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Designer diatom episomes delivered by bacterial conjugation. [PDF]

, 2015
Eukaryotic microalgae hold great promise for the bioproduction of fuels and higher value chemicals. However, compared with model genetic organisms such as Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, characterization of the complex biology and ...
Allen, Andrew E, Beeri, Karen, Brunson, John K, Deerinck, Thomas J, Diner, Rachel E, Dupont, Christopher L, Ellisman, Mark H, Gillard, Jeroen TF, Glass, John I, Hutchison, Clyde A, Jablanovic, Jelena, Karas, Bogumil J, Lefebvre, Stephane C, McQuaid, Jeff, Noddings, Chari M, Phillips, Alex PR, Smith, Hamilton O, Valas, Ruben E, Venter, J Craig, Weyman, Philip D   +19 more
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Engineering a vector-based pan-Leishmania vaccine for humans: proof of principle

Scientific Reports, 2020
Leishmaniasis is a spectrum of diseases transmitted by sand fly vectors that deposit Leishmania spp. parasites in the host skin during blood feeding.
Pedro Cecílio, James Oristian, Claudio Meneses, Tiago D. Serafim, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Anabela Cordeiro da Silva, Fabiano Oliveira   +6 more
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Complete mitogenomes of Anopheles peditaeniatus and Anopheles nitidus and phylogenetic relationships within the genus Anopheles inferred from mitogenomes

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Despite the medical importance of mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles in the transmission of malaria and other human diseases, its phylogenetic relationships are not settled, and the characteristics of mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) are not ...
Jing Guo, Zhen-Tian Yan, Wen-Bo Fu, Huan Yuan, Xu-Dong Li, Bin Chen   +5 more
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Engineering a minimal cloning vector from a pUC18 plasmid backbone with an extended multiple cloning site [PDF]

, 2019
Minimal plasmids play an essential role in many intermediate steps in molecular biology. For example, they can be used to assemble building blocks in synthetic biology or be used as intermediate cloning plasmids that are ideal for PCR-based mutagenesis ...
Alci, Kûbra, Beyaert, Rudi, De Schamphelaire, Wouter, Staal, Jens, Vanhoucke, Martine   +4 more
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Binding of Leishmania infantum Lipophosphoglycan to the Midgut Is Not Sufficient To Define Vector Competence in Lutzomyia longipalpis Sand Flies

mSphere, 2020
The major surface lipophosphoglycan (LPG) of Leishmania parasites is critical to vector competence in restrictive sand fly vectors in mediating Leishmania attachment to the midgut epithelium, considered essential to parasite survival and development ...
Iliano V. Coutinho-Abreu, James Oristian, Waldionê de Castro, Timothy R. Wilson, Claudio Meneses, Rodrigo P. Soares, Valéria M. Borges, Albert Descoteaux, Shaden Kamhawi, Jesus G. Valenzuela   +9 more
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Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of odorant receptor genes in the malaria vector Anopheles sinensis

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background The olfactory system plays a crucial role in regulating insect behaviors. The detection of odorants is mainly mediated by various odorant receptors (ORs) that are expressed in the dendrites of olfactory neurons of chemosensilla.
Zhengbo He, Zhengrong Yu, Xingfei He, Youjin Hao, Liang Qiao, Shihui Luo, Jingjing Zhang, Bin Chen   +7 more
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UDP-glycosyltransferase genes and their association and mutations associated with pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles sinensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background UDP-glycosyltransferase (UGT) is an important biotransformation superfamily of enzymes. They catalyze the transfer of glycosyl residues from activated nucleotide sugars to acceptor hydrophobic molecules, and function in several physiological ...
Yong Zhou, Wen-Bo Fu, Feng-Ling Si, Zhen-Tian Yan, Yu-Juan Zhang, Qi-Yi He, Bin Chen   +6 more
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Identification of sex determination genes and their evolution in Phlebotominae sand flies (Diptera, Nematocera) [PDF]

, 2019
Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Nematocera) are important vectors of several pathogens, including Leishmania parasites, causing serious diseases of humans and dogs.
Aceto, Serena, Bongiorno, Gioia, Colonna, Vincenza, Gradoni, Luigi, Petrella, Valeria, Polanska, Nikola, Saccone, Giuseppe, Salvemini, Marco, Sanges, Remo, Volf, Petr   +9 more
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Mitochondrial composition of and diffusion limiting factors of three social wasp genera Polistes, Ropalidia, and parapolybia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Background Social wasps Polistes, Ropalidia, and Parapolybia, belonging to the subfamily Polistinae, have obviously different distribution patterns, yet the factors leading to this difference remain unknown.
Li Luo, Pan Huang, Bin Chen, Ting-Jing Li   +3 more
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Small RNA sequencing of field Culex mosquitoes identifies patterns of viral infection and the mosquito immune response

Scientific Reports, 2023
Mosquito-borne disease remains a significant burden on global health. In the United States, the major threat posed by mosquitoes is transmission of arboviruses, including West Nile virus by mosquitoes of the Culex genus.
Steven M. Abel, Zhenchen Hong, Desiree Williams, Sally Ireri, Michelle Q. Brown, Tianyun Su, Kim Y. Hung, Jennifer A. Henke, John P. Barton, Karine G. Le Roch   +9 more
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