How tyramine β-hydroxylase controls the production of octopamine, modulating the mobility of beetles [PDF]
, 2018 Biogenic amines perform many kinds of important physiological functions in the central nervous system (CNS) of insects, acting as neuromodulators, neurotransmitters, and neurohormones.
Chen, Xiao-Feng +7 more
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Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 773-785, April 2026.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract With ongoing climate change, temperature‐dependent outcomes of host–parasitoid interactions can affect ecosystem functioning and key ecosystem services such as biological control. However, most studies addressing the impacts of temperature on host–parasitoid systems are
Florencia Baudino +3 more
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The role of low levels of juvenile hormone Esterase in the metamorphosis of Manduca sexta
Journal of Insect Science, 2001 The activity of juvenile hormone esterase (JHE) in feeding fifth instar larvae of Manduca sexta increases gradually with larval weight and rises to a peak after larvae pass the critical weight when juvenile hormone secretion ceases.
M.H. Browder, L.J. D'Amico, H.F. Nijhout
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Fitness benefits of trypsin proteinase inhibitor expression in are greater than their costs when plants are attacked. [PDF]
, 2004 Background The commonly invoked cost-benefit paradigm, central to most of functional biology, explains why one phenotype cannot be optimally fit in all environments; yet it is rarely tested.
Baldwin Ian T, Zavala Jorge A
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Diel thermal variability does not always have detrimental effects on the performance of ectotherms
Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 786-799, April 2026.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Climate change directly affects animal survival, with ectotherms being particularly vulnerable because their vital rates are closely related to environmental temperatures.
Daniel A. Bastías +1 more
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α-Cyclodextrin extracts diacylglycerol from insect high density lipoproteins
Journal of Lipid Research, 2000 α-Cyclodextrins are water-soluble cyclic hexamers of glucose units with hydrophobic cavities capable of solubilizing lipophiles. Incubating α-cyclodextrin with high density lipophorin from Manduca sexta or Bombyx mori resulted in a cloudy, turbid ...
Zeina E. Jouni +5 more
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A senior moment: What is the program of programmed cell death?
Cell Communication and SignalingA previously generated sequence of putative mRNA from intersegmental muscles of Manduca sexta moths just before the death of the muscles has been identified as the N-terminal sequence of a copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase.
Richard A. Lockshin
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eLife, 2019 The activation mechanism of the nitric oxide receptor has been revealed by cryo-electron microscopy.
Annie Beuve
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Characterisation of Bombyx mori odorant-binding proteins reveals that a general odorant-binding protein discriminates between sex pheromone components [PDF]
, 2009 In many insect species, odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are thought to be responsible for the transport of pheromones and other semiochemicals across the sensillum lymph to the olfactory receptors (ORs) within the antennal sensilla.
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Lipophorin of the larval honeybee, Apis mellifera L.
Journal of Lipid Research, 1985 Most insects have a major lipoprotein species in the blood (hemolymph) that serves to transport fat from the midgut to the storage depots in fat body cells and from the fat body to peripheral tissues.
S L Robbs +4 more
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