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The impact of yeast-encapsulated orange oil in Aedes aegypti oviposition by Gomes, Bruno, Brant, Fabiane G Caldeira, Pereira-Pinto, Camila J, Welbert, Juliana P, Costa, Jean P S, Yingling, Alexandra V, Hurwitz, Ivy, David, Mariana R, Genta, Fernando A

“…The yeast-encapsulated orange oil (YEOO) is a novel larvicide under development against vector mosquitoes. Despite its efficiency against Aedes aegypti (L.) in…”
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Influence of Serratia marcescens and Rhodococcus rhodnii on the Humoral Immunity of Rhodnius prolixus by Batista, Kate K S, Vieira, Cecília S, Figueiredo, Marcela B, Costa-Latgé, Samara G, Azambuja, Patrícia, Genta, Fernando A, Castro, Daniele P

“…Chagas disease is a human infectious disease caused by and can be transmitted by triatomine vectors, such as . One limiting factor for development is the…”
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A Culex quinquefasciatus strain resistant to the binary toxin from Lysinibacillus sphaericus displays altered enzyme activities and energy reserves by Menezes, Heverly Suzany G, Costa-Latgé, Samara G, Genta, Fernando A, Napoleão, Thiago H, Paiva, Patrícia M G, Romão, Tatiany P, Silva-Filha, Maria Helena N L

“…The resistance of a Culex quinquefasciatus strain to the binary (Bin) larvicidal toxin from Lysinibacillus sphaericus is due to the lack of expression of the…”
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Reactive oxygen species scavenging by catalase is important for female Lutzomyia longipalpis fecundity and mortality by Diaz-Albiter, Hector, Mitford, Roanna, Genta, Fernando A, Sant'Anna, Mauricio R V, Dillon, Rod J

“…The phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis is the most important vector of American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL), the disseminated and most serious form…”
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Yeast-encapsulated essential oils: a new perspective as an environmentally friendly larvicide by Workman, Michael J, Gomes, Bruno, Weng, Ju-Lin, Ista, Linnea K, Jesus, Camila P, David, Mariana R, Ramalho-Ortigao, Marcelo, Genta, Fernando A, Matthews, Scott K, Durvasula, Ravi, Hurwitz, Ivy

“…Effective mosquito control approaches incorporate both adult and larval stages. For the latter, physical, biological, and chemical control have been used with…”
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Colonisation resistance in the sand fly gut: Leishmania protects Lutzomyia longipalpis from bacterial infection by Sant’Anna, Mauricio RV, Diaz-Albiter, Hector, Aguiar-Martins, Kelsilândia, Al Salem, Waleed S, Cavalcante, Reginaldo R, Dillon, Viv M, Bates, Paul A, Genta, Fernando A, Dillon, Rod J

“…BACKGROUND: Phlebotomine sand flies transmit the haemoflagellate Leishmania, the causative agent of human leishmaniasis. The Leishmania promastigotes are…”
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Beta-1,3-glucanase inhibitors in Brazilian brown seaweed by FERREIRA, TAINÁ N., BARUFI, JOSÉ B., HORTA, PAULO A., CASTRO, DANIELE P., GENTA, FERNANDO A.

“…Abstract Beta-1,3-glucanases are enzymes that hydrolyze beta-1,3-glucans, and they are essential for the metabolism of seaweed, plants and fungi. These enzymes…”
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Genome Wide Mapping of Peptidases in Rhodnius prolixus : Identification of Protease Gene Duplications, Horizontally Transferred Proteases and Analysis of Peptidase A1 Structures, with Considerations on Their Role in the Evolution of Hematophagy in Triatominae by Henriques, Bianca S, Gomes, Bruno, da Costa, Samara G, Moraes, Caroline da Silva, Mesquita, Rafael D, Dillon, Viv M, Garcia, Eloi de Souza, Azambuja, Patricia, Dillon, Roderick J, Genta, Fernando A

“…Triatominae is a subfamily of the order Hemiptera whose species are able to feed in the vertebrate blood (i.e., hematophagy). This feeding behavior presents a…”
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Standardization of a Continuous Assay for Glycosidases and Its Use for Screening Insect Gut Samples at Individual and Populational Levels by Profeta, Gerson S, Pereira, Jessica A S, Costa, Samara G, Azambuja, Patricia, Garcia, Eloi S, Moraes, Caroline da Silva, Genta, Fernando A

“…Glycoside Hydrolases (GHs) are enzymes able to recognize and cleave glycosidic bonds. Insect GHs play decisive roles in digestion, in plant-herbivore, and…”
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Potential role for gut microbiota in cell wall digestion and glucoside detoxification in Tenebrio molitor larvae by Genta, Fernando A., Dillon, Rod J., Terra, Walter R., Ferreira, Clélia

“…Tenebrio molitor larvae were successfully reared free of cultivatable gut lumen bacteria, yeasts and fungi using two approaches; aseptic rearing from surface…”
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Amino acids trigger down-regulation of superoxide via TORC pathway in the midgut of Rhodnius prolixus by Gandara, Ana Caroline P, Oliveira, José Henrique M, Nunes, Rodrigo D, Goncalves, Renata L S, Dias, Felipe A, Hecht, Fabio, Fernandes, Denise C, Genta, Fernando A, Laurindo, Francisco R M, Oliveira, Marcus F, Oliveira, Pedro L

“…Sensing incoming nutrients is an important and critical event for intestinal cells to sustain life of the whole organism. The TORC is a major protein complex…”
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Lipid mediators and vector infection: Trypanosoma rangeli inhibits Rhodnius prolixus hemocyte phagocytosis by modulation of phospholipase A2 and PAF-acetylhydrolase activities by Figueiredo, Marcela B, Genta, Fernando, A, Garcia, Eloi S, Azambuja, Patricia

“…In this work we investigated the effects of Trypanosoma rangeli infection through a blood meal on the hemocyte phagocytosis in experiments using the 5th instar…”
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Trypanosoma rangeli: a new perspective for studying the modulation of immune reactions of Rhodnius prolixus by Garcia, Eloi S, Castro, Daniele P, Figueiredo, Marcela B, Genta, Fernando A, Azambuja, Patrícia

“…Insects are exposed to a wide range of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, parasites and viruses) and have interconnected powerful immune reactions. Although…”
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Interactions between intestinal compounds of triatomines and Trypanosoma cruzi by Garcia, Eloi S, Genta, Fernando A, de Azambuja, Patricia, Schaub, Günter A

“…Triatomine bugs are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas disease, a devastating disease that disables and leads to the death of many…”
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Identification, molecular cloning and functional characterization of an octaprenyl pyrophosphate synthase in intra-erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium falciparum by Tonhosolo, Renata, D'Alexandri, Fabio L, Genta, Fernando A, Wunderlich, Gerhard, Gozzo, Fabio C, Eberlin, Marcos N, Peres, Valnice J, Kimura, Emilia A, Katzin, Alejandro M

“…Isoprenoids play important roles in all living organisms as components of structural cholesterol, steroid hormones in mammals, carotenoids in plants, and…”
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Cathepsins L and B in Dysdercus peruvianus, Rhodnius prolixus, and Mahanarva fimbriolata. Looking for enzyme adaptations to digestion by Pimentel, André C., Dias, Renata O., Bifano, Thaís D., Genta, Fernando A., Ferreira, Clelia, Terra, Walter R.

“…Cysteine peptidases (CP) play a role as digestive enzymes in hemipterans similar to serine peptidases in most other insects. There are two major CPs: cathepsin…”
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Molecular and biological features of Culex quinquefasciatus homozygous larvae for two cqm1 alleles that confer resistance to Lysinibacillus sphaericus larvicides by Menezes, Heverly Suzany G, Nascimento, Nathaly A, Paiva‐Cavalcanti, Milena, Costa‐Latgé, Samara G, Genta, Fernando A, Oliveira, Cláudia MF, Romão, Tatiany P, Silva‐Filha, Maria Helena NL

“…BACKGROUND Culex quinquefasciatus resistance to the binary toxin from Lysinibacillus sphaericus larvicides can occur because of mutations in the cqm1 gene that…”
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Control of Vector-Borne Human Parasitic Diseases by Genta, Fernando A., Diaz-Albiter, Hector M., Salgueiro, Patrícia, Gomes, Bruno

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Characterization of a β-1,3-glucanase active in the alkaline midgut of Spodoptera frugiperda larvae and its relation to β-glucan-binding proteins by Bragatto, Ivan, Genta, Fernando A., Ribeiro, Alberto F., Terra, Walter R., Ferreira, Clélia

“…Spodoptera frugiperda β-1,3-glucanase (SLam) was purified from larval midgut. It has a molecular mass of 37.5 kDa, an alkaline optimum pH of 9.0, is active…”
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Active site characterization and molecular cloning of Tenebrio molitor midgut trehalase and comments on their insect homologs by Gomez, Ana, Cardoso, Christiane, Genta, Fernando A., Terra, Walter R., Ferreira, Clélia

“…The soluble midgut trehalase from Tenebrio molitor (TmTre1) was purified after several chromatographic steps, resulting in an enzyme with 58 kDa and pH optimum…”
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