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Molecular characteristics of insect vitellogenins
Muhammad Tufail,Makio Takeda +1 more
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Phylogenetic analysis using 31 Vg sequences from 25 insect species reflects, in general, the current phylogenies of insects, suggesting that Vgs are still phylogenetically bound, although a divergence exists among them.About:
This article is published in Journal of Insect Physiology.The article was published on 2008-12-01. It has received 375 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sequence motif & Vitellogenins.read more
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Heme-binding storage proteins in the Chelicerata.
TL;DR: Comparisons with non-chelicerate arthropods are made in order to highlight the mechanisms and putative functions of heme-binding storage proteins and their possible critical function in the evolution of hematophagy.
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Sublethal effects of chlorfenapyr on the life table parameters, nutritional physiology and enzymatic properties of Bradysia odoriphaga (Diptera: Sciaridae).
TL;DR: The results of this study suggest that low lethal concentrations of chlorfenapyr can affect oviposition, population development, the activities of digestion and detoxification enzymes, and nutrient accumulation in B. odoriphaga.
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Clothianidin-induced sublethal effects and expression changes of vitellogenin and ecdysone receptors genes in the melon aphid, Aphis gossypii
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TOR Pathway-Mediated Juvenile Hormone Synthesis Regulates Nutrient-Dependent Female Reproduction in Nilaparvata lugens (Stal).
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the TOR pathway induces JH biosynthesis that in turn regulates AAs-mediated Vg synthesis in N. lugens and that application of rapamycin partially rescued the Vg expression.
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Iron metabolism in hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae): The antidote to their toxic diet
Remil Linggatong Galay,Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji,Masami Mochizuki,Masami Mochizuki,Kozo Fujisaki,Tetsuya Tanaka,Tetsuya Tanaka +6 more
TL;DR: The current knowledge on heme and inorganic iron metabolism in hard ticks is compared with that in vertebrates and other arthropods and other aspects of tick iron metabolism that warrant further investigation are pointed out.
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Comprehensive insect physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology
G. A. Kerkut,L. I. Gilbert +1 more
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comprehensive molecular insect science
TL;DR: Includes: Molecular Genetics of Insect Fertilization Sex Determination and the Development of the Genital Disc Dosage Compensation Fat-Cell Development The Juvenile Hormones.
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Mammalian subtilisins: The long-sought dibasic processing endoproteases
TL;DR: After many years of searching for the enzymes responsible for cleavage of mammalian proproteins and prohormones at sites comprised of pairs of basic amino acid residues (“dibasic sites”), the solution to this enigma of cell biology appears to be in sight.
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Accumulation of yolk proteins in insect oocytes
TL;DR: In insects, accumulation of yolk, or vitellogenesis, is a heterosynthetic pro cess, in which an extraovarian tissue, the fat body, produces yolk protein precursors, and the role of endocytosis in yolk deposition in insect oocytes is implicated.