Browsing by Subject "RNAi"
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(2010-01-16)As a defense against viral infection, plants are thought to use RNA-induced silencing complexes (RISCs) to target and cleave viral RNA. To counteract this, some viruses have evolved proteins to inhibit RISC-mediated activity, ...
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(2013-04-26)G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are composed of seven transmembrane domains and play an essential role in regulating physiological functions and mediating responses to environmental stimuli, biogenic amines, ...
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(2009-05-15)The ability to create transgenic livestock is a tremendous benefit in scientific research for many disciplines including functional genomics, pharmaceutical synthesis and development of enhanced production animals. Transgenes ...
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(2020-11-25)The Mormon Cricket (Anabrus simplex Haldeman) is a flightless katydid that is native to the United States. During favorable environmental conditions, their populations surge and these insects begin moving together in dense ...
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(2012-12-11)Cilia and flagella are sensory organelles, found in the majority of eukaryotic organisms that play a vital role in the general physiology, health and early development of humans. Intraflagellar transport (IFT) is tasked ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Sequence-specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) duplexes can be used for gene silencing in mammalian cells and as mechanistic probes for determining gene function. Transfection of siRNA for specificity protein 1 (Sp1) in ...
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(2018-12-04)Bloodfeeding is a high risk, high reward process that has evolved in many arthropods. The adult female Aedes aegypti mosquito- a hematophagous arthropod, is the principle vector of dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever and ...
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(2010-12-08)The use of molecular biology as a means to advance agriculture has proven beneficial in many fields. However, the development lentiviral vectors that utilize a livestock promoter to express short hairpin RNA (shRNA) has ...
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(2012-12-11)ARGONAUTE proteins (AGOs) are generally accepted as key components of the post transcriptional gene silencing mechanism, also involved in plant antiviral defense. Except for reports on the antiviral roles of AGO1, AGO2 and ...
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(2012-02-14)The evolution of the blood feeding adaptation has required precise coordination of multiple physiological processes in the insect, such as reproduction, behavior, digestion and diuresis. These processes are under careful ...
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(2006-07-11)As a defense against viral infection, plants are only very recently thought to use an RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) as part of the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway to target and cleave viral RNA. To counteract this, ...
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(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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(2010-01-16)Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) provides a good model system to investigate molecular virus-host interactions in plants. P22 and P19 proteins encoded by TBSV contribute to multiple invasion-associated functions. Green ...
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(2015-12-16)The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren) is one of the worst invasive species in the United States. Investigating their physiology to understand its molecular basis could lead to the discovery of new gene targets ...
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(2013-04-29)Two Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) proteins, P19 and P22, have been found to interact with the Nicotiana benthamiana host proteins Hin19 and HFi22 in yeast two,hybrid assays. To determine functional roles of these interacting ...
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(2019-11-25)The female mosquito Aedes aegypti requires amino acids and other nutrients like heme and iron from a blood meal to initiate vitellogenesis. Heme is a pro-oxidant molecule that acts as a nutrient, signaling molecule and in ...