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Vitellogenesis in Manduca sexta [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1987 Eggs of Manduca sexta contain four well-characterized protein derived from hemolymph: vitellogenin and lipophorin (very high density lipoproteins); microvitellogenin, a 26,000 dalton female-specific protein lacking lipid and carbohydrate, and ...
John K. Kawooya +2 more
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Zinc and Manduca sexta hemocyte functions [PDF]
Journal of Insect Science, 2002 Two metalloproteases have recently been linked to the immune response in Lepidoptera. In addition, zinc is highly important in many mammalian immune-related functions.
Elizabeth Willott, Hung Q. Tran
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Discovery of a Manduca sexta Allatotropin Antagonist from a Manduca sexta Allatotropin Receptor Homology Model [PDF]
Molecules, 2018 Insect G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) have important roles in modulating biology, physiology and behavior. They have been identified as candidate targets for next-generation insecticides, yet these targets have been relatively poorly exploited for ...
Zhen-Peng Kai +4 more
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Host Plant Constancy in Ovipositing Manduca sexta [PDF]
Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2021 AbstractMany pollinating insects exhibit flower constancy, i.e. they target flower species they have already experienced and fed from. While the insects might profit from reduced handling costs when revisiting similar flowers, flower constancy, in addition, is of benefit for the plants as it guarantees pollen transfer to conspecifics.
Nandita Nataraj +3 more
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Tobacco Hornworm Manduca sexta (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) [PDF]
EDIS, 2017 The tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (L.), is a common pest of plants in the family Solanaceae, which includes tobacco, tomato, pepper, eggplant, and various ornamentals and weeds (del Campo and Renwick 1999).
Morgan A. Byron +1 more
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Storage hexamer utilization in Manduca sexta [PDF]
Journal of Insect Science, 2003 In preparing for metamorphosis insects store in their hemolymph and fat bodies a major nutrient reserve of 500-kDa hexamerins. At least three hexamerins serve this function in Lepidoptera, including arylphorin (ArH) and two high methionine proteins (M ...
William H. Telfer, M.L. Pan
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Antennal transcriptome of Manduca sexta [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011 In recent years, considerable progress has been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying olfaction in insects. Because of the diverse nature of the gene families involved, this process has largely relied on genomic data.
Grosse-Wilde, E. +5 more
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Distinguishing Manduca sexta haemocyte types by cytometric methods
Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2022 Manduca sexta larvae possess haemocytes which are classified according to their appearance into five distinct types typical for Lepidoptera: plasmatocytes (PLs), granular cells (GRs), spherule cells (SPs), oenocytoids (OEs), and prohaemocytes (ProHCs ...
C R von Bredow, T E Trenczek
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A comprehensive analysis of the Manduca sexta immunotranscriptome [PDF]
Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 2013 As a biochemical model, Manduca sexta has substantially contributed to our knowledge on insect innate immunity. The RNA-Seq approach was implemented in three studies to examine tissue immunotranscriptomes of this species. With the latest and largest focusing on highly regulated process- and tissue-specific genes, we further analyzed the same set of ...
Ramesh T, Gunaratna, Haobo, Jiang
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The immune properties of Manduca sexta transferrin [PDF]
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2017 Transferrins are secreted proteins that bind iron. The well-studied transferrins are mammalian serum transferrin, which is involved in iron transport, and mammalian lactoferrin, which functions as an immune protein. Lactoferrin and lactoferrin-derived peptides have bactericidal activity, and the iron-free form of lactoferrin has bacteriostatic activity
Lisa M, Brummett +2 more
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