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A systematic review of arthropod community diversity in association with invasive plants [PDF]

, 2013
Invasive plants represent a significant financial burden for land managers and also have the potential to severely degrade ecosystems. Arthropods interact strongly with plants, relying on them for food, shelter, and as nurseries for their young.
Spafford,Ryan, Spafford, Ryan D., Lortie,C, Butterfield, Bradley, Lortie, Christopher, Christopher Lortie, Butterfield,Bradley, Spafford, Ryan, Bradley Butterfield, Ryan Spafford, Butterfield, Bradley J., Lortie, Christopher J.   +11 more
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Rickettsial pathogen augments tick vesicular-associated membrane proteins for infection and survival in the vector host

mBio
Anaplasma phagocytophilum is an obligate intracellular rickettsial pathogen that infects humans and animals. The black-legged tick Ixodes scapularis acts as a vector and transmits this bacterium to the vertebrate host.
Prachi Namjoshi, Jaydeep Kolape, Avni Patel, Hameeda Sultana, Girish Neelakanta   +4 more
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: Ex-vivo expression of functional, non-hybrid, heteropentameric receptors from a marine arthropod, Lepeophtheirus salmonis.

PLoS Pathogens, 2020
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are ligand-gated ion channels mostly located in the post-synaptic membrane of cholinergic synapses. The natural neurotransmitter is acetylcholine, but they are also the direct targets for neonicotinoids ...
Lucien Rufener, Kiranpreet Kaur, Anouk Sarr, Stian Mørch Aaen, Tor Einar Horsberg   +4 more
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Perspectives on New Vaccines against Arboviruses Using Insect-Specific Viruses as Platforms

Vaccines, 2021
Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) are global pathogens circulating endemically with local explosive outbreaks and constant encroachment into new locations. Few vaccines against arboviruses exist; most for humans are in development or clinical trials.
Valéria L. Carvalho, Maureen T. Long
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Towards a Universal Translator: Decoding the PTMs That Regulate Orthoflavivirus Infection

Viruses
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) serve as critical regulators of protein function across biological systems, including during viral infection. For orthoflaviviruses, including human pathogens like dengue, Zika, and West Nile viruses, PTMs on viral
Hannah M. Schmidt, Stacy M. Horner
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Wheat Argonaute 5 Functions in Aphid–Plant Interaction

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020
Aphids feeding on plants experience similar responses to pathogens due to the prolonged and intimate contact with the plant. Diuraphis noxia is an economically important aphid pest on wheat that exhibits such an interaction.
Phumzile Sibisi, Eduard Venter
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Multiple Salivary Proteins from Aedes aegypti Mosquito Bind to the Zika Virus Envelope Protein

Viruses, 2022
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are important vectors of several debilitating and deadly arthropod-borne (arbo) viruses, including Yellow Fever virus, Dengue virus, West Nile virus and Zika virus (ZIKV).
Paola Carolina Valenzuela-Leon, Gaurav Shrivastava, Ines Martin-Martin, Jenny C. Cardenas, Berlin Londono-Renteria, Eric Calvo   +5 more
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Transgenic Bt Cotton Does Not Disrupt the Top-Down Forces Regulating the Cotton Aphid in Central China. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Top-down force is referred to arthropod pest management delivered by the organisms from higher trophic levels. In the context of prevalent adoption of transgenic Bt crops that produce insecticidal Cry proteins derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), it
Yong-Sheng Yao, Peng Han, Chang-Ying Niu, Yong-Cheng Dong, Xi-Wu Gao, Jin-Jie Cui, Nicolas Desneux   +6 more
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Crustins: enigmatic WAP domain-containing antibacterial proteins from crustaceans [PDF]

, 2008
Crustins are antibacterial proteins of ca. 7–14 kDa with a characteristic four-disulphide core-containing whey acidic protein (WAP) domain, expressed by the circulating haemocytes of crustaceans.
Smith, Valerie J., Fernandes, Jorge M.O., Fernandes, J M O, Kemp, Graham D., Hauton, Chris   +4 more
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Soluble proteins of chemical communication: an overview across arthropods

Frontiers in Physiology, 2014
Detection of chemical signals both in insects and in vertebrates is mediated by soluble proteins, highly concentrated in olfactory organs, which bind semiochemicals and activate, with still largely unknown mechanisms, specific chemoreceptors.
Paolo ePelosi, Immacolata eIovinella, Antonio eFelicioli, Francesca Romana Dani   +3 more
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