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Insecticidal toxins from the bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens by Bowen, D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.), Rocheleau, T.A, Blackburn, M, Andreev, O, Golubeva, E, Bhartia, R, Ffrench-Constant, R.H

“…Transgenic plants expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins are currently being deployed for insect control. In response to concerns about Bt resistance,…”
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A single-amino acid substitution in a gamma-aminobutyric acid subtype A receptor locus is associated with cyclodiene insecticide resistance in Drosophila populations by Ffrench-Constant, R.H. (University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI), Steichen, J.C, Rocheleau, T.A, Aronstein, K, Roush, R.T

“…Resistance to cyclodiene insecticides, documented in at least 277 species, is perhaps the most common kind of resistance to any pesticide. By using cyclodiene…”
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point mutation in a Drosophila GABA receptor confers insecticide resistance by Ffrench-Constant, R.H, Rocheleau, T.A, Steichen, J.C, Chalmers, A.E

“…Vertebrates and invertebrates both have GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) as a major inhibitory neurotransmitter. GABA(A) receptors in vertebrates assemble as…”
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novel lectin with a fibrinogen-like domain and its potential involvement in the innate immune response of Armigeres subalbatus against bacteria by Wang, X, Rocheleau, T.A, Fuchs, J.F, Hillyer, J.F, Chen, C.C, Christensen, B.M

“…Mosquitoes have an efficient cellular innate immune response that includes phagocytosis of microbial pathogens and encapsulation of metozoan parasites. In this…”
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A potential role for phenylalanine hydroxylase in mosquito immune responses by Johnson, J.K, Rocheleau, T.A, Hillyer, J.F, Chen, C.C, Li, J, Christensen, B.M

“…In mosquitoes the melanotic encapsulation immune response is an important resistance mechanism against filarial worms and malaria parasites. The rate limiting…”
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Drosophila gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor gene Rdl shows extensive alternative splicing by ffrench-Constant, R H, Rocheleau, T A

“…The Drosophila gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor subunit gene Rdl was isolated on the basis of a mutant phenotype showing high levels of insensitivity to…”
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Profiling infection responses in the haemocytes of the mosquito, Aedes aegypti by Bartholomay, L.C, Mayhew, G.F, Fuchs, J.F, Rocheleau, T.A, Erickson, S.M, Aliota, M.T, Christensen, B.M

“…Pathogens that infect and/or are transmitted by mosquitoes typically are exposed to the body cavity, and to haemocytes circulating therein, during development…”
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Characterized full-length and truncated plasmid clones of the crystal protein of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-73 and their toxicity to Manduca sexta by Adang, M J, Staver, M J, Rocheleau, T A, Leighton, J, Barker, R F, Thompson, D V

“…Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-73 produces a crystal protein which is lethal to many lepidopteran larvae. The gene encoding this crystal protein has…”
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cDNA sequence of a human heat shock protein HSP27 by CARPER, S. W, ROCHELEAU, T. A, STORM, F. K

“…We report here the sequence of a cDNA lambda phage contained in a library derived from polyA RNA isolated from A549 human lung carcinoma cells 4 hrs after a 45…”
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Genetic and biochemical characterization of PrtA, an RTX-like metalloprotease from Photorhabdus by Bowen, David J, Rocheleau, Thomas A, Grutzmacher, Cathy K, Meslet, Laurence, Valens, Michelle, Marble, Daniel, Dowling, Andrea, ffrench-Constant, Richard, Blight, Mark A

“…1 Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA 2 Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK 3…”
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Cation Permeability and Cation-Anion Interactions in a Mutant GABA-Gated Chloride Channel from Drosophila by Wang, Chih-Tien, Zhang, Hai-Guang, Rocheleau, Thomas A., ffrench-Constant, Richard H., Jackson, Meyer B.

“…To investigate the structural basis of anion selectivity of Drosophila GABA-gated Cl − channels, the permeation properties of wild-type and mutant channels…”
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Heat shock protein 27 stimulates recovery of RNA and protein synthesis following a heat shock by Carper, Stephen W., Rocheleau, Thomas A., Cimino, Daniel, Storm, F. Kristian

“…Constitutive expression of human hsp27 resulted in a 100‐fold increase in survival to a single lethal heat shock in CHO cells without effecting the development…”
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Insecticidal toxins from the bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens: gene cloning and toxin histopathology by Bowen, D, Blackburn, M, Rocheleau, T.A, Andreev, O, Golubeva, E, Ffrench-Constant, R.H

“…Four toxin complexes, Tca, Tcb, Tcc and Tcd from the culture broth of Photorhabdus luminescens have been purified and the four toxin complex encoding loci,…”
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The role of phenylalanine hydroxylase in melanotic encapsulation of filarial worms in two species of mosquitoes by Infanger, Li-Chun, Rocheleau, Thomas A., Bartholomay, Lyric C., Johnson, Jody K., Fuchs, Jeremy, Higgs, Stephen, Chen, Cheng-Chen, Christensen, Bruce M.

“…Melanin formation has a significant influence on mosquito vector competence by limiting the development of metazoan parasites. Tyrosine, the rate-limiting…”
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Mosquito innate immunity: involvement of β 1,3-glucan recognition protein in melanotic encapsulation immune responses in Armigeres subalbatus by Wang, Xinguo, Fuchs, Jeremy F., Infanger, Li-Chun, Rocheleau, Thomas A., Hillyer, Julián F., Chen, Cheng-Chen, Christensen, Bruce M.

“…Beta 1,3-glucan recognition proteins (GRP) have specific affinity for β 1,3-glucan, a component on the surface of fungi and bacteria. By interacting with β…”
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A single-amino acid substitution in a (gamma)-aminobutyric acid subtype A receptor locus is associated with cyclodiene insecticide resistance in Drosophila populations by ffrench-Constant, R H, Steichen, J C, Rocheleau, T A, Aronstein, K, Roush, R T

“…The molecular genetics of the resistance allele that was previously cloned and sequenced from an insecticide-susceptible Drosophila melanogaster strain are…”
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