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Melanization of embryos over time.

, 2018
Preferred melanization stages for injection are indicated with dotted brackets. (A) Aedes aegypti embryos are best injected between 45 min and 1 h 30 min, when they are getting darker, so their chorion is hardened enough to protect the embryo from ...
Azadeh Aryan (392687), Zach N. Adelman (189283), Ines Martin-Martin (505029), Eric Calvo (236380), Claudio Meneses (173655)   +4 more
core   +1 more source

The Effects of Noise on the Juvenile Life Stage of Crustaceans: Behavioral, Cellular, and Molecular Responses in Procambarus clarkii

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Juvenile Procambarus clarkii exposed to noise exhibited behavioral changes, shifts in enzymatic activity, and altered expression of stress and immune genes. The findings highlight the sensitivity of invertebrate juveniles to anthropogenic acoustic pollution.
Maria Ceraulo, Giuseppa Buscaino, Clarissa De Vita, Aiti Vizzini, Mirella Vazzana, Elena Papale, Francesco Longo, Francesco Paolo Faraone, Manuela Mauro   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Earliest Feathers from the Lower Cretaceous Dabeigou Formation of North Hebei: Implications for the Early Evolution of the Jehol Biota

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study reports two isolated feather fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Dabeigou Formation in northeastern China. Morphological analyses identified them as the earliest known feathered theropods (potentially including avian) in the Jehol Biota. This finding reveals a complex ecosystem at the dawn of the Jehol Biota, bridging the temporal and faunal ...
Qian Wu, Qian‐Nan Zhang, Dang‐Peng Xi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Melanitis leda

Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758) Notes HNIBR (2022)
Lee, Dong-Yeol, Jeong, Ilyeong, Kim, Seonmin, Choi, Jae Won, Won, Min Hyeok, Kim, Donguk, Kim, Dongmin, Kim, Young-Kun, Jeon, Jiseung, Ryu, Jihun, Bang, WooJun, Chang, Jun Hyuk, Choi, Kwang Shik   +12 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Lomentospora prolificans synthesizes several types of melanin

mSphere
Lomentospora prolificans is a filamentous fungus with a global distribution, exhibiting a particularly higher prevalence in human-impacted environments.
Livia C. Liporagi-Lopes, Christine Chrissian, Emma Camacho, Arlind Kacirani, Ruth E. Stark, Arturo Casadevall   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Melanization of Bomirski hamster amelanotic melanoma cells (Ab line) depends on the type of culture medium [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction. The effect of melanogenesis intensity on melanoma biology remains an open question, and the biological differences between melanotic and amelanotic melanoma cells have not yet been satisfactorily documented. As a result, the melanization of
Cichorek, Miroslawa; Department of Embryology, Medical Umiversity of Gdansk, Debinki 1 St, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland, Skoniecka, Aneta; Department of Embryology, Medical Umiversity of Gdansk, Debinki 1 St, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland, Zauszkiewicz-Pawlak, Agata; Department of Histology, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 1St, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland, Tyminska, Agata; Department of Embryology, Medical Umiversity of Gdansk, Debinki 1 St, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland   +3 more
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Layers of immunity: Deconstructing the Drosophila effector response

eLife
The host innate immune response relies on the cooperation of multiple defense modules. In insects and other arthropods, which have only innate immune mechanisms, four main immune-specific modules have been described in the defense against microbial ...
Faustine Ryckebusch, Yao Tian, Mylene Rapin, Fanny Schüpfer, Mark Austin Hanson, Bruno Lemaitre   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emerging Deep Cutaneous Fungal Infection Caused by Cyphellophora Species in a Diabetic Patient

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
Yi‐Shan Teng, Pei‐Lun Sun, Cheng‐Che E. Lan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Importance of the Larval Parasitoid Actia interrupta (Diptera: Tachinidae) in Low Density Eastern Spruce Budworm Populations

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Actia interrupta is an important larval tachinid parasitoid during low‐density populations of the eastern spruce budworm. In the late 1980s during the outbreak collapse, Meteorus trachynotus was initially the most important species, but was replaced by A. interrupta. Host patch size and density had no impact on the parasitism rates by A.
Véronique Martel, Jacques Régnière, Jean‐Claude Thireau   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unculturable bacteria exploit a secretory protein to antagonize insect melanization for persistent infection

mBio
Phloem-inhabiting unculturable bacterial pathogens are persistently transmitted by insect vectors. However, how they evade insect immune responses to ensure persistent transmission remains unknown. The important melanization immune response in insects is
You Li, Yu Du, Dongsheng Ren, Yu Bin, Qian Chen, Taiyun Wei   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source