期刊: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021; 137 ()
Scorpion alpha-toxins bind at the pharmacologically-defined site-3 on the sodium channel and inhibit channel inactivation by preventing the outward mo......
期刊: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021; 132 ()
The oviduct serves as a delivery tube for mature eggs ovulated from ovaries to egg-laying sites. Oviduct secreted components play important roles in o......
期刊: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021; 135 ()
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacteria produce Cry toxins that kill insect pests. Insect specificity of Cry toxins relies on their binding to larval gut......
期刊: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021; 136 ()
Mirid bugs are a group of important insect pests that cause large annual losses in agricultural production. Many studies have focused on the isolation......
期刊: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021; 136 ()
The Drosophila melanogaster corpus allatum (CA) produces and releases three types of sesquiterpenoid hormones, including juvenile hormone III bisepoxi......
期刊: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021; 132 ()
Silk gland is an organ that produces and secretes silk proteins. The development of the silk gland is essential for high silk production yield and sil......
期刊: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021; 134 ()
DNA methylation is an important epigenetic modification. DNA methyltransferases (Dnmts), which catalyze the formation of 5-methylcytosine, play a role......
期刊: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021; 132 ()
RNAi is an essential technology for studying gene function in eukaryotes, and is also considered to be a potential strategy for pest control. However,......
期刊: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021; 137 ()
Cuticular proteins analogous to peritrophin 3 (CPAP3)-type cuticle proteins constitute a family of proteins with three chitin-binding domains (CBDs) t......
期刊: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021; 132 ()
Insect pests consume tastants as their necessary energy and nutrient sources. Gustatory receptors play important roles in insect life and can form wit......
期刊: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021; 134 ()
Anautogenous female mosquitoes obtain the nutrients needed for egg development from vertebrate blood, and consequently they transmit numerous pathogen......
期刊: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021; 134 ()
In healthy Drosophila melanogaster larvae, plasmatocytes and crystal cells account for 95% and 5% of the hemocytes, respectively. A third type of hemo......
期刊: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021; 137 ()
Resistance evolution of target pests reduces efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins used in insect-pest control. Mutations in Cadherin (CAD) or......
期刊: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021; 135 ()
Lepidopteran P450s of the CYP6B and CYP9A subfamilies are thought to play important roles in host plant adaptation and insecticide resistance. An incr......
期刊: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021; 134 ()
Many insects exhibit reproductive plasticity where the photoperiod determines whether the insect becomes reproductively active or enters diapause. Adu......