Role of the integument in insect defense: pro-phenol oxidase cascade in the cuticular matrix.

Masaaki Ashida, P. T. Brey

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Lipid PeroxidationEntomologyPro-phenol Oxidase CascadeInsect DefenseRedox Biology +16

Purification and molecular cloning of an inducible gram-negative bacteria-binding protein from the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

Won‐Jae Lee, J D Lee, Vladimir V. Kravchenko, +2

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

BiologyBiochemistryNatural SciencesPathogenesisBacteriology +10

Role of the integument in insect immunity: epicuticular abrasion and induction of cecropin synthesis in cuticular epithelial cells.

P. T. Brey, Won‐Jae Lee, Minoru Yamakawa, +4

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

BiologyCecropin SynthesisGiant Silkworm MothMucosal ImmunologyMedicine +13

Genomic structure and ecdysone regulation of the prophenoloxidase 1 gene in the malaria vector <i>Anopheles gambiae</i>

A. Ahmed, A. G. O. Manetti, S.-J. Han, +6

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Molecular cloning and chromosomal localization of a prophenoloxidase cDNA from the malaria vector <i>Anopheles gambiae</i>

Won‐Jae Lee, A. Ahmed, Alessandra della Torre, +3

Insect Molecular Biology

Experimental evaluation of the relationship between lethal or non-lethal virulence and transmission success in malaria parasite infections

REL Paul, Thomas Lafond, Christine Müller‐Graf, +3

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Ultrastructure and chemical composition of the outer layers of the cuticle of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris)

P. T. Brey, Hélène Ohayon, M. Lesourd, +3

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology

BiologyBotanyNatural SciencesChemical CompositionOuter Layers

Variation of Larval Susceptibility to Lagenidium giganteum in Three Mosquito Species

L. Golkar, Roger A. LeBrun, Hélène Ohayon, +3

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

BiologyVector ManagementNatural SciencesLarval SusceptibilityEvolutionary Biology +7

Integumental penetration of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, by Conidiobolus obscurus (Entomophthoracease)

P. T. Brey, Jean‐Paul Latgé, Marie‐Christine Prévost

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

BiologyPea AphidTerrestrial ArthropodIntegumental PenetrationEngineering +8

Aggressiveness of Conidiobolus obscurus against the Pea Aphid: Influence of Cuticular Extracts on Ballistospore Germination of Aggressive and Non-aggressive Strains

Jean‐Paul Latgé, Luís Sampedro, P. T. Brey, +1

Microbiology

BiologyPea AphidCuticular ExtractsEngineeringBotany +13