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A topological approach for protein classification

, 2015
Protein function and dynamics are closely related to its sequence and structure. However prediction of protein function and dynamics from its sequence and structure is still a fundamental challenge in molecular biology.
Cang, Zixuan, Mu, Lin, Opron, Kristopher, Wei, Guo-Wei, Wu, Kedi, Xia, Kelin   +5 more
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Fine Structure of Viral dsDNA Encapsidation [PDF]

, 2019
In vivo configurations of dsDNA of bacteriophage viruses in a capsid are known to form hexagonal chromonic liquid crystal phases. This article studies the liquid crystal ordering of viral dsDNA in an icosahedral capsid, combining the chromonic model with
Arsuaga, Javier, Calderer, M. Carme, Hiltner, Lindsey, Vazquez, Mariel, Walker, Shawn   +4 more
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Modification of contact avoidance behaviour associated with pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles sinensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background Anopheles sinensis is the primary vector of vivax malaria in China and its control is under great threat as the development of insecticide resistance.
Zhengbo He, Jing Zhang, Zongpan Shi, Jingang Liu, Jingjing Zhang, Zhentian Yan, Bin Chen   +6 more
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Optimizing tick artificial membrane feeding for Ixodes scapularis

Scientific Reports, 2023
Artificial membrane feeding (AMF) is a powerful and versatile technique with a wide range of applications in the study of disease vectors species. Since its first description, AMF has been under constant optimization and standardization for different ...
Melina Garcia Guizzo, Claudio Meneses, Pedro Amado Cecilio, Patricia Hessab Alvarenga, Daniel Sonenshine, Jose M. Ribeiro   +5 more
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Expression systems for industrial Gram-positive bacteria with low guanine and cytosine content [PDF]

, 1997
Recent years have seen an increase in the development of gene expression systems for industrial Gram-positive bacteria with low guanine and cytosine content that belong to the genera Bacillus, Clostridium, Lactococcus, Lactobacillus, Staphylococcus and ...
Kleerebezem, Michiel,, Kuipers, Oscar P.,, Vos, Willem M. de,   +2 more
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Suppression of Laccase 2 severely impairs cuticle tanning and pathogen resistance during the pupal metamorphosis of Anopheles sinensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
Background Phenol oxidases (POs) catalyze the oxidation of dopa and dopamine to melanin, which is crucial for cuticle formation and innate immune maintenance in insects.
Ming-Hui Du, Zheng-Wen Yan, You-Jin Hao, Zhen-Tian Yan, Feng-Ling Si, Bin Chen, Liang Qiao   +6 more
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Sand flies: Basic information on the vectors of leishmaniasis and their interactions with Leishmania parasites

Communications Biology, 2022
In this review, numerous aspects of sand flies as vectors of Leishmania parasites—from biology to the vector parasite interactions—are discussed.
Pedro Cecílio, Anabela Cordeiro-da-Silva, Fabiano Oliveira   +2 more
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Phylogeny of Rhynchium and Its Related Genera (Hymenoptera: Eumeninae) Based on Universal Single-Copy Orthologs and Ultraconserved Elements

Insects, 2023
The subfamily Eumeninae is a large group of fierce predatory insects that prey mainly on the larvae of Lepidoptera pests. Because of the highly similar morphologies of the genus Rhynchium and its related genera in the subfamily, including Rhynchium ...
Min Dai, Shu-Lin He, Bin Chen, Ting-Jing Li   +3 more
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The complete mt genomes of Lutzia halifaxia, Lt. fuscanus and Culex pallidothorax (Diptera: Culicidae) and comparative analysis of 16 Culex and Lutzia mt genome sequences

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Despite the medical importance of the genus Culex, the mitochondrial genome (mt genome) characteristics of Culex spp. are not well understood.
Ling Sun, Ting-Jing Li, Wen-Bo Fu, Zhen-Tian Yan, Feng-Ling Si, Yu-Juan Zhang, Qi-Meng Mao, Bruna Demari-Silva, Bin Chen   +8 more
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The anti‐CRISPR protein AcrIE8.1 inhibits the type I‐E CRISPR‐Cas system by directly binding to the Cascade subunit Cas11

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this study, we present the structure of AcrIE8.1, a previously uncharacterized anti‐CRISPR protein that inhibits the type I‐E CRISPR‐Cas system. Through a combination of structural and biochemical analyses, we demonstrate that AcrIE8.1 directly binds to the Cas11 subunit of the Cascade complex to inhibit the CRISPR‐Cas system.
Young Woo Kang, Hyun Ho Park
wiley   +1 more source