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Identification and characterization of insect-specific proteins by genome data analysis

BMC Genomics, 2007
Background Insects constitute the vast majority of known species with their importance including biodiversity, agricultural, and human health concerns. It is likely that the successful adaptation of the Insecta clade depends on specific components in its
Clark Terry, Wong Gane, Zheng Hongkun, Wang Xiaoling, Shi Junjie, Wang Hongsheng, Zhang Guojie, Wang Wen, Wang Jun, Kang Le   +9 more
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P2X7 Receptor Triggers Lysosomal Leakage Through Calcium Mobilization in a Mechanism Dependent on Pannexin-1 Hemichannels

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
The P2X7 receptor is a critical purinergic receptor in immune cells. Its activation was associated with cathepsin release into macrophage cytosol, suggesting its involvement in lysosomal membrane permeabilization (LMP) and leakage.
Stephanie Alexia Cristina Silva Santos, Pedro Muanis Persechini, Bianca Monteiro Henriques-Santos, Victória Gabriela Bello-Santos, Newton G. Castro, Júlia Costa de Sousa, Fernando Ariel Genta, Marcelo Felippe Santiago, Robson Coutinho-Silva, Luiz Eduardo Baggio Savio, Eleonora Kurtenbach   +10 more
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Production of Polyomavirus and Herpesvirus Recombinant Glycoproteins with Immunoreactivity Using a Rapid and Novel Expression System in Insect Cells for Applications in Vaccines and Serological Assays

Vaccine Research, 2021
Introduction: Although, conventional methods for the expression of polyomaviruses and herpesviruses recombinant proteins for serological assays and vaccine developments in baculoviruses are well established, the manipulations are laborious and time ...
Bahman Abedi Kiasari , Hamideh Najafi
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Influences of Microbial Symbionts on Chemoreception of Their Insect Hosts

Insects, 2023
Chemical communication is widespread among insects and exploited to adjust their behavior, such as food and habitat seeking and preferences, recruitment, defense, and mate attraction.
Zhengyan Wang, Zhenzhen Chang, Zhiyuan Liu, Shan Zhang   +3 more
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Insect Hsp90 Chaperone Assists Bacillus thuringiensis Cry Toxicity by Enhancing Protoxin Binding to the Receptor and by Protecting Protoxin from Gut Protease Degradation

mBio, 2019
Bacillus thuringiensis Cry proteins are pore-forming insecticidal toxins with specificity against different crop pests and insect vectors of human diseases.
Blanca I. García-Gómez, Sayra N. Cano, Erika E. Zagal, Edgar Dantán-Gonzalez, Alejandra Bravo, Mario Soberón   +5 more
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Proteomics and insect immunity [PDF]

Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2006
Insect innate immunity is both a model for vertebrate immunity as well as a key system that impactsmedically important pathogens that are transmitted by insects.
L Shi, SM Paskewitz
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Identification and Evaluations of Novel Insecticidal Proteins from Plants of the Class Polypodiopsida for Crop Protection against Key Lepidopteran Pests

Toxins, 2019
Various lepidopteran insects are responsible for major crop losses worldwide. Although crop plant varieties developed to express Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins are effective at controlling damage from key lepidopteran pests, some insect populations
Lu Liu, Eric Schepers, Amy Lum, Janet Rice, Nasser Yalpani, Ryan Gerber, Nuria Jiménez-Juárez, Fikru Haile, Alejandra Pascual, Jennifer Barry, Xiuli Qi, Adane Kassa, Matthew J. Heckert, Weiping Xie, Changkui Ding, Jarred Oral, Minh Nguyen, James Le, Lisa Procyk, Scott H. Diehn, Virginia C. Crane, Howard Damude, Carol Pilcher, Russ Booth, Lu Liu, Genhai Zhu, Timothy M. Nowatzki, Mark E. Nelson, Albert L. Lu, Gusui Wu   +29 more
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Transcriptomics reveal the molecular underpinnings of chemosensory proteins in Chlorops oryzae

BMC Genomics, 2018
Background Chemosensory proteins are a family of insect-specific chemical sensors that sense specific chemical cues and regulate insect behavior.
Lin Qiu, Shunjie Tao, Hualiang He, Wenbing Ding, Youzhi Li   +4 more
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Research on the Diversity of Insecticidal Proteins Derived from Microorganisms

Liang you shipin ke-ji, 2021
Insect problem has been one of the most severe problems in agriculture and forestry, which causes great economic losses to the primary industry in China. For a long time, the use of chemical insecticides for insect control has led to many issues, such as
SONG Jia, YAN Xue, XIA Li-yuan, SUN Wei-wei, SUN bo, FAN Huan, WANG Wen-jie, ZHAO Chen   +7 more
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Calpain small subunit homodimerization is robust and calcium‐independent

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Calpains dimerize via penta‐EF‐hand (PEF) domains. Using single‐molecule force spectroscopy, we measured the strength and kinetics of PEF–PEF homodimer binding. The interaction is robust, shows a transient conformational step before dissociation, and remains largely insensitive to Ca2+.
Nesha May O. Andoy, Trina Dykstra‐MacPherson, Mathias A. Bell, Peter L. Davies, Ruby May A. Sullan   +4 more
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