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The role of PDF neurons in setting the preferred temperature before dawn in Drosophila by Tang, Xin, Roessingh, Sanne, Hayley, Sean E, Chu, Michelle L, Tanaka, Nobuaki K, Wolfgang, Werner, Song, Seongho, Stanewsky, Ralf, Hamada, Fumika N

“…Animals have sophisticated homeostatic controls. While mammalian body temperature fluctuates throughout the day, small ectotherms, such as achieve a body…”
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Directed evolution reveals the mechanism of HitRS signaling transduction in Bacillus anthracis by Pi, Hualiang, Chu, Michelle L, Ivan, Samuel J, Latario, Casey J, Toth, Allen M, Carlin, Sophia M, Hillebrand, Gideon H, Lin, Hannah K, Reppart, Jared D, Stauff, Devin L, Skaar, Eric P

“…Two component systems (TCSs) are a primary mechanism of signal sensing and response in bacteria. Systematic characterization of an entire TCS could provide a…”
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Drosophila DH31 Neuropeptide and PDF Receptor Regulate Night-Onset Temperature Preference by Goda, Tadahiro, Tang, Xin, Umezaki, Yujiro, Chu, Michelle L, Kunst, Michael, Nitabach, Michael N, Hamada, Fumika N

“…Body temperature exhibits rhythmic fluctuations over a 24 h period (Refinetti and Menaker, 1992) and decreases during the night, which is associated with sleep…”
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Feeding-State-Dependent Modulation of Temperature Preference Requires Insulin Signaling in Drosophila Warm-Sensing Neurons by Umezaki, Yujiro, Hayley, Sean E., Chu, Michelle L., Seo, Hanna W., Shah, Prasun, Hamada, Fumika N.

“…Starvation is life-threatening and therefore strongly modulates many aspects of animal behavior and physiology [1]. In mammals, hunger causes a reduction in…”
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Calcitonin receptors are ancient modulators for rhythms of preferential temperature in insects and body temperature in mammals by Goda, Tadahiro, Doi, Masao, Umezaki, Yujiro, Murai, Iori, Shimatani, Hiroyuki, Chu, Michelle L, Nguyen, Victoria H, Okamura, Hitoshi, Hamada, Fumika N

“…Daily body temperature rhythm (BTR) is essential for maintaining homeostasis. BTR is regulated separately from locomotor activity rhythms, but its molecular…”
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DnaJ and ClpX Are Required for HitRS and HssRS Two-Component System Signaling in Bacillus anthracis by Laut, Clare L, Leasure, Catherine S, Pi, Hualiang, Carlin, Sophia M, Chu, Michelle L, Hillebrand, Gideon H, Lin, Hannah K, Yi, Xinjie I, Stauff, Devin L, Skaar, Eric P

“…Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of anthrax. This Gram-positive bacterium poses a substantial risk to human health due to high mortality rates and the…”
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Heme sensing in Bacillus thuringiensis: a supplementary HssRS-regulated heme resistance system by Schmidt, Rachel M., Carter, Micaela M., Chu, Michelle L., Latario, Casey J., Stadler, Sarah K., Stauff, Devin L.

“…Several Gram-positive pathogens scavenge host-derived heme to satisfy their nutritional iron requirement. However, heme is a toxic molecule capable of damaging…”
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