IDENTIFICATION OF CHEMOSENSORY GENES FROM THE ANTENNAL TRANSCRIPTOME OF INDIAN MEAL MOTH PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA.

Identification of chemosensory genes from the antennal transcriptome of Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella.

Olfaction plays an indispensable role in mediating insect behavior, such as locating host plants, mating partners, and avoidance of toxins and predators.Olfactory-related proteins Plant Box are required for olfactory perception of insects.However, very few olfactory-related genes have been reported in Plodia interpunctella up to now.In the present

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Heparanase regulates levels of syndecan-1 in the nucleus.

Syndecan-1 is a transmembrane heparan sulfate-bearing proteoglycan known to regulate multiple biological functions at the cell surface and within the extracellular matrix.Its functional activity can be modulated by heparanase, an enzyme that cleaves heparan sulfate chains and whose expression has been associated with an aggressive phenotype in many

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Signaling filopodia in avian embryogenesis: formation and function

In vertebrates and invertebrates specialized cellular protrusions, called signaling filopodia or cytonemes, play an important role in cell-cell communication by carrying receptors and ligands to distant cells to activate various signaling pathways.In the chicken embryo, signaling filopodia were described Plant Box in limb bud mesenchyme and in somi

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