Works (17)
Updated: July 5th, 2023 15:56
2016 journal article
Mevalonate-Farnesal Biosynthesis in Ticks: Comparative Synganglion Transcriptomics and a New Perspective
PLOS ONE, 11(3).
MeSH headings : Aedes / enzymology; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Biosynthetic Pathways; Cholesterol / biosynthesis; Corpora Allata / metabolism; Farnesol / analogs & derivatives; Farnesol / metabolism; Female; Geranyltranstransferase / chemistry; Geranyltranstransferase / metabolism; Juvenile Hormones / metabolism; Male; Methyltransferases / chemistry; Methyltransferases / metabolism; Mevalonic Acid / metabolism; Mice; Models, Biological; Molecular Sequence Data; NAD (+) and NADP (+) Dependent Alcohol Oxidoreductases / chemistry; NAD (+) and NADP (+) Dependent Alcohol Oxidoreductases / metabolism; Phylogeny; Sequence Alignment; Ticks / genetics; Ticks / metabolism; Transcriptome / genetics
TL;DR:
T ticks do not synthesize JH III but have the mevalonate pathway and may produce a JHIII precursor, according to next-gen sequencing of the tick synganglion transcriptome.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2014 journal article
Molecular traces of alternative social organization in a termite genome
Nature Communications, 5.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2014 journal article
Polymers for the stabilization and delivery of proteins topically and per os to the insect hemocoel through conjugation with aliphatic polyethylene glycol
PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY, 115, 58–66.
author keywords: Insulin; Heliothis virescens; Tobacco budworm; PEGylation; Polyethylene glycol; Protein delivery
MeSH headings : Animals; Cattle; Drug Delivery Systems / methods; Hemolymph / metabolism; Insulin / chemistry; Insulin / metabolism; Larva / growth & development; Larva / metabolism; Moths / growth & development; Moths / metabolism; Polyethylene Glycols / chemistry; Polymers / chemistry; Polymers / metabolism; Protein Stability; Serum Albumin, Bovine / chemistry; Serum Albumin, Bovine / metabolism
TL;DR:
Co-feeding of aliphatic polyethylene glycol (PEG), phospholipase A2, anionic and ionic detergents, and amphipathic glycoside with bovine serum albumin as a model protein to fourth stadium tobacco budworms, Heliothis virescens, did not affect the levels of BSA in the hemolymph.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2012 journal article
Enhanced activity of an insecticidal protein, trypsin modulating oostatic factor (TMOF), through conjugation with aliphatic polyethylene glycol
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, 68(1), 49–59.
author keywords: trypsin modulating oostatic factor; TMOF; PEGylation; polyethylene glycol; mosquito; tobacco budworm; cotton bollworm; protein delivery
MeSH headings : Aedes / drug effects; Aedes / growth & development; Animals; Insecticides / chemical synthesis; Insecticides / chemistry; Insecticides / pharmacology; Larva / drug effects; Larva / growth & development; Moths / drug effects; Oligopeptides / chemistry; Oligopeptides / pharmacology; Polyethylene Glycols / chemistry
TL;DR:
Aliphatic PEG polymers can be used as a new method for increasing the activity of insecticidal proteins, according to research suggests.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
First Transcriptome of the Testis-Vas Deferens-Male Accessory Gland and Proteome of the Spermatophore from Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)
PLOS ONE, 6(9).
MeSH headings : Amino Acid Sequence; Animal Structures / metabolism; Animals; Contig Mapping; Dermacentor / genetics; Dermacentor / metabolism; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Gene Expression Regulation; Heat-Shock Proteins / chemistry; Heat-Shock Proteins / genetics; Heat-Shock Proteins / metabolism; Male; Molecular Sequence Annotation; Molecular Sequence Data; Proteome / metabolism; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Sequence Alignment; Spermatogonia / metabolism; Testis / metabolism; Transcriptome; Vas Deferens / metabolism
TL;DR:
This first transcriptome to the reproductive biology of fed male ticks, Dermacentor variabilis, was obtained by 454 pyrosequencing and revealed differences in protein distribution in the reproductive system versus the spermatophore.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
Full-length sequence, regulation and developmental studies of a second vitellogenin gene from the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 57(3), 400–408.
author keywords: Ticks; Acari; Vitellogenesis; Vitellogenin; Vitellin; Ecdysteroids; Carrier protein; CP; Yolk protein
MeSH headings : Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Dermacentor / chemistry; Dermacentor / genetics; Dermacentor / growth & development; Dermacentor / metabolism; Female; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Male; Molecular Sequence Data; Organ Specificity; Protein Structure, Tertiary; Sequence Alignment; Species Specificity; Vitellogenins / chemistry; Vitellogenins / genetics; Vitellogenins / metabolism
TL;DR:
The characteristics that distinguish Vg from other similar tick storage proteins like the carrier protein, CP (another hemelipoglycoprotein) are discussed.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
New approach for the study of mite reproduction: The first transcriptome analysis of a mite, Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
Journal of Insect Physiology, 57(1), 52–61.
author keywords: Mite; Acari; Phytoseiidae; Transcriptome; 454; Vitellogenin; Vitellin; Yolk protein; Vitellogenin receptor; Yolk protein receptor; Tick; Female reproduction
MeSH headings : Animals; Female; Gene Expression Profiling / methods; Gene Expression Regulation; Male; Mites / classification; Mites / genetics; Mites / growth & development; Mites / physiology; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; Proteins / genetics; Proteins / metabolism
TL;DR:
The objective of this project was to obtain DNA-sequence information of expressed genes from P. persimilis with special interest in sequences corresponding to vitellogenin (Vg) and the viteLLogenin receptor (VGR) which are critical to the understanding ofvitellogenesis.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Neuropeptide signaling sequences identified by pyrosequencing of the American dog tick synganglion transcriptome during blood feeding and reproduction
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 40(1), 79–90.
author keywords: Ticks; Reproduction; Blood feeding; Synganglion; Allatostatin; Insulin-like peptide; Ion-transport peptide; Sulfakinin; Bursicon alpha; Bursicon beta; Eclosion hormone; Glycoprotein hormone alpha; Glycoprotein hormone beta; Corazonin; Orcokinin; Gonadotropin receptor; Leucokinin-like receptor; Sulfakinin receptor; Calcitonin receptor; Pyrokinin receptor; Pyrosequencing
MeSH headings : Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Dermacentor / chemistry; Dermacentor / classification; Dermacentor / genetics; Dermacentor / physiology; Female; Gene Expression Profiling; Molecular Sequence Data; Neuropeptides / chemistry; Neuropeptides / genetics; Neuropeptides / metabolism; Phylogeny; Protein Sorting Signals; Rabbits; Rats; Receptors, Neuropeptide / chemistry; Receptors, Neuropeptide / genetics; Receptors, Neuropeptide / metabolism; Reproduction; Sequence Alignment; Sequence Analysis, Protein; Tick Infestations / parasitology
TL;DR:
An insulin-receptor substrate protein was found indicating that an insulin signaling network is present in ticks, and a putative type-2 proprotein processing convertase was sequenced that may be involved in cleavage at monobasic and dibasic endoproteolytic cleavage sites in prohormones.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 journal article
Characterization of vitellin protein in the twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 55(7), 655–661.
author keywords: Mite; Spider mite; Tick; American dog tick; Vitellogenin; Vitellin; Yolk protein; Reproduction; Egg
MeSH headings : Animals; Heme / metabolism; Isoelectric Point; Molecular Weight; Protein Stability; Tetranychidae / chemistry; Tetranychidae / metabolism; Ticks / chemistry; Ticks / metabolism; Vitellins / chemistry; Vitellins / metabolism
TL;DR:
Spider mite vitellin weakly bound lipids and carbohydrates compared to the tick, and unlike D. variabilis, the spider mite egg yolk protein does not bind heme.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 review
Heme-binding storage proteins in the Chelicerata
[Review of ]. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 55(4), 287–296.
author keywords: Heme; Heme-binding; Storage protein; Hematophagy; Arthropoda; Chelicerata
MeSH headings : Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Arthropods / genetics; Arthropods / metabolism; Carrier Proteins / genetics; Carrier Proteins / metabolism; Computational Biology; Gene Expression Regulation / physiology; Glycoproteins / genetics; Glycoproteins / metabolism; Heme / biosynthesis; Hemeproteins / genetics; Hemeproteins / metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; Saliva / metabolism; Sequence Alignment
TL;DR:
Comparisons with non-chelicerate arthropods are made in order to highlight the mechanisms and putative functions of heme-binding storage proteins and their possible critical function in the evolution of hematophagy.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 journal article
Male engorgement factor: Role in stimulating engorgement to repletion in the ixodid tick, Dermacentor variabilis
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 55(10), 909–918.
author keywords: Engorgement factor; Voraxin; Testis; Male accessory gland; Dermacentor variabilis
MeSH headings : Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Dermacentor / chemistry; Dermacentor / genetics; Dermacentor / physiology; Feeding Behavior; Female; Gonads / chemistry; Gonads / metabolism; Insect Proteins / chemistry; Insect Proteins / genetics; Insect Proteins / metabolism; Male; Molecular Sequence Data; Sequence Alignment; Sex Attractants / chemistry; Sex Attractants / genetics; Sex Attractants / metabolism; Sexual Behavior, Animal; Species Specificity
TL;DR:
Overall, these data suggest that EFalpha in D. variabilis is not an engorgement factor and that EF in ticks is a non-secreted membrane-bound or intracellular protein.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 review
Hormonal regulation of metamorphosis and reproduction in ticks
[Review of ]. Frontiers in Bioscience, 13, 7250–7268.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
Molecular characterization of the major hemelipoglycoprotein in ixodid ticks
INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 17(3), 197–208.
author keywords: heme; lipoprotein; hematophagy; blood feeding; Ixodidae
MeSH headings : Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Dermacentor / genetics; Feeding Behavior; Female; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Glycoproteins / chemistry; Glycoproteins / genetics; Hemolymph / chemistry; Molecular Sequence Data; Organ Specificity; Peptides / chemistry; Phylogeny; Rabbits; Rats; Saliva / chemistry; Sequence Alignment; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
TL;DR:
The major hemelipoglyco‐carrier protein (CP) found throughout the development of male and female adult American dog ticks, Dermacentor variabilis (Say) was sequenced and appears to be highly conserved among the Ixodida.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2007 journal article
Molecular characterization, tissue-specific expression and RNAi knockdown of the first vitellogenin receptor from a tick
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 37(4), 375–388.
author keywords: American dog tick; Dermacentor variabilis; ticks; vitellogenin; vitellogenin receptor; reproduction; RNAi
MeSH headings : Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Base Sequence; Dermacentor / chemistry; Dermacentor / genetics; Dermacentor / metabolism; Egg Proteins / chemistry; Egg Proteins / genetics; Egg Proteins / metabolism; Female; Male; Molecular Sequence Data; RNA Interference; Rabbits; Receptors, Cell Surface / chemistry; Receptors, Cell Surface / genetics; Receptors, Cell Surface / metabolism; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Sexual Behavior, Animal / physiology; Up-Regulation
TL;DR:
This is the first full-length message for a vitellogenin receptor (VgR) sequenced from ticks and shows that the expression of the VgR message is essential for Vg uptake and egg development in the American dog tick.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2007 journal article
Sequence and the developmental and tissue-specific regulation of the first complete vitellogenin messenger RNA from ticks responsible for heme sequestration
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 37(4), 363–374.
author keywords: vitellogenin; vitellin; ticks; Acari; American dog tick; Dermacentor variabilis; heme
MeSH headings : Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Base Sequence; Dermacentor / genetics; Dermacentor / metabolism; Female; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Heme / metabolism; Male; Mass Spectrometry; Molecular Sequence Data; RNA, Messenger / metabolism; Rabbits; Vitellogenins / genetics; Vitellogenins / metabolism
TL;DR:
The first full-length mRNA for vitellogenin (Vg) from ticks was sequenced and it is suggested that a second Vg mRNA might be present in the American dog tick, which needs further study.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2006 journal article
Role of juvenile hormone esterase and epoxide hydrolase in reproduction of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa zea
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 52(7), 669–678.
author keywords: juvenile harmone; juvenile harmone esterase; juvenile harmone epoxide hydrolase; cotton bollworm; Helicoverpa zea
MeSH headings : Acetone / analogs & derivatives; Animals; Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / antagonists & inhibitors; Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / metabolism; Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / physiology; Epoxide Hydrolases / metabolism; Epoxide Hydrolases / physiology; Female; Male; Metamorphosis, Biological; Moths / enzymology; Ovary / metabolism; Oviposition / physiology; Reproduction / physiology; Sesquiterpenes / metabolism; Sexual Behavior, Animal / physiology
TL;DR:
The role of juvenile hormone (JH) esterase (JHE) and epoxide hydrolase (EH) in reproduction of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa zea, was investigated and the highest levels of JHE and JH EH activity/min/mg protein in d2 virgin and mated females was found in ovaries followed by the carcass and then haemolymph.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
In vivo role of 20-hydroxyecdysone in the regulation of the vitellogenin mRNA and egg development in the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Say)
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 51(10), 1105–1116.
author keywords: 20-hydroxyecdysone; juvenile hormone; vitellogenin; vitellin; tick
MeSH headings : Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Base Sequence; Blotting, Northern; Dermacentor / genetics; Dermacentor / growth & development; Dermacentor / metabolism; Dermacentor / physiology; Ecdysterone / physiology; Female; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / physiology; Hemolymph / physiology; Molecular Sequence Data; Ovary / physiology; Peptide Mapping; RNA, Messenger / biosynthesis; RNA, Messenger / genetics; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Sequence Alignment; Sesquiterpenes / metabolism; Vitellogenins / biosynthesis; Vitellogenins / genetics
TL;DR:
It is indicated that ecdysteroids and not JH can initiate expression of the Vg gene, Vg protein synthesis and release into hemolymph, and Vg uptake into developing oocytes under bioassay conditions mimicking normal feeding on the host.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
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