Browsing by Author "Zhu-Salzman, Keyan"
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Deans, Carrie Ann (2015-08-12)The ability of organisms to deal with adversity is essential for survival, reproductive success. Nutrition has strong impacts on all physiological processes, including stress responses. Several studies have shown diet ...
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Liu, Yilin (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)The molecular interaction between plants and insects is dynamic and multifaceted. We are interested in understanding the molecular mechanism that insects utilize to overcome plant defense proteins, as well as discovering ...
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Chen, Wei (2019-08-14)Sterols are crucial membrane components in all eukaryotic cells. Cholesterol is the most common sterol in animals, including insects, and it is the required precursor of the insect steroid hormone that regulates molting ...
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Tang, Xiaotian (2020-03-13)‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ (Lso), is an emerging and serious bacterial pathogen of solanaceous crops, and it can cause very damaging plant diseases (e.g., zebra chip in potatoes). Presently, two haplotypes of ...
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Ahn, Ji Eun (2009-05-15)Under challenge by a dietary soybean cysteine protease inhibitor (scN), cowpea bruchids overcome the inhibitory effects by reconfiguring the expression profiles of their major digestive enzymes, the cathepsin L-like cysteine ...
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Lei, Jia Xin (2014-11-26)Aphid, a specialized phloem sap-feeding insect, is one of the major pests of a number of economic important crops, including soybean, cotton, and maize. Aphid can have devastating effects on the crop production by limiting ...
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Ye, Mao; Luo, Shi Ming; Xie, Jie Fen; Li, Yan Fang; Xu, Tao; Liu, Yang; Song, Yuan Yuan; Zhu-Salzman, Keyan; Zeng, Ren Sen; Bonaventure, Gustavo (PloS One, 2012)
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Gillespie, Joseph James (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) molecules form highly conserved secondary and tertiary structures via rRNA-rRNA and rRNA-protein interactions that collectively comprise the macromolecule that is the ribosome. Because of their cellular ...
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Tolley, Jordan Peter (2020-05-04)Lipoxygenases are often rate limiting enzymes in plant oxylipin biosynthesis pathway. While 13-lipoxygenases have been extensively investigated in plants, characterization of plant 9-lipoxygenases are still in its infancy. ...
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Moon, Jaewoong (2009-05-15)To study the interaction between plants and insects I performed the experiments to find out the counter-defense mechanism of insects when insects were attacked by the defense protein of plants. Jasmonate (JA) is one of the ...
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Ji, Rui; Wang, Yujun; Cheng, Yanbin; Zhang, Meiping; Zhang, Hong-Bin; Zhu, Li; Fang, Jichao; Zhu-Salzman, Keyan (Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016)
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Borrego, Eli James (2014-07-31)It is generally accepted, that the reciprocal exchange of molecules between plants and fungi govern the outcome of their interaction. From a multitude of potential signals, one class of oxidized lipids (oxylipins) has taken ...