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Molecular mechanisms of insect adaptation to plant secondary compounds by Heidel-Fischer, Hanna M., Vogel, Heiko

“…•Insect–plant coevolution is driven by novel plant chemicals and insect counter-adaptations.•Allelic variation, gene duplication and over-expression alter…”
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Antimicrobial Peptides: A New Hope in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Fields by Moretta, Antonio, Scieuzo, Carmen, Petrone, Anna Maria, Salvia, Rosanna, Manniello, Michele Dario, Franco, Antonio, Lucchetti, Donatella, Vassallo, Antonio, Vogel, Heiko, Sgambato, Alessandro, Falabella, Patrizia

“…Antibiotics are essential drugs used to treat pathogenic bacteria, but their prolonged use contributes to the development and spread of drug-resistant…”
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A comprehensive transcriptome and immune-gene repertoire of the lepidopteran model host Galleria mellonella by Vogel, Heiko, Altincicek, Boran, Glöckner, Gernot, Vilcinskas, Andreas

“…The larvae of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella are increasingly used (i) as mini-hosts to study pathogenesis and virulence factors of prominent…”
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Antimicrobial peptides expressed in medicinal maggots of the blow fly Lucilia sericata show combinatorial activity against bacteria by Pöppel, Anne-Kathrin, Vogel, Heiko, Wiesner, Jochen, Vilcinskas, Andreas

“…The larvae of the common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) produce antibacterial secretions that have a therapeutic effect on chronic and nonhealing wounds…”
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Drastic Genome Reduction in an Herbivore’s Pectinolytic Symbiont by Salem, Hassan, Bauer, Eugen, Kirsch, Roy, Berasategui, Aileen, Cripps, Michael, Weiss, Benjamin, Koga, Ryuichi, Fukumori, Kayoko, Vogel, Heiko, Fukatsu, Takema, Kaltenpoth, Martin

“…Pectin, an integral component of the plant cell wall, is a recalcitrant substrate against enzymatic challenges by most animals. In characterizing the source of…”
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Nutritional immunology: Diversification and diet-dependent expression of antimicrobial peptides in the black soldier fly Hermetia illucens by Vogel, Heiko, Müller, Ariane, Heckel, David G., Gutzeit, Herwig, Vilcinskas, Andreas

“…The black soldier fly Hermetia illucens is used for the bioconversion of organic waste into feed for livestock and aquaculture, and is economically among the…”
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Vitamin supplementation by gut symbionts ensures metabolic homeostasis in an insect host by Salem, Hassan, Bauer, Eugen, Strauss, Anja S., Vogel, Heiko, Marz, Manja, Kaltenpoth, Martin

“…Despite the demonstrated functional importance of gut microbes, our understanding of how animals regulate their metabolism in response to nutritionally…”
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Microbiome-assisted carrion preservation aids larval development in a burying beetle by Shukla, Shantanu P., Plata, Camila, Reichelt, Michael, Steiger, Sandra, Heckel, David G., Kaltenpoth, Martin, Vilcinskas, Andreas, Vogel, Heiko

“…The ability to feed on a wide range of diets has enabled insects to diversify and colonize specialized niches. Carrion, for example, is highly susceptible to…”
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An ABC transporter mutation is correlated with insect resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxin by Gahan, Linda J, Pauchet, Yannick, Vogel, Heiko, Heckel, David G

“…Transgenic crops producing insecticidal toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are commercially successful in reducing pest damage, yet knowledge of…”
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Comparative analysis of the UDP-glycosyltransferase multigene family in insects by Ahn, Seung-Joon, Vogel, Heiko, Heckel, David G

“…UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGT) catalyze the conjugation of a range of diverse small lipophilic compounds with sugars to produce glycosides, playing an…”
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Antennal transcriptome of Manduca sexta by Grosse-Wilde, Ewald, Kuebler, Linda S, Bucks, Sascha, Vogel, Heiko, Wicher, Dieter, Hansson, Bill S

“…In recent years, considerable progress has been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying olfaction in insects. Because of the diverse nature…”
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The digestive and defensive basis of carcass utilization by the burying beetle and its microbiota by Vogel, Heiko, Shukla, Shantanu P., Engl, Tobias, Weiss, Benjamin, Fischer, Rainer, Steiger, Sandra, Heckel, David G., Kaltenpoth, Martin, Vilcinskas, Andreas

“…Insects that use ephemeral resources must rapidly digest nutrients and simultaneously protect them from competitors. Here we use burying beetles ( Nicrophorus…”
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Invasive Harlequin Ladybird Carries Biological Weapons Against Native Competitors by Vilcinskas, Andreas, Stoecker, Kilian, Schmidtberg, Henrike, Röhrich, Christian R., Vogel, Heiko

“…Invasive species that proliferate after colonizing new habitats have a negative environmental and economic impact. The reason why some species become…”
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Know your ABCs: Characterization and gene expression dynamics of ABC transporters in the polyphagous herbivore Helicoverpa armigera by Bretschneider, Anne, Heckel, David G., Vogel, Heiko

“…Polyphagous insect herbivores are adapted to many different secondary metabolites of their host plants. However, little is known about the role of ATP-binding…”
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Evolution of insect olfactory receptors by Missbach, Christine, Dweck, Hany Km, Vogel, Heiko, Vilcinskas, Andreas, Stensmyr, Marcus C, Hansson, Bill S, Grosse-Wilde, Ewald

“…The olfactory sense detects a plethora of behaviorally relevant odor molecules; gene families involved in olfaction exhibit high diversity in different animal…”
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Epigenetic Mechanisms Are Involved in Sex-Specific Trans -Generational Immune Priming in the Lepidopteran Model Host Manduca sexta by Gegner, Jasmin, Baudach, Arne, Mukherjee, Krishnendu, Halitschke, Rayko, Vogel, Heiko, Vilcinskas, Andreas

“…Parents invest in their offspring by transmitting acquired resistance against pathogens that only the parents have encountered, a phenomenon known as…”
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Parallel evolution of Bacillus thuringiensis toxin resistance in lepidoptera by Baxter, Simon W, Badenes-Pérez, Francisco R, Morrison, Anna, Vogel, Heiko, Crickmore, Neil, Kain, Wendy, Wang, Ping, Heckel, David G, Jiggins, Chris D

“…Despite the prominent and worldwide use of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) insecticidal toxins in agriculture, knowledge of the mechanism by which they kill pests…”
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The maternal transfer of bacteria can mediate trans-generational immune priming in insects by Freitak, Dalial, Schmidtberg, Henrike, Dickel, Franziska, Lochnit, Günther, Vogel, Heiko, Vilcinskas, Andreas

“…Parents invest in their offspring by preparing them for defense against pathogens and parasites that only the parents have encountered, a phenomenon known as…”
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The Genomic Basis of Color Pattern Polymorphism in the Harlequin Ladybird by Gautier, Mathieu, Yamaguchi, Junichi, Foucaud, Julien, Loiseau, Anne, Ausset, Aurélien, Facon, Benoit, Gschloessl, Bernhard, Lagnel, Jacques, Loire, Etienne, Parrinello, Hugues, Severac, Dany, Lopez-Roques, Celine, Donnadieu, Cecile, Manno, Maxime, Berges, Helene, Gharbi, Karim, Lawson-Handley, Lori, Zang, Lian-Sheng, Vogel, Heiko, Estoup, Arnaud, Prud’homme, Benjamin

“…Many animal species comprise discrete phenotypic forms. A common example in natural populations of insects is the occurrence of different color patterns, which…”
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Increase in gut microbiota after immune suppression in baculovirus-infected larvae by Jakubowska, Agata K, Vogel, Heiko, Herrero, Salvador

“…Spodoptera exigua microarray was used to determine genes differentially expressed in S. exigua cells challenged with the species-specific baculovirus SeMNPV as…”
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