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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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Vitellogenesis in Manduca sexta
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
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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Investigation into the hovering flight dynamics and control of a flapping wing micro air vehicle [PDF]
, 2003 The hovering flight of a micro air vehicle was investigated. Various flight control concepts, inspired by observation of insect and bird flight, were investigated in some detail. The concepts make use of flap frequency or phase between the flap and pitch
Loh, K.
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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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Dominant negative phenotype of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab, Cry11Aa and Cry4Ba mutants suggest hetero-oligomer formation among different Cry toxins. [PDF]
, 2011 Background - Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins are used worldwide in the control of different insect pests important in agriculture or in human health. The Cry proteins are pore-forming toxins that affect the midgut cell of target insects.
Leivi Portugal +18 more
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Manduca sexta Official Gene Set v2.2
, 2021 Manduca sexta, known as the tobacco hornworm or Carolina sphinx moth, is a lepidopteran insect that is used extensively as a model system for research in insect biochemistry, physiology, neurobiology, development, and immunity.
Stephen Richards (17476059) +6 more
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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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Nature Communications, 2022 Here, combining diagnostic imaging modalities and in vivo assays, Windfelder and colleagues established tobacco hornworm larvae Manduca sexta as an alternative high-throughput platform to study the innate immunity of the gut and host-pathogen ...
Anton G. Windfelder +16 more
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Unique neural coding of crucial versus irrelevant plant odors in a hawkmoth
eLife, 2022 The sense of smell is pivotal for nocturnal moths to locate feeding and oviposition sites. However, these crucial resources are often rare and their bouquets are intermingled with volatiles emanating from surrounding ‘background’ plants.
Sonja Bisch-Knaden +3 more
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