included the testing of Muscids, Sphaerocerids, and Phorids, none of which were able to support P mobility. A new excision indicator plasmid was developed allowing the detection an...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Handler AM,Gomez SP,O'Brochta DA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phototoxic chemicals produced by plants have been studied in a number of contexts, most notably as protective agents against mammalian and insect herbivores. Although there are commonalities in the responses of these two groups of herbivores to plant phototoxins, there are differences as well. Whereas a greater range ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Berenbaum M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNA encoding neuroparsin A, a polytropic neurohormone of the locust, Locusta migratoria, was inserted into the genome of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus such that transcription was under control of the p10 promoter. A polypeptide having the same charge and the same apparent molecular weight as t...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Girardie J,Chaabihi H,Fournier B,Lagueux M,Girardie A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine, 5-6-dihydroxyindole, and N-acetylarterenone were detected by electrochemical methods in the hemolymph of immune reactive larvae of Drosophila melanogaster following parasitization by the wasp Leptopilina boulardi. Determinations of the catechols were made after separation by reverse phase, ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Nappi AJ,Vass E,Carton Y,Frey F

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first day of adult life is the sensitive stage for shifting migrants into the resident morphs of the oriental armyworm (OAW), Mythimna separata (Walker). The juvenile hormone (JH) titer, expression of the allatotropin (AT) gene, and their relationship were investigated in adult female migrants starved in the sensi...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Zhang L,Luo L,Jiang X

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo treatments of female sex pheromone glands of the processionary moth, Thaumetopoea pityocampa, with mass-labeled fatty acids showed that (Z)-13-hexadecen-11-ynyl acetate, the main sex pheromone component, is biosynthesized from palmitic acid by the combined action of delta-11 and delta-13 desaturases. The invol...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Arsequell G,Fabriàs G,Camps F

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yolk platelets from Rhodnius prolixus, a blood-sucking bug, are composed mostly of vitellin and here are shown to contain at least two hydrolytic enzymes, a phosphatase and a cathepsin D-like proteinase. Both the proteinase and the phosphatase have an acid pH optimum. No hydrolytic activity was observed under alka...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Nussenzveig RH,Oliveira PL,Masuda H

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Honey bees Apis mellifera L. are one of the most studied insect species due to their economic importance. The interest in studying honey bees chiefly stems from the recent rapid decrease in their world population, which has become a problem of food security. Nevertheless, there are no systemic studies on the propertie...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Syromyatnikov MY,Gureev AP,Vitkalova IY,Starkov AA,Popov VN

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant produced insect molting hormones, termed phytoecdysteroids (PEs), are thought to function as plant defenses against insects by acting as either feeding deterrents or through developmental disruption. In spinach (Spinacia oleracea), 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) concentrations in the roots rapidly increase following r...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Schmelz EA,Grebenok RJ,Ohnmeiss TE,Bowers WS

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecdysteroids, or molting hormones, have been proven to be key differentiation regulators for epidermal cells in the postembryonic development of arthropods. Regulators of cell proliferation, however, remain largely unknown. To date, no diffusible insect peptidic growth factors have been characterized. Molecules struct...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Hatt PJ,Liebon C,Morinière M,Oberlander H,Porcheron P

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:The role of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE, peptidyl dipeptidase A) in metamorphic- and reproductive-related events in the Egyptian cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) was studied by using the selective ACE inhibitor captopril. Although oral administration of captopril had no effect on ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Vercruysse L,Gelman D,Raes E,Hooghe B,Vermeirssen V,Van Camp J,Smagghe G

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrocarbon and wax ester components of cuticular lipids of the braconid parasitoid Habrobracon hebetor Say reared at 25 degrees C on larvae of a pyralid moth have been identified by GC-MS and analyzed with respect to adult age, mating status, and diet. The hydrocarbons range in carbon number from C(21) to C(45) and c...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Howard RW,Baker JE

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bursicon is a neuropeptide that regulates cuticle sclerotization (hardening and tanning) via a G protein-coupled receptor. It consists of two subunits, an alpha and a beta. In the present study, we investigated the transcriptional expression and in situ localization of bursicon alpha and beta in the central nerve syst...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Wang S,An S,Song Q

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:The hemocyte line BTI-EA-1174-A from the lepidopteran insect Estigmene acraea responds to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) by an enhanced phagocytic reaction and a dose-dependent increase of lysozyme release [Wittwer et al., Dev Comp Immunol 21:323 (1997)]. This paper provides evidence for a strong proteolytic activ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Wittwer D,Wiesner A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pheromone titer in moths is a product of three processes occurring in or at the surface of the pheromone gland: biosynthesis, release, and intraglandular degradation, of pheromone. Changes in titers of sex pheromone, the fatty acyl pheromone analog (FAPA), and tetradecanoate, a pheromone biosynthetic intermediate, wer...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Foster SP

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of allatostatins in the nerves of the antennal pulsatile organ muscle of the cockroach Diploptera punctata was confirmed by immunocytochemistry, bioassay, and HPLC. Immunocytochemical reactivity with monoclonal antibody against allatostatin I showed strong allatostatin immunoreactivity in the antennal hea...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Woodhead AP,Stoltzman CA,Stay B

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：: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：:There is a basal level of enzyme activity for trypsin, aminopeptidase, amylase, and lipase in the gut of unfed larval (L6) Spodoptera frugiperda. Trypsin activity does not decrease with non-feeding, possibly because of the low protein levels in plants along with high amino acid requirements for growth and storage (for...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Lwalaba D,Hoffmann KH,Woodring J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molting in crustaceans is induced by ecdysteroids as in insects. The ecdysteroid titre in hemolymph is negatively regulated by molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH) that inhibits the secretion of ecdysteroids from the Y-organ, an ecdysteroid-producing gland of crustaceans, whereas little is known about the molecular mechanism...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Asazuma H,Nagata S,Nagasawa H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal protein L17 (RPL17) is a core protein of the large (60S) ribosomal subunit and plays an important role in protein synthesis. In this report, a RPL17 gene was isolated from Apis cerana cerana, designated as AccRPL17. Alignment analysis showed that AccRPL17 exhibits high homology to other known RPL17s. Moreove...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Meng F,Zhang L,Kang M,Guo X,Xu B

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The actions of acetylcholine and cholinergic ligands have been studied using dorsal midline neurones from the rnetathoracic ganglion of the cockroach Periplaneta americana.Both nicotine and oxotremorine depolarized dorsal midline neuronal cell bodies.Dose-response curves for nicotine and oxotremorine saturated at diff...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Bai D,Erdbrugger H,Breer H,Sattelle DB

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitin synthase catalyzes chitin synthesis in the exoskeleton, tracheal system and gut during insect development. A chitin synthase 1 (CfCHS1) cDNA was identified and cloned from the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana. The CfCHS1 cDNA is 5,300 bp in length and codes a 1,564-amino acid protein with a molecular ma...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Ampasala DR,Zheng S,Zhang D,Ladd T,Doucet D,Krell PJ,Retnakaran A,Feng Q

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relatively little-investigated entomopathogen Conidiobolus coronatus secretes several proteinases into culture broth. Using a combination of ion-exchange and size-exclusion chromatography, we purified to homogeneity a serine proteinase of Mr 30,000-32,000, as ascertained by SDS-PAGE. The purified enzyme showed sub...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Bania J,Samborski J,Bogus M,Polanowski A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:V-ATPases are ubiquitous proton pumps found in eukaryotes, and are important in regulating the pH of cell compartments and in creating membrane potentials. The V-ATPase creates a proton gradient that is used as an energy source for the transport of other ions. The 16-kDa proteolipid is the proton-translocating subunit...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Holmes SP,Frazier SK,Pietrantonio PV

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00