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A Novel Member of the Trehalose Transporter Family Functions as an H+-Dependent Trehalose Transporter in the Reabsorption of Trehalose in Malpighian Tubules ⬇️

scientific article published on July 25, 2012

A mannitol/sorbitol receptor stimulates dietary intake in Tribolium castaneum

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

A novel functional glucose transporter in the white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei -LvGLUT2- is up-regulated during hypoxia in hepatopancreas

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Affinity maturation of Cry1Aa toxin to the Bombyx mori cadherin-like receptor by directed evolution based on phage display and biopanning selections of domain II loop 2 mutant toxins

scientific article published on 16 July 2014

Bombyx mori ABC transporter C2 structures responsible for the receptor function of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Aa toxin.

scientific article published on 8 November 2017

Characterization of a ligand-gated cation channel based on an inositol receptor in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 27 April 2016

Comparative genome sequencing reveals genomic signature of extreme desiccation tolerance in the anhydrobiotic midge

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Cry toxin specificities of insect ABCC transporters closely related to lepidopteran ABCC2 transporters.

scientific article published on 14 April 2017

Differential expression of a fructose receptor gene in honey bee workers according to age and behavioral role.

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Diversity of the expression profiles of late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) protein encoding genes in the anhydrobiotic midge Polypedilum vanderplanki.

scientific article published on 31 March 2015

Enzymatic control of anhydrobiosis‐related accumulation of trehalose in the sleeping chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki ⬇️

scientific article published on September 6, 2010

Establishment of gene transfer and gene silencing methods in a desiccation-tolerant cell line, Pv11.

scientific article published on 18 October 2016

Expression of a sugar clade gustatory receptor, BmGr6, in the oral sensory organs, midgut, and central nervous system of larvae of the silkworm Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 22 December 2015

Expression of the fructose receptor BmGr9 and its involvement in the promotion of feeding, suggested by its co-expression with neuropeptide F1 in Bombyx mori.

scientific article published on 7 June 2016

Extracellular Loop Structures in Silkworm ABCC Transporters Determine their Specificities for Bacillus thuringiensis Cry Toxins.

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

FRET sensor-based quantification of intracellular trehalose in mammalian cells.

scientific article published on 27 July 2015

Factors functioning in nodule melanization of insects and their mechanisms of accumulation in nodules.

scientific article published on 19 November 2013

Functional characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxin receptors explains resistance in insects.

scientific article published on 4 November 2016

Herbivory-induced glucose transporter gene expression in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens

scientific article published on 27 July 2015

Mechanisms of nodule-specific melanization in the hemocoel of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 18 December 2015

Molecular and functional characterization of glucose transporter genes of the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis

scientific article published on 18 August 2018

Mutation of a novel ABC transporter gene is responsible for the failure to incorporate uric acid in the epidermis of ok mutants of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

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Response of Tribolium castaneum to dietary mannitol, with remarks on its possible nutritive effects

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Single amino acid insertions in extracellular loop 2 of Bombyx mori ABCC2 disrupt its receptor function for Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac but not Cry1Aa toxins.

scientific article published on 26 February 2016

Sugar transporter genes of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens: A facilitated glucose/fructose transporter

scientific article published on 10 August 2010

The Cytotoxic Effect of Genistein, a Soybean Isoflavone, against Cultured Tribolium Cells

scientific article published on 12 April 2020

The domain II loops of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Aa form an overlapping interaction site for two Bombyx mori larvae functional receptors, ABC transporter C2 and cadherin-like receptor.

scientific article published on 22 November 2016

The intracellular region of silkworm cadherin-like protein is not necessary to mediate the toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Aa and Cry1Ab toxins

scientific article published on 6 February 2018

Towards water-free biobanks: long-term dry-preservation at room temperature of desiccation-sensitive enzyme luciferase in air-dried insect cells.

scientific article published on 26 July 2017

Water influx via aquaporin directly determines necrotic cell death induced by the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxin.

scientific article published on 3 December 2016

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