A protein from the salivary glands of the pea aphid, <i>Acyrthosiphon pisum</i> , is essential in feeding on a host plant

Navdeep S. Mutti, Joe Louis, Loretta Pappan, +8

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Plant PhysiologyEngineeringBotanyPlant Defense GeneGenetics +15

Multifaceted biological insights from a draft genome sequence of the tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta

Michael R. Kanost, Estela L. Arrese, Xiaolong Cao, +111

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

BiologyPhylogeneticsMolecular EcologyManduca SextaComparative Genomics +11

Predicted Effector Molecules in the Salivary Secretome of the Pea Aphid ( <i>Acyrthosiphon pisum</i> ): A Dual Transcriptomic/Proteomic Approach

James C. Carolan, Doina Caragea, Karen T. Reardon, +12

Journal of Proteome Research

Characterization of cDNAs encoding putative laccase-like multicopper oxidases and developmental expression in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, and the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae

Neal T. Dittmer, Richard J. Suderman, Haobo Jiang, +4

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Malaria MosquitoBiosynthesisBiochemistryNatural SciencesDevelopmental Expression +7

Model reactions for insect cuticle sclerotization: Cross-linking of recombinant cuticular proteins upon their laccase-catalyzed oxidative conjugation with catechols

Richard J. Suderman, Neal T. Dittmer, Michael R. Kanost, +1

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

EngineeringBiochemistryNatural SciencesBiocatalysisEnzyme Catalysis +9

Cuticular protein with a low complexity sequence becomes cross-linked during insect cuticle sclerotization and is required for the adult molt

Seulgi Mun, Mi Young Noh, Neal T. Dittmer, +4

Scientific Reports

Identification, mRNA expression and functional analysis of several yellow family genes in Tribolium castaneum

Yasuyuki Arakane, Neal T. Dittmer, Yoshinori Tomoyasu, +4

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

BiologyFungal Developmental BiologyMrna ExpressionTribolium CastaneumNatural Sciences +9

Lipophorin as a yolk protein precursor in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Jianxin Sun, Tsuyoshi Hiraoka, Neal T. Dittmer, +2

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

BiologyBiochemistryNatural SciencesAedes AegyptiEntomology +3

Analysis of chitin-binding proteins from Manduca sexta provides new insights into evolution of peritrophin A-type chitin-binding domains in insects

Guillaume Tetreau, Neal T. Dittmer, Xiaolong Cao, +7

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

BiologyIntegrative BiologyManduca SextaNatural SciencesGenetics +9

Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analyses of Rigid and Membranous Cuticles and Epidermis from the Elytra and Hindwings of the Red Flour Beetle, <i>Tribolium castaneum</i>

Neal T. Dittmer, Yasuaki Hiromasa, John M. Tomich, +4

Journal of Proteome Research

Transcriptomic AnalysesGeneticsEntomologyMolecular BiologyRed Flour Beetle +17