Neuropeptide hormone bursicon mediates female reproduction in the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) [PDF]
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 Bursicon, a neuropeptide hormone comprising two subunits-bursicon (burs) and partner of burs (pburs), belongs to the cystine-knot protein family. Bursicon heterodimers and homodimers bind to the lucine-rich G-protein coupled receptor (LGR) encoded by ...
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Neuropeptide Bursicon and its receptor-mediated the transition from summer-form to winter-form of Cacopsylla chinensis [PDF]
eLifeSeasonal polyphenism enables organisms to adapt to environmental challenges by increasing phenotypic diversity. Cacopsylla chinensis exhibits remarkable seasonal polyphenism, specifically in the form of summer-form and winter-form, which have distinct ...
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Neuropeptide Bursicon Influences Reproductive Physiology in Tribolium Castaneum [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 Bursicon is a neuropeptide belonging to the cystine knot family and is composed of burs and partner of burs (pburs) subunits. It can form heterodimers or homodimers to execute different biological functions.
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Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Substance Transport, Signal Transduction, and Anti-Stress Regulation, as Well as Anti-Alkaline Regulation via Bursicon in the Cerebral Ganglion of Chinese Mitten Crab Eriocheir sinensis Under Alkaline Stress [PDF]
Biology(1) Background: Global climate change is intensifying, and the vigorous development and utilization of saline–alkali land is of great significance.
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Developmental Regulation of Corazonin, Eclosion Hormone, and Bursicon Messages and RNAi Suppression of Corazonin in Adult, Female American Dog Ticks, Dermacentor variabilis [PDF]
InsectsThe insect molting process is critical to growth and development and is regulated in part by the neuropeptides corazonin, eclosion hormone, and α and β bursicon.
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The tanning hormone, bursicon, does not act directly on the epidermis to tan the Drosophila exoskeleton [PDF]
BMC Biology, 2020 Background In insects, continuous growth requires the periodic replacement of the exoskeleton. Once the remains of the exoskeleton from the previous stage have been shed during ecdysis, the new one is rapidly sclerotized (hardened) and melanized ...
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Inducing bursicon expression using 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) increased immune response in Macrobrachium rosenbergii against Aeromonas hydrophila [PDF]
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Identification and characterization of ecdysis-related neuropeptides in the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum [PDF]
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 IntroductionThe lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, is an important ectoparasite known for transmitting diseases to humans and animals. Ecdysis-related neuropeptides (ERNs) control behaviors crucial for arthropods to shed exoskeletons.
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RNAi-Mediated Functional Analysis of Bursicon Genes Related to Adult Cuticle Formation and Tanning in the Honeybee, Apis mellifera. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Bursicon is a heterodimeric neurohormone that acts through a G protein-coupled receptor named rickets (rk), thus inducing an increase in cAMP and the activation of tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the cuticular tanning pathway.
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Insect neuropeptide bursicon homodimers induce innate immune and stress genes during molting by activating the NF-κB transcription factor Relish. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND:Bursicon is a heterodimer neuropeptide composed of two cystine knot proteins, bursicon α (burs α) and bursicon β (burs β), that elicits cuticle tanning (melanization and sclerotization) through the Drosophila leucine-rich repeats-containing G ...
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