Insecta

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Scalable Weight-Free Learning Algorithm for Regulatory Control of Cell Activity in Spiking Neuronal Networks. 
  • A mathematical model for the regulation of juvenile hormone titers. 
  • A novel 2-oxoacid-dependent dioxygenase involved in the formation of the goiterogenic 2-hydroxybut-3-enyl glucosinolate and generalist insect resistance in Arabidopsis,. 
  • Allele-specific assay reveals functional variation in the chalcone synthase promoter of Arabidopsis thaliana that is compatible with neutral evolution. 
  • Ancient bacterial endosymbionts of insects: Genomes as sources of insight and springboards for inquiry. 
  • Ant Olfaction: Smells Like an Insect, Develops Like a Mammal. 
  • Arthropod relationships revealed by phylogenomic analysis of nuclear protein-coding sequences. 
  • BCR sequences essential for transformation by the BCR-ABL oncogene bind to the ABL SH2 regulatory domain in a non-phosphotyrosine-dependent manner. 
  • Baculovirus-infected insect cells expressing peptide-MHC complexes elicit protective antitumor immunity. 
  • Benefit and cost curves for typical pollination mutualisms. 
  • Bioaccumulation and speciation of selenium in fish and insects collected from a mountaintop removal coal mining-impacted stream in West Virginia. 
  • Body size determination in insects: a review and synthesis of size- and brain-dependent and independent mechanisms. 
  • Caterpillar cereal as a potential complementary feeding product for infants and young children: nutritional content and acceptability. 
  • Challenging battles of plants with phloem-feeding insects and prokaryotic pathogens. 
  • Co-evolution and plant resistance to natural enemies. 
  • Competition among body parts in the development and evolution of insect morphology. 
  • Contaminant Subsidies to Riparian Food Webs in Appalachian Streams Impacted by Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. 
  • Costs of resistance and correlational selection in the multiple-herbivore community of Solanum carolinense. 
  • Design, expression, and immunogenicity of a soluble HIV trimeric envelope fragment adopting a prefusion gp41 configuration. 
  • Developmental mechanisms of body size and wing-body scaling in insects. 
  • Dietary choices by four captive slender lorises (Loris tardigradus) when presented with various insect life stages. 
  • Differences in Methadone Metabolism by CYP2B6 Variants. 
  • Differential specificities and simultaneous occupancy of human MutSalpha nucleotide binding sites. 
  • Do animals living in larger groups experience greater parasitism? A meta-analysis. 
  • Ecological dynamics of mutualist/antagonist communities. 
  • Ecosystem modification and network position impact insect-mediated contaminant fluxes from a mountaintop mining-impacted river network. 
  • Efavirenz Metabolism: Influence of Polymorphic CYP2B6 Variants and Stereochemistry. 
  • Effective limb length and the scaling of locomotor cost in terrestrial animals. 
  • Elucidation of pyrethroid and DDT receptor sites in the voltage-gated sodium channel. 
  • Emerald ash borer intensifies harvest regimes on private land. 
  • Endosymbiosis: lessons in conflict resolution. 
  • Energetic cost of locomotion in animals. 
  • Evidence for regulation of the human ABL tyrosine kinase by a cellular inhibitor. 
  • Evolution of resistance to a multiple-herbivore community: genetic correlations, diffuse coevolution, and constraints on the plant's response to selection. 
  • Gene expression levels influence amino acid usage and evolutionary rates in endosymbiotic bacteria. 
  • Genetics and evolution of insect resistance in Arabidopsis. 
  • Genome evolution in bacterial endosymbionts of insects. 
  • Genome sequence of Blochmannia pennsylvanicus indicates parallel evolutionary trends among bacterial mutualists of insects. 
  • Genomes of Ashbya fungi isolated from insects reveal four mating-type loci, numerous translocations, lack of transposons, and distinct gene duplications. 
  • Growth and lability of Chaetopterus oocyte mitotic spindles isolated in the presence of porcine brain tubulin. 
  • Growth-defense trade-offs in plants. 
  • Hormone-dependent interaction between the amino- and carboxyl-terminal domains of progesterone receptor in vitro and in vivo. 
  • Identification of key amino acids responsible for the substantially higher affinities of human type 1 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/isomerase (3beta-HSD1) for substrates, coenzymes, and inhibitors relative to human 3beta-HSD2. 
  • In it for the long haul: evolutionary consequences of persistent endosymbiosis. 
  • Individual versus social complexity, with particular reference to ant colonies. 
  • Insect sodium channels and insecticide resistance. 
  • Intron retention in mRNA encoding ancillary subunit of insect voltage-gated sodium channel modulates channel expression, gating regulation and drug sensitivity. 
  • Is floral diversification associated with pollinator divergence? Flower shape, flower colour and pollinator preference in Chilean Mimulus. 
  • Jasmonate signaling and manipulation by pathogens and insects. 
  • Joint effects of nutrient addition and enemy exclusion on exotic plant success. 
  • Long-Term Transformation and Fate of Manufactured Ag Nanoparticles in a Simulated Large Scale Freshwater Emergent Wetland. 
  • Macronutrient contributions of insects to the diets of hunter-gatherers: a geometric analysis. 
  • Metabolism of 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) by human CYP1B1 genetic variants. 
  • Metabolism of nicotinamide and nicotinic acid in Corcyra cephalonica St. 
  • Microgeographic patterns of genetic divergence and adaptation across natural environments in Boechera stricta (Brassicaceae) 
  • Molecular biology of insect sodium channels and pyrethroid resistance. 
  • Molecular phylogeny of the Blastocladiomycota (Fungi) based on nuclear ribosomal DNA. 
  • Molecular phylogeny of the Entomophthoromycota: 
  • MutLalpha and proliferating cell nuclear antigen share binding sites on MutSbeta. 
  • Mutational analysis of state-dependent contacts in the pore module of eukaryotic sodium channels. 
  • Mutualism meltdown in insects: bacteria constrain thermal adaptation. 
  • On sexual dimorphism in immune function. 
  • Permanent genetic resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 August 2011-30 September 2011. 
  • Persistent tetrodotoxin-sensitive sodium current resulting from U-to-C RNA editing of an insect sodium channel. 
  • Phylogeny and phenotypic characterization of pathogenic Cryptococcus species and closely related saprobic taxa in the Tremellales. 
  • Phylogeny of Wolbachia pipientis based on gltA, groEL and ftsZ gene sequences: clustering of arthropod and nematode symbionts in the F supergroup, and evidence for further diversity in the Wolbachia tree. 
  • Plant-insect interactions. 
  • Purification and characterization of recombinant human mineralocorticoid receptor. 
  • Quantification of insect nitrogen utilization by the venus fly trap Dionaea muscipula catching prey with highly variable isotope signatures. 
  • Quinocarmycin analog DX-52-1 inhibits cell migration and targets radixin, disrupting interactions of radixin with actin and CD44. 
  • Reverse actin sliding triggers strong myosin binding that moves tropomyosin. 
  • Role of CYP2B6 in stereoselective human methadone metabolism. 
  • Seed predation and climate impacts on reproductive variation in temperate forests of the southeastern USA. 
  • Self-cleaning of superhydrophobic surfaces by self-propelled jumping condensate. 
  • Sexual dimorphism in immunity across animals: a meta-analysis. 
  • Simultaneous effects of food limitation and inducible resistance on herbivore population dynamics. 
  • Size and shape: the developmental regulation of static allometry in insects. 
  • Spiracular fluttering decouples oxygen uptake and water loss: a stochastic PDE model of respiratory water loss in insects. 
  • Spiracular fluttering increases oxygen uptake 
  • Strategies of genomic integration within insect-bacterial mutualisms. 
  • Structure based design of a series of potent and selective non peptidic PTP-1B inhibitors. 
  • Tap-scanning and extractive foraging in aye-ayes, Daubentonia madagascariensis. 
  • The control of body size in insects. 
  • The development and evolution of exaggerated morphologies in insects. 
  • The development of neuronal morphology in insects. 
  • The distinct roles of insulin signaling in polyphenic development. 
  • The effects of nucleotide substitution model assumptions on estimates of nonparametric bootstrap support. 
  • The evolution of tolerance to deer herbivory: modifications caused by the abundance of insect herbivores. 
  • The glucosinolate-myrosinase system in an ecological and evolutionary context. 
  • The higher affinity of human type 1 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3beta-HSD1) for substrate and inhibitor steroids relative to human 3beta-HSD2 is validated in MCF-7 tumor cells and related to subunit interactions. 
  • The origin and evolution of animal appendages. 
  • Three-way coexistence in obligate mutualist-exploiter interactions: the potential role of competition. 
  • Tropomyosin. Does resolution lead to reconciliation? 
  • Use of non-mammalian alternative models for neurotoxicological study. 
  • Vision and the light environment. 
  • Warming reverses top-down effects of predators on belowground ecosystem function in Arctic tundra. 
  • Watershed urbanization alters the composition and function of stream bacterial communities. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Wernegreen, Jennifer Jo, Lee Hill Snowdon Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences and Policy