supported by grants from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas(CONICET Grant PIP 2015076 to S.O.and CONICET Grant PIP 11220200101744CO to M.S.);Agencia Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia(ANPCyT Grant PICT startup 2018-0275 and 2018-0862 to S.0.and ANPCyT Grant PICT 2017-1015,201804354,and 202001706 to M.S.).
In triatomines,blood-feeding triggers many physiological processes including post embryonic development and reproduction.Different feeding habits,such as hematophagy,can shape gene functions to meet the challenges of ...
The ubiquitously expressed transmembrane enzyme Na,K-ATPase(NKA)is vital in maintaining functionality of cells.The association of α-and β-subunits is believed to be essential for forming a functional enzyme.In the l...
supported by National Institutes of Health(NIH)grants NIH-NIAID R21 AI135457 and AI163423,1S10OD026726 and USDA-NIFA,GRANT13066347;thank the Terry Johnson Cancer Research Center of Kansas State University and K-INBRE(NIH Grant P20GM103418)programs for supporting NMR studies.Contribution number 22-200-J from the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station.
Infections by mosquito-borne diseases represent one of the leading causes of death in third world countries.The rapid progression of resistance to conventional insecticide causes a significant threat to the highly eff...
Recently N-glycosylation was found to be required for the postembryonic development and metamorphosis of the holometabolous beetle Tribolium castaneum. However, the role of N-glycosylation in the development of hemime...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31702055,No.31572325 and No.31702021);CR.SL and ED,by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2020A1515011267);CR,by the National Key Research and Development Project(Grant No.2019YFD1002102);CR and YL,by the Department of Science and Technology in Guangdong Province(Grant No.2019B090905003 and 2019A0102006);Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(Grant No.KQTD20180411143628272);SL.The strategies for cockroach management mentioned in this work have been included in a Chinese patent application(201910977154.9;201910976989.2).
The transcription factor grainy head(Grh)functions in the protection of the epithelium against the external environment by generating strongly adhesive layers,and this function is conserved in vertebrates and inverteb...
This research was supported by the N ational Key R&D Program of China(2017YFD0200900);China A griculture Research System(CARS-09-P22).
Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata is a serious insect pest which attacks a large number of nightshades and cucurbits in Asian countries,Brazil and Australia.Prolonged application of traditional pesticides has caused ...
Fundamental Research Grant Scheme from the Ministry of Higher Education,Malaysia(No.59324)。
Ecdysis is a comm on phe nomenon that happe ns throughout the life phase of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii.It is vital to better understand the correlation between cannibalism and biochemical com...
Acknowledgments This study was supported by grants of the "973" National Basic Research Program of China (2010CB 126100), Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 06105204).
Insect molting and metamorphosis are regulated by 20-hydroxyecdysone, which activates the ecdysone receptors, followed by expression of a series of transcription factors. Beta Fushi Tarazu-Factor 1 (βFTZ-F1) is one...
Ecdysis-triggering hormone (ETH) is an integration factor in the ecdysis process of most insects, including Bombyx mor/(silkworm). To understand the function of the ETH gene in silkworm, we developed an effective ...