Polymorphisms and fluctuations in copy number of amplified esterase genes in Culex pipiens mosquitoes.

abstract：:Rapid degradation of odours after interaction with olfactory receptors is a critical step of the signal reception process. However, the implied mechanisms are still largely unknown in vertebrates as well as in insects. Involvement of odourant-degrading enzymes in odourant degradation within the antennae has been shown...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Merlin C,Rosell G,Carot-Sans G,François MC,Bozzolan F,Pelletier J,Jacquin-Joly E,Guerrero A,Maïbèche-Coisne M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-dependent division of labour in honeybees was shown to be connected to sensory response thresholds. Foragers show a higher gustatory responsiveness than nurse bees. It is generally assumed that nutrition-related signalling pathways underlie this behavioural plasticity. Here, one important candidate gene is the for...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Thamm M,Sturm K,Schlossmann J,Scheiner R

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are important chaperones, which are involved in various signal pathways and regulate lots of physiological processes. Early research suggested that some Hsps are involved in insect development. However, few studies have been carried out to explore the roles of Hsps, especially in larval-pupa...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Gu J,Huang LX,Shen Y,Huang LH,Feng QL

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:Glutathione transferases (GSTs) are a diverse family of enzymes found ubiquitously in aerobic organisms. They play a central role in the detoxification of both endogenous and xenobiotic compounds and are also involved in intracellular transport, biosynthesis of hormones and protection against oxidative stress. Interes...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Enayati AA,Ranson H,Hemingway J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, consists of two host strains (rice and corn) that differ in developmental, physiological and behavioural characteristics. However, because the strains are morphologically indistinguishable the investigation of strain-specific behaviour, particularly in the wild, is very diffic...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Nagoshi RN,Meagher R

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：:We have isolated and determined the nucleotide sequences for cDNA clones encoding glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGD) from the medfly Ceratitis capitata. The derived amino acid sequences for G6PD and 6PGD are presented and compared with G6PDs and 6PGDs from other specie...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Scott MJ,Kriticou D,Robinson AS

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenoloxidases, including tyrosinases and laccases, are enzymes involved in the synthesis of melanin, a process that can be elicited during insect immune responses, cuticle maturation, wound healing and egg chorion development. We cloned a putative inhibitor of melanization (POI) from Anopheles gambiae on the basis of...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Shi L,Li B,Paskewitz SM

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:The P450 monooxygenases of insects are important in the metabolism of numerous endogenous and exogenous compounds. However, identity of the P450 isoform(s) involved in these reactions is rarely known. A critical first step in the identification of important P450s is the cloning and sequencing of their genes. Toward th...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Kasai S,Scott JG

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many hemimetabolous insects produce their own cellulase enzymes from the glycoside hydrolase family 9, first observed in termites and cockroaches. Phasmatodea have multiple cellulases, some of which are multifunctional and can degrade xylan or xyloglucan. To discover when these abilities evolved, we identified cellula...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Shelomi M,Wipfler B,Zhou X,Pauchet Y

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cadherin-like gene associated with larval midgut tissues was cloned from western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera: Coleoptera), an economically important agricultural pest in North America and Europe and the primary target pest species for corn hybrids expressing Cry3 toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis ...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Sayed A,Nekl ER,Siqueira HA,Wang HC,Ffrench-Constant RH,Bagley M,Siegfried BD

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile hormone esterase (JHE) activity in the haemolymph of the Colorado potato beetle is necessary to initiate pupation in larvae as well as diapause in adults. The enzyme appears in the haemolymph as a dimer consisting of two 57 kDa subunits. The sequence of an encoding cDNA, JHE.A, is distinct from lepidopteran J...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Vermunt AM,Koopmanschap AB,Vlak JM,de Kort CA

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microarray analysis of 14 900 genes of the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, shows that as many as 33% (4924) of their corresponding transcription products vary in abundance within 24 h after a blood meal. Approximately half (2388) of these products increase in their accumulation and the remainder (2536) d...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Marinotti O,Nguyen QK,Calvo E,James AA,Ribeiro JM

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ribosomal DNA cistron from the large raspberry aphid, Amphorophora idaei (Hemiptera: Aphididae), has been mapped by restriction analysis. The results showed that the map of A. idaei was similar to those of the previously characterized aphids Schizaphis graminum and Acyrthosiphon pisum. An extra Bgl II site was fou...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Fenton B,Birch AN,Malloch G,Woodford JA,Gonzalez C

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：: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：: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 intensely studied white gene is widely used as a genetic marker in Drosophila melanogaster. Here, we cloned and characterized the white gene in an important pest of the fruit industry, Bactrocera dorsalis, to understand its functional role in pigmentation. We obtained BdWhite knockout strains, based on the wild-ty...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Bai X,Zeng T,Ni XY,Su HA,Huang J,Ye GY,Lu YY,Qi YX

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hztransib, recently identified from Helicoverpa zea, represents the first intact and transcriptionally active Transib element. Its open reading frame was detected in Helicoverpa armigera, from which H. zea evolved, and in Helicoverpa assulta, the common ancestor of H. zea and H. armigera, but its remaining parts were ...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Du E,Ni X,Zhao H,Li X

更新日期：2011-06-01 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

abstract：:Transposable elements such as P, hobo, Hermes, mariner and Minos have been successfully harnessed as gene vectors to achieve the transformation of several dipteran species including Drosophila melanogaster, Ceratitis capitata and Aedes aegypti. Plasmid-based excision and transposition assays have been useful indicator...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Thibault ST,Luu HT,Vann N,Miller TA

更新日期：1999-02-01 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：:A birth-and-death evolutionary model for odorant receptor gene repertoires presumes the creation of repertoires with the capacity for high-level diversity and rapid ligand specificity change. This changes the recognised odour space, directly affecting fitness-related behaviours and ultimately affecting adaptation to n...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Hill SR,Majeed S,Ignell R

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the ant Camponotus festinatus, two different hexamerins accumulate stage-specifically during the late larval period and at various times in adults. These hexamerins serve as storage proteins and play important roles in brood nourishment and colony founding. We report an analysis of the cDNA sequence of C. festinatu...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Martínez T,Burmester T,Veenstra JA,Wheeler D

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATBP [(A+T)-stretch binding protein] activates the Sarcophaga defense protein genes in an (A+T)-stretch dependent manner as shown previously using a luciferase reporter assay [Aozasa et al. (2001) Eur J Biochem, 268, 2506-2511]. We identified the Drosophila homologue of ATBP. Drosophila ATBP has 388 amino acid residue...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Aozasa N,Kubo T,Sekimizu K,Natori S

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genome sequence of Aedes aegypti was recently reported. A significant amount of Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) were sequenced to aid in the gene prediction process. In the present work we describe an integrated analysis of the genomic and EST data, focusing on genes with preferential expression in larvae (LG), adu...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Venancio TM,Cristofoletti PT,Ferreira C,Verjovski-Almeida S,Terra WR

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transformation of a Drosophila virilis white mutant host strain was attempted using a hobo vector containing the D. melanogaster mini-white(+) cassette (H[w(+), hawN]) and an unmodified or heat shock regulated hobo transposase helper. Two transformant lines were recovered with the unmodified helper (HFL1), one contain...

journal_title：Insect molecular biology

authors： Gomez SP,Handler AM

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00