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A novel peptide mediates aggregation and migration of hemocytes from an insect

scientific article

A novel polydnavirus protein inhibits the insect prophenoloxidase activation pathway

scholarly article

Aggression by polyembryonic wasp soldiers correlates with kinship but not resource competition.

scientific article

An insulin-like peptide regulates egg maturation and metabolism in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

scholarly article

Anti-melanization mechanism of the white spot syndrome viral protein, WSSV453, via interaction with shrimp proPO-activating enzyme, PmproPPAE2.

scientific article published on 28 January 2017

Antipredator behavior of Colorado potato beetle larvae differs by instar and attacking predator

article by Ricardo A. Ramirez et al published May 2010 in Biological Control

Antiviral, anti-parasitic, and cytotoxic effects of 5,6-dihydroxyindole (DHI), a reactive compound generated by phenoloxidase during insect immune response

scientific article

Bacteria-mediated hypoxia functions as a signal for mosquito development

scientific article published on 19 June 2017

Bacteriophage acquisition restores protective mutualism

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Blood feeding activates the vitellogenic stage of oogenesis in the mosquito Aedes aegypti through inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase 3 by the insulin and TOR pathways

scientific article published on 30 May 2019

Blood feeding and insulin-like peptide 3 stimulate proliferation of hemocytes in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

scientific article

Both living bacteria and eukaryotes in the mosquito gut promote growth of larvae

scholarly article by Luca Valzania et al published July 2018 in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Calcium influx enhances neuropeptide activation of ecdysteroid hormone production by mosquito ovaries

scientific article published on 6 January 2016

Characterization and kinetic analysis of protein tyrosine phosphatase-H2 from Microplitis demolitor bracovirus ⬇️

scientific article published on August 5, 2010

Constrained oviposition and female-biased sex allocation in a parasitic wasp.

scientific article published in February 1997

Cotesia vestalis teratocytes express a diversity of genes and exhibit novel immune functions in parasitism.

scientific article published on 02 June 2016

Cultivation-Assisted Genome of Candidatus Fukatsuia symbiotica; the Enigmatic "X-Type" Symbiont of Aphids

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Culture of an aphid heritable symbiont demonstrates its direct role in defence against parasitoids.

scientific article published in November 2017

Culture-facilitated Comparative Genomics of the Facultative Symbiont Hamiltonella defensa

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Egf1.5 is a second phenoloxidase cascade inhibitor encoded by Microplitis demolitor bracovirus

scientific article published on 22 April 2010

Erratum: Bacteriophage acquisition restores protective mutualism

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Evaluation of ecdysteroid antisera for a competitive enzyme immunoassay and extraction procedures for the measurement of mosquito ecdysteroids

scientific article published on 30 August 2017

Evolutionary genomics of APSE: a tailed phage that lysogenically converts the bacterium Hamiltonella defensa into a heritable protective symbiont of aphids

scientific article published on 10 November 2021

Factors influencing brood sex ratios in polyembryonic Hymenoptera.

scientific article published in March 1993

Gene content evolution in the arthropods

scientific article published on 23 January 2020

Gut bacteria differentially affect egg production in the anautogenous mosquito Aedes aegypti and facultatively autogenous mosquito Aedes atropalpus (Diptera: Culicidae)

scientific article

Hemolymph melanization in the silkmoth Bombyx mori involves formation of a high molecular mass complex that metabolizes tyrosine

scientific article published on 3 April 2013

Higher aggression towards closer relatives by soldier larvae in a polyembryonic wasp

scientific article

Host resistance and the evolution of kin recognition in polyembryonic wasps.

scientific article published in December 2004

Hypoxia-induced transcription factor signaling is essential for larval growth of the mosquito Aedes aegypti

scientific article published on 3 January 2018

Infectivity of Steinernema carpocapsae and S. feltiae to Larvae and Adults of the Hazelnut Weevil, Curculio nucum: Differential Virulence and Entry Routes

scientific article published on September 2014

Inhibitor kappaB-like proteins from a polydnavirus inhibit NF-kappaB activation and suppress the insect immune response

scientific article

Insulin-Like Peptides and the Target of Rapamycin Pathway Coordinately Regulate Blood Digestion and Egg Maturation in the Mosquito Aedes aegypti ⬇️

scientific article published on May 27, 2011

Intrinsic competition and its effects on the survival and development of three species of endoparasitoid wasps

scientific article published on February 2009

Male soldier caste larvae are non-aggressive in the polyembryonic wasp Copidosoma floridanum.

scientific article

Microplitis demolitor Bracovirus Proviral Loci and Clustered Replication Genes Exhibit Distinct DNA Amplification Patterns during Replication

scientific article

Microplitis demolitor bracovirus genome segments vary in abundance and are individually packaged in virions

scientific article

Mosquitoes host communities of bacteria that are essential for development but vary greatly between local habitats.

scientific article

Mosquitoes rely on their gut microbiota for development

scientific article

Multiple factors contribute to anautogenous reproduction by the mosquito Aedes aegypti

scientific article

Mutualistic polydnaviruses share essential replication gene functions with pathogenic ancestors

scientific article

Organic agriculture promotes evenness and natural pest control

scientific article

Ovary ecdysteroidogenic hormone activates egg maturation in the mosquito, Georgecraigius atropalpus, after adult eclosion or a blood meal ⬇️

scientific article published on July 18, 2012

Ovary ecdysteroidogenic hormone functions independently of the insulin receptor in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

scientific article published on 26 September 2013

Ovary ecdysteroidogenic hormone requires a receptor tyrosine kinase to activate egg formation in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

scientific article published on 6 April 2015

PTP-H2 and PTP-H3 from Microplitis demolitor Bracovirus localize to focal adhesions and are antiphagocytic in insect immune cells

scientific article published on 22 November 2006

Parasitic insect-derived miRNAs modulate host development.

scientific article

Phylogenetic investigation of Peptide hormone and growth factor receptors in five dipteran genomes

scientific article published on 16 December 2013

Plasmatocyte sensitivity to plasmatocyte spreading peptide (PSP) fluctuates with the larval molting cycle

scientific article published on 20 April 2005

Polydnavirus genomes reflect their dual roles as mutualists and pathogens

scientific article

Polydnaviruses as Symbionts and Gene Delivery Systems ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Predaceous Toxorhynchites mosquitoes require a living gut microbiota to develop

scientific article published on 22 January 2020

Preferential infectivity of entomopathogenic nematodes in an envenomed host

scientific article published on 12 July 2019

Protein tyrosine phosphatase-H2 from a polydnavirus induces apoptosis of insect cells

scientific article

Regulation of melanization by glutathione in the moth Pseudoplusia includens

scientific article published on 22 April 2010

Specific residues in plasmatocyte-spreading peptide are required for receptor binding and functional antagonism of insect immune cells

scientific article

The Genomic Basis of Arthropod Diversity

article published in 2018

The Gly-Gly linker region of the insect cytokine growth-blocking peptide is essential for activity

scientific article published on 22 September 2004

The genomes of two parasitic wasps that parasitize the diamondback moth

scientific article published on 21 November 2019

The viral protein Egf1.0 is a dual activity inhibitor of prophenoloxidase-activating proteinases 1 and 3 from Manduca sexta

scientific article

Transcriptome Sequencing Reveals Large-Scale Changes in Axenic Aedes aegypti Larvae

scientific article

Two insulin-like peptide family members from the mosquito Aedes aegypti exhibit differential biological and receptor binding activities

scientific article

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