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 ...
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Vertebrate Responses against Arthropod Salivary Proteins and Their Therapeutic Potential [PDF]
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.
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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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Exosomes serve as novel modes of tick-borne flavivirus transmission from arthropod to human cells and facilitates dissemination of viral RNA and proteins to the vertebrate neuronal cells. [PDF]
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 ...
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Implication of haematophagous arthropod salivary proteins in host-vector interactions [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2011 The saliva of haematophagous arthropods contains an array of anti-haemostatic, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory molecules that contribute to the success of the blood meal. The saliva of haematophagous arthropods is also involved in the transmission
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Evolution of arthropod hemocyanins and insect storage proteins (hexamerins). [PDF]
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 1994 Crustacean and cheliceratan hemocyanins (oxygen-transport proteins) and insect hexamerins (storage proteins) are homologous gene products, although the latter do not bind oxygen and do not possess the copper-binding histidines present in the hemocyanins.
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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.
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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.
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The first myriapod genome sequence reveals conservative arthropod gene content and genome organisation in the centipede Strigamia maritima. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2014 Myriapods (e.g., centipedes and millipedes) display a simple homonomous body plan relative to other arthropods. All members of the class are terrestrial, but they attained terrestriality independently of insects. Myriapoda is the only arthropod class not
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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 ...
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