cuticleDB: a relational database of Arthropod cuticular proteins [PDF]
BMC Bioinformatics, 2004 Background The insect exoskeleton or cuticle is a bi-partite composite of proteins and chitin that provides protective, skeletal and structural functions.
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Vertebrate Responses against Arthropod Salivary Proteins and Their Therapeutic Potential
Vaccines, 2021 The saliva of hematophagous arthropods contains a group of active proteins to counteract host responses against injury and to facilitate the success of a bloodmeal.
Olayinka Olajiga +5 more
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Non-Structural Proteins of Arthropod-Borne Bunyaviruses: Roles and Functions [PDF]
Viruses, 2013 Viruses within the Bunyaviridae family are tri-segmented, negative-stranded RNA viruses. The family includes several emerging and re-emerging viruses of humans, animals and plants, such as Rift Valley fever virus, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus ...
Alain Kohl +4 more
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Structure-guided analysis of divergent homologs unveils deep ancestry and arthropod specialization of the pacifastin family [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe Pacifastin family has been widely regarded as an arthropod-specific innovation, functionally restricted to the regulation of innate immunity. Here, we challenge this paradigm using a structural phylogenomics approach that overcomes the sequence ...
Eduardo D. Rodríguez-Aguilar +2 more
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PLoS Pathogens, 2018 Molecular determinants and mechanisms of arthropod-borne flavivirus transmission to the vertebrate host are poorly understood. In this study, we show for the first time that a cell line from medically important arthropods, such as ticks, secretes ...
Wenshuo Zhou +7 more
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A conserved, immune-regulated peritrophin promotes Vibrio cholerae colonization of the arthropod intestine [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsVibrio cholerae is a human diarrheal pathogen and an estuarine organism that associates with both terrestrial and aquatic arthropods. Using the model terrestrial arthropod Drosophila melanogaster, we previously showed that V.
Daniela Barraza +4 more
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Adaptation of Anaplasma phagocytophilum to the tick vector is controlled by the transcriptional regulator Tr1 [PDF]
mSphereRickettsial pathogens are strictly dependent on the cellular biology of their hosts for survival and replication. Predominantly transmitted by blood-feeding arthropods, these vector-borne pathogens are forced to adapt between the disparate environments ...
EricaRose Warwick +9 more
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The effect of polygenic cotransformed Populus × euramericana cv. neva on major arhtropod populations [PDF]
BMC Plant BiologyBackground Poplar (Populus SPP.) is an important model species in forest research. With the development of transgenic technology, the genetic transformation of poplar with multi-gene resistance to insect pests and saline-alkali stress has been ...
Yali Huang +6 more
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Extracellular Vesicles in Arthropods: Biogenesis, Functions, Isolation Methods and Applications [PDF]
Journal of Extracellular VesiclesExtracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane‐bound nanoparticles secreted by cells that are involved in multiple forms of intercellular communication and show promising potential for biotechnological applications.
Simon Remans +3 more
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Insights into the molecular evolution of peptidase inhibitors in arthropods. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Peptidase inhibitors are key proteins involved in the control of peptidases. In arthropods, peptidase inhibitors modulate the activity of peptidases involved in endogenous physiological processes and peptidases of the organisms with which they interact ...
Joaquin Alonso, Manuel Martinez
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