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<title>Transgenic Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat/Cas9-Mediated

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Viral

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Gene

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Targeting

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for

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Antiviral

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Therapy

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of

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Bombyx

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mori

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Nucleopolyhedrovirus.</title>

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<p><b>Transgenic Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat/Cas9-Mediated

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Viral

...

Gene

...

Targeting

...

for

...

Antiviral

...

Therapy

...

of

...

Bombyx

...

mori

...

Nucleopolyhedrovirus.</b></p>

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<p>J Virol.

...

2017

...

Apr

...

15;91(8):</p>

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<p>Authors:

...

Chen

...

S,

...

Hou

...

C,

...

Bi

...

H,

...

Wang

...

Y,

...

Xu

...

J,

...

Li

...

M,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Huang

...

Y,

...

Tan

...

A</p>

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<p>Abstract<br/>

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We developed a novel antiviral strategy by combining transposon-based

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transgenesis

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and

...

the

...

clustered

...

regularly

...

interspaced

...

short

...

palindromic

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repeats

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(CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated

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9

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(Cas9)

...

system

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for

...

the

...

direct

...

cleavage

...

of

...

Bombyx

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mori

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nucleopolyhedrovirus

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(BmNPV)

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genome

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DNA

...

to

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promote

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virus

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clearance

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in

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silkworms.

...

We

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demonstrate

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that

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transgenic

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silkworms

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constitutively

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expressing

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Cas9

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and

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guide

...

RNAs

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targeting

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the

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BmNPV

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immediate

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early-1

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(ie-1)

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and

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me53

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genes

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effectively

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induce

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target-specific

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cleavage

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and

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subsequent

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mutagenesis,

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especially

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large

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(∼7-kbp)

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segment

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deletions

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in

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BmNPV

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genomes,

...

and

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thus

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exhibit

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robust

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suppression

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of

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BmNPV

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proliferation.

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Transgenic

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animals

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exhibited

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higher

...

and

...

inheritable

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resistance

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to

...

BmNPV

...

infection

...

than

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wild-type

...

animals.

...

Our

...

approach

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will

...

not

...

only

...

contribute

...

to

...

modern

...

sericulture

...

but

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also

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shed

...

light

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on

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future

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antiviral

...

therapy.IMPORTANCE

...

Pathogen

...

genome

...

targeting

...

has

...

shown

...

its

...

potential

...

in

...

antiviral

...

research.

...

However,

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transgenic

...

CRISPR/Cas9

...

system-mediated

...

viral

...

genome

...

targeting

...

has

...

not

...

been

...

reported

...

as

...

an

...

antiviral

...

strategy

...

in

...

a

...

natural

...

animal

...

host

...

of

...

a

...

virus.

...

Our

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data

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provide

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an

...

effective

...

approach

...

against

...

BmNPV

...

infection

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in

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a

...

real-world

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biological

...

system

...

and

...

demonstrate

...

the

...

potential

...

of

...

transgenic

...

CRISPR/Cas9

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systems

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in

...

antiviral

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research

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in

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other

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species.<br/>

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<author>

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Chen

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S,

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Hou

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C,

...

Bi

...

H,

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Wang

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Y,

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Xu

...

J,

...

Li

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M,

...

James

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AA,

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Huang

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Y,

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Tan

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A</author>

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<title>Bombyx mori P-element

...

Somatic

...

Inhibitor

...

(BmPSI)

...

Is

...

a

...

Key

...

Auxiliary

...

Factor

...

for

...

Silkworm

...

Male

...

Sex

...

Determination.</title>

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<link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28103247?dopt=

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Abstract</link>

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<p><b>Bombyx mori P-element

...

Somatic

...

Inhibitor

...

(BmPSI)

...

Is

...

a

...

Key

...

Auxiliary

...

Factor

...

for

...

Silkworm

...

Male

...

Sex

...

Determination.</b></p>

...


<p>PLoS Genet.

...

2017

...

Jan;13(1):e1006576</p>

...


<p>Authors:

...

Xu

...

J,

...

Chen

...

S,

...

Zeng

...

B,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Tan

...

A,

...

Huang

...

Y</p>

...


<p>Abstract<br/>

...


Manipulation of sex determination pathways in insects provides the basis for a wide spectrum of strategies to benefit agriculture and public health. Furthermore, insects display a remarkable diversity in the genetic pathways that lead to sex differentiation. The silkworm, Bombyx mori, has been cultivated by humans as a beneficial insect for over two millennia, and more recently as a model system for studying lepidopteran genetics and development. Previous studies have identified the B. mori Fem piRNA as the primary female determining factor and BmMasc as its downstream target, while the genetic scenario for male sex determination was still unclear. In the current study, we exploite the transgenic CRISPR/Cas9 system to generate a comprehensive set of knockout mutations in genes BmSxl, Bmtra2, BmImp, BmImpM, BmPSI and BmMasc, to investigate their roles in silkworm sex determination. Absence of Bmtra2 results in the complete depletion of Bmdsx transcripts, which is the conserved downstream factor in the sex determination pathway, and induces embryonic lethality. Loss of BmImp or BmImpM function does not affect the sexual differentiation. Mutations in BmPSI and BmMasc genes affect the splicing of Bmdsx and the female reproductive apparatus appeared in the male external genital. Intriguingly, we identify that BmPSI regulates expression of BmMasc, BmImpM and Bmdsx, supporting the conclusion that it acts as a key auxiliary factor in silkworm male sex determination.<br/>
</p><p>PMID: 28103247 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE</p>
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<author> Xu J, Chen S, Zeng B, James AA, Tan A, Huang Y</author>
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<title>Sexually dimorphic traits in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, are regulated by doublesex.</title>

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<link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27867075?dopt=

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Abstract</link>
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<p><b>Sexually dimorphic traits in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, are regulated by doublesex.</b></p>

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<p>Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2017 Jan;80:42-51</p>

...


<p>Authors:

...

Xu

...

J,

...

Zhan

...

S,

...

Chen

...

S,

...

Zeng

...

B,

...

Li

...

Z,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Tan

...

A,

...

Huang

...

Y</p>

...


<p>Abstract<br/>

...


The DM domain genes,

...

doublesex

...

(dsx)

...

in

...

insects,

...

or

...

their

...

structural

...

homologs,

...

male

...

abnormal

...

3

...

(mab-3)

...

in

...

nematodes

...

and

...

Dmrt1

...

(doublesex

...

and

...

mab-3-related

...

transcription

...

factor

...

1)

...

in

...

mammals,

...

are

...

downstream

...

regulators

...

of

...

the

...

sex

...

determination

...

pathway

...

that

...

control

...

sexually

...

dimorphic

...

development.

...

Despite

...

the

...

functional

...

importance

...

of

...

dsx

...

and

...

its

...

potential

...

applications

...

in

...

sterile

...

insect

...

technologies

...

(SITs),

...

the

...

mechanisms

...

by

...

which

...

it

...

controls

...

sexually

...

dimorphic

...

traits

...

and

...

the

...

subsequent

...

developmental

...

gene

...

networks

...

in

...

insects

...

are

...

poorly

...

understood.

...

Phylogenetic

...

analyses

...

indicate

...

that

...

insect

...

dsx

...

genes

...

have

...

sex-specific

...

alternative

...

splicing

...

isoforms,

...

whereas

...

other

...

taxa

...

do

...

not.

...

We

...

exploited

...

genome

...

editing

...

and

...

transgenesis

...

technologies

...

to

...

induce

...

mutations

...

in

...

either

...

the

...

male-specific

...

isoform

...

(dsx(M))

...

or

...

common

...

region

...

(dsx(C))

...

of

...

dsx

...

in

...

the

...

somatic

...

tissues

...

of

...

the

...

lepidopteran

...

model

...

insect

...

Bombyx

...

mori.

...

Disruptions

...

of

...

gene

...

function

...

produced

...

either

...

male-specific

...

sexually-dimorphic

...

defects

...

or

...

intersexual

...

phenotypes;

...

these

...

results

...

differ

...

from

...

those

...

observed

...

in

...

other

...

insects,

...

including

...

Drosophila

...

melanogaster.

...

Our

...

data

...

provide

...

insights

...

into

...

the

...

divergence

...

of

...

the

...

insect

...

sex

...

determination

...

pathways

...

related

...

to

...

the

...

most

...

conserved

...

downstream

...

component

...

dsx.<br/>

...


</p><p>PMID:

...

27867075

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PubMed

...

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...

in

...

process

...

</p>

...


]]></description>

...


<author>

...

Xu

...

J,

...

Zhan

...

S,

...

Chen

...

S,

...

Zeng

...

B,

...

Li

...

Z,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Tan

...

A,

...

Huang

...

Y</author>

...


<category>Insect

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Biochem

...

Mol

...

Biol</category>

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<guid

...

isPermaLink="false">PubMed:27867075</guid>

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<title>rAed a 4:

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A

...

New

...

67-kDa

...

Aedes

...

aegypti

...

Mosquito

...

Salivary

...

Allergen

...

for

...

the

...

Diagnosis

...

of

...

Mosquito

...

Allergy.</title>

...


<link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27603527?dopt=

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Abstract</link>

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<description>
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</td><td

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<p><b>rAed a 4:

...

A

...

New

...

67-kDa

...

Aedes

...

aegypti

...

Mosquito

...

Salivary

...

Allergen

...

for

...

the

...

Diagnosis

...

of

...

Mosquito

...

Allergy.</b></p>

...


<p>Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2016;170(3):206-10</p>

...


<p>Authors:

...

Peng

...

Z,

...

Caihe

...

L,

...

Beckett

...

AN,

...

Guan

...

Q,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Simons

...

FE</p>

...


<p>Abstract<br/>

...


BACKGROUND:

...

Accurate

...

diagnosis

...

of

...

mosquito

...

allergy

...

has

...

been

...

hampered

...

by

...

the

...

laborious

...

task

...

of

...

obtaining

...

mosquito

...

salivary

...

allergens.

...

We

...

have

...

previously

...

studied

...

3

...

recombinant

...

(r)

...

Aedes

...

aegypti

...

mosquito

...

salivary

...

allergens:

...

rAed

...

a

...

1,

...

rAed

...

a

...

2

...

and

...

rAed

...

a

...

3.

...

Here,

...

we

...

report

...

the

...

expression,

...

purification,

...

identification

...

and

...

evaluation

...

of

...

rAed

...

a

...

4,

...

a

...

67-kDa

...

α-glucosidase.<br/>

...


METHODS:

...

rAed

...

a

...

4

...

was

...

expressed

...

using

...

a

...

baculovirus/insect

...

cell

...

system,

...

purified

...

by

...

a

...

combination

...

of

...

anion-

...

and

...

cation-exchange

...

chromatography,

...

and

...

identified

...

by

...

immunoblotting.

...

A.

...

aegypti

...

saliva

...

extract

...

was

...

prepared

...

in

...

our

...

laboratory.

...

An

...

indirect

...

enzyme-linked

...

immunosorbent

...

assay

...

(ELISA)

...

was

...

developed

...

to

...

measure

...

rAed

...

a

...

4-specific

...

immunoglobulin

...

E

...

(IgE)

...

and

...

IgG

...

antibodies

...

in

...

sera

...

from

...

13

...

individuals

...

with

...

a

...

positive

...

mosquito-bite

...

test

...

from

...

a

...

laboratory-reared

...

mosquito.

...

Sera

...

from

...

18

...

individuals

...

with

...

a

...

negative

...

bite

...

test

...

served

...

as

...

controls.<br/>

...


RESULTS:

...

Purified

...

rAed

...

a

...

4

...

bound

...

to

...

the

...

IgE

...

in

...

mosquito-allergic

...

sera,

...

as

...

detected

...

by

...

ELISA

...

and

...

immunoblotting.

...

The

...

binding

...

of

...

rAed

...

a

...

4

...

to

...

IgE

...

could

...

be

...

inhibited

...

in

...

a

...

dose-dependent

...

manner

...

by

...

the

...

addition

...

of

...

an

...

A.

...

aegypti

...

extract.

...

Mosquito-allergic

...

individuals

...

had

...

significantly

...

higher

...

mean

...

levels

...

of

...

rAed

...

a

...

4-specific

...

IgE

...

and

...

IgG

...

than

...

controls.

...

Using

...

the

...

mean

...

of

...

the

...

controls

...

±

...

2

...

SD

...

as

...

a

...

cut-off

...

level,

...

46%

...

of

...

the

...

13

...

allergic

...

individuals

...

had

...

a

...

positive

...

IgE,

...

while

...

none

...

of

...

the

...

controls

...

was

...

positive

...

(p

...

< 0.001).<br/>

...


CONCLUSIONS:

...

Aed

...

a

...

4

...

is

...

a

...

major

...

allergen

...

in

...

mosquito

...

saliva.

...

Its

...

recombinant

...

form

...

has

...

the

...

hydrolase

...

function

...

and

...

can

...

be

...

used

...

for

...

the

...

diagnosis

...

of

...

mosquito

...

allergy.<br/>

...


</p><p>PMID:

...

27603527

...

PubMed

...

-

...

indexed

...

for

...

MEDLINE

...

</p>

...


]]></description>

...


<author>

...

Peng

...

Z,

...

Caihe

...

L,

...

Beckett

...

AN,

...

Guan

...

Q,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Simons

...

FE</author>

...


<category>Int

...

Arch

...

Allergy

...

Immunol</category>

...


<guid

...

isPermaLink="false">PubMed:27603527</guid>

...


</item>

...


<item>
<title>Functional analysis of Orco and odorant receptors in odor recognition in Aedes albopictus.</title>

...


<link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27350348?dopt=

...

Abstract</link>

...


<description>
<![CDATA[<table

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width="100%"><tr><td

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align="left"><a

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href="https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-016-1644-9"><img

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src="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/corehtml/query/egifs/https:

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border="0"/></a>

...

<a

...

href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/27350348/"><img

...

src="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/corehtml/query/egifs/https:

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-www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov-corehtml-pmc-pmcgifs-pubmed-pmc.gif"

...

border="0"/></a>

...

</td><td

...

align="right"><a

...

href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&

...

cmd=Link&

...

LinkName=pubmed_pubmed&

...

from_uid=27350348">Related

...

Articles</a></td></tr></

...

table>
<p><b>Functional analysis of Orco and odorant receptors in odor recognition in Aedes albopictus.</b></p>

...


<p>Parasit Vectors.

...

2016

...

06

...

27;9(1):363</p>

...


<p>Authors:

...

Liu

...

H,

...

Liu

...

T,

...

Xie

...

L,

...

Wang

...

X,

...

Deng

...

Y,

...

Chen

...

CH,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Chen

...

XG</p>

...


<p>Abstract<br/>

...


BACKGROUND:

...

Aedes

...

albopictus

...

is

...

a

...

globally

...

invasive

...

mosquito

...

and

...

a

...

major

...

vector

...

of

...

arboviruses,

...

including

...

dengue,

...

Zika

...

and

...

Chikungunya.

...

Olfactory-related

...

behaviors,

...

particularly

...

host-seeking,

...

offer

...

opportunities

...

to

...

disrupt

...

the

...

disease-transmission

...

process.

...

A

...

better

...

understanding

...

of

...

odorant

...

receptors

...

(ORs)

...

may

...

assist

...

in

...

explaining

...

host

...

selection

...

and

...

location,

...

and

...

contribute

...

to

...

novel

...

strategy

...

of

...

vector

...

control.<br/>

...


METHODS:

...

Based

...

on

...

previous

...

prediction

...

of

...

158

...

putative

...

odorant

...

receptors

...

by

...

Ae.

...

albopictus

...

genome

...

analysis,

...

29

...

AalORs

...

were

...

selected

...

for

...

tissue-specific

...

expression

...

profiles

...

in

...

the

...

present

...

study.

...

AalOrco

...

(AalOR7),

...

AalOR10

...

and

...

AalOR88,

...

highly

...

expressed

...

in

...

female

...

olfactory

...

tissues,

...

were

...

chosen

...

for

...

further

...

structure

...

predictions

...

as

...

well

...

as

...

functional

...

validation

...

including

...

calcium

...

imaging

...

assay

...

in

...

human

...

embryonic

...

kidney

...

(HEK293)

...

cells

...

and

...

RNA

...

interference

...

assay

...

in

...

Ae.

...

albopictus.

...

We

...

also

...

conducted

...

electrophysiological

...

and

...

behavioral

...

assays

...

in

...

mosquitoes

...

after

...

RNA

...

interference

...

of

...

the

...

three

...

genes

...

to

...

determine

...

their

...

roles

...

in

...

host-seeking.<br/>

...


RESULTS:

...

The

...

results

...

support

...

previous

...

conclusions

...

that

...

individual

...

conventional

...

(ORXs)

...

and

...

Orco

...

can

...

form

...

heteromeric

...

complexes

...

to

...

recognize

...

odorants

...

and

...

respond

...

to

...

components

...

of

...

human

...

volatiles

...

in

...

HEK293

...

cells.

...

The

...

reduction

...

of

...

AalOrco

...

transcript

...

levels

...

led

...

to

...

a

...

significant

...

decrease

...

in

...

host-seeking

...

and

...

confusion

...

in

...

host

...

preference.

...

In

...

contrast,

...

AalOR10

...

and

...

AalOR88

...

knockdown

...

mosquitoes

...

showed

...

no

...

significant

...

behavioral

...

differences

...

compared

...

with

...

controls.

...

The

...

functions

...

of

...

conventional

...

ORs

...

at

...

least

...

AalOR10

...

and

...

AalOR88

...

are

...

abolished

...

with

...

inhibited

...

expression

...

of

...

the

...

Orco

...

gene

...

orthologs,

...

along

...

with

...

the

...

concomitant

...

relevant

...

olfactory

...

behavior.<br/>

...


CONCLUSIONS:

...

Combining

...

structural

...

and

...

functional

...

data,

...

we

...

conclude

...

that

...

the

...

product

...

of

...

the

...

Orco

...

gene

...

in

...

this

...

mosquito

...

is

...

crucial

...

for

...

transmitting

...

olfactory

...

signaling

...

and

...

conventional

...

ORs

...

contribute

...

directly

...

to

...

odorant

...

recognition.

...

Our

...

results

...

provide

...

insight

...

into

...

the

...

linkage

...

between

...

odorant

...

receptors

...

and

...

host-seeking

...

in

...

this

...

important

...

vector

...

species.<br/>

...


</p><p>PMID:

...

27350348

...

PubMed

...

-

...

indexed

...

for

...

MEDLINE

...

</p>

...


]]></description>

...


<author>

...

Liu

...

H,

...

Liu

...

T,

...

Xie

...

L,

...

Wang

...

X,

...

Deng

...

Y,

...

Chen

...

CH,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Chen

...

XG</author>

...


<category>Parasit

...

Vectors</category>

...


<guid

...

isPermaLink="false">PubMed:27350348</guid>

...


</item>

...


<item>
<title>CRISPR/Cas9

...

mediated

...

knockout

...

of

...

the

...

abdominal-A

...

homeotic

...

gene

...

in

...

the

...

global

...

pest,

...

diamondback

...

moth

...

(Plutella

...

xylostella).</title>

...


<link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27318252?dopt=

...

Abstract</link>

...


<description>
<![CDATA[<table

...

border="0"

...

width="100%"><tr><td

...

align="left"><a

...

href="https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0965-1748(16)30081-9"><img

...

src="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/corehtml/query/egifs/http:--linkinghub.elsevier.com-ihub-images-PubMedLink.gif"

...

border="0"/></a>

...

</td><td

...

align="right"><a

...

href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&

...

cmd=Link&

...

LinkName=pubmed_pubmed&

...

from_uid=27318252">Related

...

Articles</a></td></tr></table>

...


<p><b>CRISPR/Cas9

...

mediated

...

knockout

...

of

...

the

...

abdominal-A

...

homeotic

...

gene

...

in

...

the

...

global

...

pest,

...

diamondback

...

moth

...

(Plutella

...

xylostella).</b></p>

...


<p>Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2016 Aug;75:98-106</

...

p>
<p>Authors:

...

Huang

...

Y,

...

Chen

...

Y,

...

Zeng

...

B,

...

Wang

...

Y,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Gurr

...

GM,

...

Yang

...

G,

...

Lin

...

X,

...

Huang

...

Y,

...

You

...

M</p>

...


<p>Abstract<br/>

...


The diamondback moth,

...

Plutella

...

xylostella

...

(L.),

...

is

...

a

...

worldwide

...

agricultural

...

pest

...

that

...

has

...

developed

...

resistance

...

to

...

multiple

...

classes

...

of

...

insecticides.

...

Genetics-based

...

approaches

...

show

...

promise

...

as

...

alternative

...

pest

...

management

...

approaches

...

but

...

require

...

functional

...

studies

...

to

...

identify

...

suitable

...

gene

...

targets.

...

Here

...

we

...

use

...

the

...

CRISPR/Cas9

...

system

...

to

...

target

...

a

...

gene,

...

abdominal-A,

...

which

...

has

...

an

...

important

...

role

...

in

...

determining

...

the

...

identity

...

and

...

functionality

...

of

...

abdominal

...

segments.

...

We

...

report

...

that

...

P.

...

xylostella

...

abdominal-A

...

(Pxabd-A)

...

has

...

two

...

structurally-similar

...

splice

...

isoforms

...

(A

...

and

...

B)

...

that

...

differ

...

only

...

in

...

the

...

length

...

of

...

exon

...

II,

...

with

...

15

...

additional

...

nucleotides

...

in

...

isoform

...

A.

...

Pxabd-A

...

transcripts

...

were

...

detected

...

in

...

all

...

developmental

...

stages,

...

and

...

particularly

...

in

...

pupae

...

and

...

adults.

...

CRISPR/Cas9-based

...

mutagenesis

...

of

...

Pxabd-A

...

exon

...

I

...

produced

...

91%

...

chimeric

...

mutants

...

following

...

injection

...

of

...

448

...

eggs.

...

Phenotypes

...

with

...

abnormal

...

prolegs

...

and

...

malformed

...

segments

...

were

...

visible

...

in

...

hatched

...

larvae

...

and

...

unhatched

...

embryos,

...

and

...

various

...

defects

...

were

...

inherited

...

by

...

the

...

next

...

generation

...

(G1).

...

Genotyping

...

of

...

mutants

...

demonstrated

...

several

...

mutations

...

at

...

the

...

Pxabd-A

...

genomic

...

locus.

...

The

...

results

...

indicate

...

that

...

a

...

series

...

of

...

insertions

...

and

...

deletions

...

were

...

induced

...

in

...

the

...

Pxabd-A

...

locus,

...

not

...

only

...

in

...

G0

...

survivors

...

but

...

also

...

in

...

G1

...

individuals,

...

and

...

this

...

provides

...

a

...

foundation

...

for

...

genome

...

editing.

...

Our

...

study

...

demonstrates

...

the

...

utility

...

of

...

the

...

CRISPR/Cas9

...

system

...

for

...

targeting

...

genes

...

in

...

an

...

agricultural

...

pest

...

and

...

therefore

...

provides

...

a

...

foundation

...

the

...

development

...

of

...

novel

...

pest

...

management

...

tools.

...

<br/>

...


</p><p>PMID:

...

27318252

...

PubMed

...

-

...

in

...

process

...

</p>

...


]]></description>

...


<author>

...

Huang

...

Y,

...

Chen

...

Y,

...

Zeng

...

B,

...

Wang

...

Y,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Gurr

...

GM,

...

Yang

...

G,

...

Lin

...

X,

...

Huang

...

Y,

...

You

...

M</author>

...


<category>Insect

...

Biochem

...

Mol

...

Biol</category>

...


<guid

...

isPermaLink="false">PubMed:27318252</guid>

...


</item>

...


<item>
<title>Endogenously-expressed

...

NH2-terminus

...

of

...

circumsporozoite

...

protein

...

interferes

...

with

...

sporozoite

...

invasion

...

of

...

mosquito

...

salivary

...

glands.</title>

...


<link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26964736?dopt=

...

Abstract</link>

...


<description>
<![CDATA[<table

...

border="0"

...

width="100%"><tr><td

...

align="left"><a

...

href="https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-016-1207-8"><img

...

src="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/corehtml/query/egifs/https:-

...

www.biomedcentral.com-graphics-pubmed-BioMedCentral_free_1.png"

...

border="0"/></a>

...

<a

...

href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/26964736/"><img

...

src="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/corehtml/query/egifs/https:

...

-www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov-corehtml-pmc-pmcgifs-pubmed-pmc.gif"

...

border="0"/></a>

...

</td><td

...

align="right"><a

...

href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&

...

cmd=Link&

...

LinkName=pubmed_pubmed&

...

from_uid=26964736">Related

...

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...


<p><b>Endogenously-expressed

...

NH2-terminus

...

of

...

circumsporozoite

...

protein

...

interferes

...

with

...

sporozoite

...

invasion

...

of

...

mosquito

...

salivary

...

glands.</b></p>

...


<p>Malar J.

...

2016

...

Mar

...

10;15:153</p>

...


<p>Authors:

...

Kojin

...

BB,

...

Costa-da-Silva

...

AL,

...

Maciel

...

C,

...

Henriques

...

DA,

...

Carvalho

...

DO,

...

Martin

...

K,

...

Marinotti

...

O,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Bonaldo

...

MC,

...

Capurro

...

ML</p>

...


<p>Abstract<br/>

...


BACKGROUND:

...

The

...

circumsporozoite

...

protein

...

is

...

the

...

most

...

abundant

...

polypeptide

...

expressed

...

by

...

sporozoites,

...

the

...

malaria

...

parasite

...

stage

...

capable

...

of

...

infecting

...

humans.

...

Sporozoite

...

invasion

...

of

...

mosquito

...

salivary

...

glands

...

prior

...

to

...

transmission

...

is

...

likely

...

mediated

...

by

...

a

...

receptor/ligand-like

...

interaction

...

of

...

the

...

parasites

...

with

...

the

...

target

...

tissues,

...

and

...

the

...

amino

...

(NH2)-terminal

...

portion

...

of

...

CSP

...

is

...

involved

...

in

...

this

...

interaction

...

but

...

not

...

the

...

TSR

...

region

...

on

...

the

...

carboxyl

...

(C)-terminus.

...

Peptides

...

based

...

on

...

the

...

NH2-terminal

...

domain

...

could

...

compete

...

with

...

the

...

parasites

...

for

...

the

...

salivary

...

gland

...

receptors

...

and

...

thus

...

inhibit

...

penetration.<br/>

...


METHODS:

...

Peptides

...

based

...

on

...

the

...

NH2-terminus

...

and

...

TSR

...

domains

...

of

...

the

...

CSP

...

from

...

avian

...

or

...

human

...

malaria

...

parasites,

...

Plasmodium

...

gallinaceum

...

and

...

Plasmodium

...

falciparum,

...

respectively,

...

were

...

expressed

...

endogenously

...

in

...

mosquito

...

haemolymph

...

using

...

a

...

transient

...

(Sindbis

...

virus-mediated)

...

or

...

stable

...

(piggyBac-mediated

...

transgenesis)

...

system.<br/>

...


RESULTS:

...

Transient

...

endogenous

...

expression

...

of

...

partial

...

NH2-terminus

...

peptide

...

from

...

P.

...

falciparum

...

CSP

...

in

...

P.

...

gallinaceum-infected

...

Aedes

...

aegypti

...

resulted

...

in

...

a

...

reduced

...

number

...

of

...

sporozoites

...

in

...

the

...

salivary

...

glands.

...

When

...

a

...

transgenic

...

approach

...

was

...

used

...

to

...

express

...

a

...

partial

...

CSP

...

NH2-terminal

...

domain

...

from

...

P.

...

gallinaceum

...

the

...

number

...

of

...

sporozoites

...

in

...

the

...

salivary

...

glands

...

did

...

not

...

show

...

a

...

difference

...

when

...

compared

...

to

...

controls.

...

However,

...

a

...

significant

...

difference

...

could

...

be

...

observed

...

when

...

mosquitoes

...

with

...

a

...

lower

...

infection

...

were

...

analysed.

...

The

...

same

...

result

...

could

...

not

...

be

...

observed

...

with

...

mosquitoes

...

endogenously

...

expressing

...

peptides

...

based

...

on

...

the

...

TSR

...

domain

...

from

...

either

...

P.

...

gallinaceum

...

or

...

P.

...

falciparum.<br/>

...


CONCLUSION:

...

These

...

results

...

support

...

the

...

conclusion

...

that

...

CSP

...

partial

...

NH2-terminal

...

domain

...

can

...

be

...

endogenously

...

expressed

...

to

...

promote

...

a

...

competition

...

for

...

the

...

receptor

...

used

...

by

...

sporozoites

...

to

...

invade

...

salivary

...

glands,

...

and

...

they

...

could

...

be

...

used

...

to

...

block

...

this

...

interaction

...

and

...

reduce

...

parasite

...

transmission.

...

The

...

same

...

effect

...

cannot

...

be

...

obtained

...

with

...

peptides

...

based

...

on

...

the

...

TSR

...

domain.<br/

...

>
</p><p>PMID:

...

26964736

...

PubMed

...

-

...

indexed

...

for

...

MEDLINE

...

</p>

...


]]></description>

...


<author>

...

Kojin

...

BB,

...

Costa-da-Silva

...

AL,

...

Maciel

...

C,

...

Henriques

...

DA,

...

Carvalho

...

DO,

...

Martin

...

K,

...

Marinotti

...

O,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Bonaldo

...

MC,

...

Capurro

...

ML</author>

...


<category>Malar

...

J</category>

...


<guid

...

isPermaLink="false">PubMed:26964736</guid>

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<item>
<title>Highly efficient Cas9-mediated

...

gene

...

drive

...

for

...

population

...

modification

...

of

...

the

...

malaria

...

vector

...

mosquito

...

Anopheles

...

stephensi.</title>

...


<link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26598698?dopt=

...

Abstract</link>

...


<description>
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pmid=26598698"><img

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<p><b>Highly efficient Cas9-mediated

...

gene

...

drive

...

for

...

population

...

modification

...

of

...

the

...

malaria

...

vector

...

mosquito

...

Anopheles

...

stephensi.</b></p>

...


<p>Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Dec 08;112(49):E6736-43</p>

...


<p>Authors:

...

Gantz

...

VM,

...

Jasinskiene

...

N,

...

Tatarenkova

...

O,

...

Fazekas

...

A,

...

Macias

...

VM,

...

Bier

...

E,

...

James

...

AA</p>

...


<p>Abstract<br/>

...


Genetic engineering technologies can be used both to create transgenic mosquitoes carrying antipathogen effector genes targeting human malaria parasites and to generate gene-drive systems capable of introgressing the genes throughout wild vector populations. We developed a highly effective autonomous Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)-associated

...

protein

...

9

...

(Cas9)-mediated

...

gene-drive

...

system

...

in

...

the

...

Asian

...

malaria

...

vector

...

Anopheles

...

stephensi,

...

adapted

...

from

...

the

...

mutagenic

...

chain

...

reaction

...

(MCR).

...

This

...

specific

...

system

...

results

...

in

...

progeny

...

of

...

males

...

and

...

females

...

derived

...

from

...

transgenic

...

males

...

exhibiting

...

a

...

high

...

frequency

...

of

...

germ-line

...

gene

...

conversion

...

consistent

...

with

...

homology-directed

...

repair

...

(HDR).

...

This

...

system

...

copies

...

an

...

...

17-kb

...

construct

...

from

...

its

...

site

...

of

...

insertion

...

to

...

its

...

homologous

...

chromosome

...

in

...

a

...

faithful,

...

site-specific

...

manner.

...

Dual

...

anti-Plasmodium

...

falciparum

...

effector

...

genes,

...

a

...

marker

...

gene,

...

and

...

the

...

autonomous

...

gene-drive

...

components

...

are

...

introgressed

...

into

...

...

99.5%

...

of

...

the

...

progeny

...

following

...

outcrosses

...

of

...

transgenic

...

lines

...

to

...

wild-type

...

mosquitoes.

...

The

...

effector

...

genes

...

remain

...

transcriptionally

...

inducible

...

upon

...

blood

...

feeding.

...

In

...

contrast

...

to

...

the

...

efficient

...

conversion

...

in

...

individuals

...

expressing

...

Cas9

...

only

...

in

...

the

...

germ

...

line,

...

males

...

and

...

females

...

derived

...

from

...

transgenic

...

females,

...

which

...

are

...

expected

...

to

...

have

...

drive

...

component

...

molecules

...

in

...

the

...

egg,

...

produce

...

progeny

...

with

...

a

...

high

...

frequency

...

of

...

mutations

...

in

...

the

...

targeted

...

genome

...

sequence,

...

resulting

...

in

...

near-Mendelian

...

inheritance

...

ratios

...

of

...

the

...

transgene.

...

Such

...

mutant

...

alleles

...

result

...

presumably

...

from

...

nonhomologous

...

end-joining

...

(NHEJ)

...

events

...

before

...

the

...

segregation

...

of

...

somatic

...

and

...

germ-line

...

lineages

...

early

...

in

...

development.

...

These

...

data

...

support

...

the

...

design

...

of

...

this

...

system

...

to

...

be

...

active

...

strictly

...

within

...

the

...

germ

...

line.

...

Strains

...

based

...

on

...

this

...

technology

...

could

...

sustain

...

control

...

and

...

elimination

...

as

...

part

...

of

...

the

...

malaria

...

eradication

...

agenda.<br/>

...


</p><p>PMID:

...

26598698

...

PubMed

...

-

...

indexed

...

for

...

MEDLINE

...

</p>

...


]]></description>

...


<author>

...

Gantz

...

VM,

...

Jasinskiene

...

N,

...

Tatarenkova

...

O,

...

Fazekas

...

A,

...

Macias

...

VM,

...

Bier

...

E,

...

James

...

AA</author>

...


<category>Proc

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Natl

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Acad

...

Sci

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U

...

S

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<title>Genome sequence of the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics, and evolution.</title>
<link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26483478?dopt=

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Abstract</link>

...


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<p><b>Genome sequence of the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics, and evolution.</b></p>
<p>Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Nov 03;112(44):E5907-15</p>

...


<p>Authors:

...

Chen

...

XG,

...

Jiang

...

X,

...

Gu

...

J,

...

Xu

...

M,

...

Wu

...

Y,

...

Deng

...

Y,

...

Zhang

...

C,

...

Bonizzoni

...

M,

...

Dermauw

...

W,

...

Vontas

...

J,

...

Armbruster

...

P,

...

Huang

...

X,

...

Yang

...

Y,

...

Zhang

...

H,

...

He

...

W,

...

Peng

...

H,

...

Liu

...

Y,

...

Wu

...

K,

...

Chen

...

J,

...

Lirakis

...

M,

...

Topalis

...

P,

...

Van

...

Leeuwen

...

T,

...

Hall

...

AB,

...

Jiang

...

X,

...

Thorpe

...

C,

...

Mueller

...

RL,

...

Sun

...

C,

...

Waterhouse

...

RM,

...

Yan

...

G,

...

Tu

...

ZJ,

...

Fang

...

X,

...

James

...

AA</p>

...


<p>Abstract<br/>

...


The Asian tiger mosquito,

...

Aedes

...

albopictus,

...

is

...

a

...

highly

...

successful

...

invasive

...

species

...

that

...

transmits

...

a

...

number

...

of

...

human

...

viral

...

diseases,

...

including

...

dengue

...

and

...

Chikungunya

...

fevers.

...

This

...

species

...

has

...

a

...

large

...

genome

...

with

...

significant

...

population-based

...

size

...

variation.

...

The

...

complete

...

genome

...

sequence

...

was

...

determined

...

for

...

the

...

Foshan

...

strain,

...

an

...

established

...

laboratory

...

colony

...

derived

...

from

...

wild

...

mosquitoes

...

from

...

southeastern

...

China,

...

a

...

region

...

within

...

the

...

historical

...

range

...

of

...

the

...

origin

...

of

...

the

...

species.

...

The

...

genome

...

comprises

...

1,967

...

Mb,

...

the

...

largest

...

mosquito

...

genome

...

sequenced

...

to

...

date,

...

and

...

its

...

size

...

results

...

principally

...

from

...

an

...

abundance

...

of

...

repetitive

...

DNA

...

classes.

...

In

...

addition,

...

expansions

...

of

...

the

...

numbers

...

of

...

members

...

in

...

gene

...

families

...

involved

...

in

...

insecticide-resistance

...

mechanisms,

...

diapause,

...

sex

...

determination,

...

immunity,

...

and

...

olfaction

...

also

...

contribute

...

to

...

the

...

larger

...

size.

...

Portions

...

of

...

integrated

...

flavivirus-like

...

genomes

...

support

...

a

...

shared

...

evolutionary

...

history

...

of

...

association

...

of

...

these

...

viruses

...

with

...

their

...

vector.

...

The

...

large

...

genome

...

repertory

...

may

...

contribute

...

to

...

the

...

adaptability

...

and

...

success

...

of

...

Ae.

...

albopictus

...

as

...

an

...

invasive

...

species.

...

<br/>

...


</p><p>PMID:

...

26483478

...

PubMed

...

-

...

indexed

...

for

...

MEDLINE

...

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...


]]></description>

...


<author>

...

Chen

...

XG,

...

Jiang

...

X,

...

Gu

...

J,

...

Xu

...

M,

...

Wu

...

Y,

...

Deng

...

Y,

...

Zhang

...

C,

...

Bonizzoni

...

M,

...

Dermauw

...

W,

...

Vontas

...

J,

...

Armbruster

...

P,

...

Huang

...

X,

...

Yang

...

Y,

...

Zhang

...

H,

...

He

...

W,

...

Peng

...

H,

...

Liu

...

Y,

...

Wu

...

K,

...

Chen

...

J,

...

Lirakis

...

M,

...

Topalis

...

P,

...

Van

...

Leeuwen

...

T,

...

Hall

...

AB,

...

Jiang

...

X,

...

Thorpe

...

C,

...

Mueller

...

RL,

...

Sun

...

C,

...

Waterhouse

...

RM,

...

Yan

...

G,

...

Tu

...

ZJ,

...

Fang

...

X,

...

James

...

AA</author>

...


<category>Proc

...

Natl

...

Acad

...

Sci

...

U

...

S

...

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<item>
<title>BIOSAFETY.

...

Safeguarding

...

gene

...

drive

...

experiments

...

in

...

the

...

laboratory.</title>

...


<link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26229113?dopt=

...

Abstract</link>

...


<description>
<![CDATA[<table

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width="100%"><tr><td

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align="left"><a

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href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&

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pmid=26229113"><img

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</td><td

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align="right"><a

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href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&

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...

Articles</a></td></tr><

...

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<p><b>BIOSAFETY.

...

Safeguarding

...

gene

...

drive

...

experiments

...

in

...

the

...

laboratory.</b></p>

...


<p>Science.

...

2015

...

Aug

...

28;349(6251):927-9</p>

...


<p>Authors:

...

Akbari

...

OS,

...

Bellen

...

HJ,

...

Bier

...

E,

...

Bullock

...

SL,

...

Burt

...

A,

...

Church

...

GM,

...

Cook

...

KR,

...

Duchek

...

P,

...

Edwards

...

OR,

...

Esvelt

...

KM,

...

Gantz

...

VM,

...

Golic

...

KG,

...

Gratz

...

SJ,

...

Harrison

...

MM,

...

Hayes

...

KR,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Kaufman

...

TC,

...

Knoblich

...

J,

...

Malik

...

HS,

...

Matthews

...

KA,

...

O'Connor-Giles

...

KM,

...

Parks

...

AL,

...

Perrimon

...

N,

...

Port

...

F,

...

Russell

...

S,

...

Ueda

...

R,

...

Wildonger

...

J</p>

...


<p>PMID:

...

26229113

...

PubMed

...

-

...

indexed

...

for

...

MEDLINE

...

</p>

...


]]></description>

...


<author>

...

Akbari

...

OS,

...

Bellen

...

HJ,

...

Bier

...

E,

...

Bullock

...

SL,

...

Burt

...

A,

...

Church

...

GM,

...

Cook

...

KR,

...

Duchek

...

P,

...

Edwards

...

OR,

...

Esvelt

...

KM,

...

Gantz

...

VM,

...

Golic

...

KG,

...

Gratz

...

SJ,

...

Harrison

...

MM,

...

Hayes

...

KR,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Kaufman

...

TC,

...

Knoblich

...

J,

...

Malik

...

HS,

...

Matthews

...

KA,

...

O'Connor-Giles

...

KM,

...

Parks

...

AL,

...

Perrimon

...

N,

...

Port

...

F,

...

Russell

...

S,

...

Ueda

...

R,

...

Wildonger

...

J</author>

...


<category>Science</category>

...


<guid

...

isPermaLink="false">PubMed:26229113</guid>

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...


<item>
<title>MiR-2

...

family

...

targets

...

awd

...

and

...

fng

...

to

...

regulate

...

wing

...

morphogenesis

...

in

...

Bombyx

...

mori.</title>

...


<link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26037405?dopt=

...

Abstract</link>

...


<description>
<![CDATA[<table

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href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15476286.2015.1048957"><img

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</td><td

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<p><b>MiR-2

...

family

...

targets

...

awd

...

and

...

fng

...

to

...

regulate

...

wing

...

morphogenesis

...

in

...

Bombyx

...

mori.</b></p>

...


<p>RNA Biol.

...

2015;12(7):742-8</p>

...


<p>Authors:

...

Ling

...

L,

...

Ge

...

X,

...

Li

...

Z,

...

Zeng

...

B,

...

Xu

...

J,

...

Chen

...

X,

...

Shang

...

P,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Huang

...

Y,

...

Tan

...

A</p>

...


<p>Abstract<br/>

...


MicroRNAs (miRNAs)

...

are

...

post-transcriptional

...

regulators

...

that

...

target

...

specific

...

mRNAs

...

for

...

repression

...

and

...

thus

...

play

...

key

...

roles

...

in

...

many

...

biological

...

processes,

...

including

...

insect

...

wing

...

morphogenesis.

...

miR-2

...

is

...

an

...

invertebrate-specific

...

miRNA

...

family

...

that

...

has

...

been

...

predicted

...

in

...

the

...

fruit

...

fly,

...

Drosophila

...

melanogaster,

...

to

...

be

...

involved

...

in

...

regulating

...

the

...

Notch

...

signaling

...

pathway.

...

We

...

show

...

here

...

that

...

miR-2

...

plays

...

a

...

critical

...

role

...

in

...

wing

...

morphogenesis

...

in

...

the

...

silkworm,

...

Bombyx

...

mori,

...

a

...

lepidopteran

...

model

...

insect.

...

Transgenic

...

over-expression

...

of

...

a

...

miR-2

...

cluster

...

using

...

a

...

Gal4/UAS

...

system

...

results

...

in

...

deformed

...

adult

...

wings,

...

supporting

...

the

...

conclusion

...

that

...

miR-2

...

regulates

...

functions

...

essential

...

for

...

normal

...

wing

...

morphogenesis.

...

Two

...

genes,

...

abnormal

...

wing

...

disc

...

(awd)

...

and

...

fringe

...

(fng),

...

which

...

are

...

positive

...

regulators

...

in

...

Notch

...

signaling,

...

are

...

identified

...

as

...

miR-2

...

targets

...

and

...

validated

...

by

...

a

...

dual-luciferase

...

reporter

...

assay.

...

The

...

relative

...

abundance

...

of

...

both

...

awd

...

and

...

fng

...

expression

...

products

...

was

...

reduced

...

significantly

...

in

...

transgenic

...

animals,

...

implicating

...

them

...

in

...

the

...

abnormal

...

wing

...

phenotype.

...

Furthermore,

...

somatic

...

mutagenesis

...

analysis

...

of

...

awd

...

and

...

fng

...

using

...

the

...

CRISPR/Cas9

...

system

...

and

...

knock-out

...

mutants

...

also

...

resulted

...

in

...

deformed

...

wings

...

similar

...

to

...

those

...

observed

...

in

...

the

...

miR-2

...

overexpression

...

transgenic

...

animals.

...

The

...

critical

...

role

...

of

...

miR-2

...

in

...

Bombyx

...

wing

...

morphogenesis

...

may

...

provide

...

a

...

potential

...

target

...

in

...

future

...

lepidopteran

...

pest

...

control.

...

<br/>

...


</p><p>PMID:

...

26037405

...

PubMed

...

-

...

indexed

...

for

...

MEDLINE

...

</p>

...


]]></description>

...


<author>

...

Ling

...

L,

...

Ge

...

X,

...

Li

...

Z,

...

Zeng

...

B,

...

Xu

...

J,

...

Chen

...

X,

...

Shang

...

P,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Huang

...

Y,

...

Tan

...

A</author>

...


<category>RNA

...

Biol</category>

...


<guid

...

isPermaLink="false">PubMed:26037405</guid>

...


</item>

...


<item>
<title>Protein phosphorylation during Plasmodium berghei gametogenesis.</title>

...


<link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26008612?dopt=

...

Abstract</link>

...


<description>
<![CDATA[<table

...

border="0"

...

width="100%"><tr><td

...

align="left"><a

...

href="https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0014-4894(15)00146-0"><img

...

src="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/corehtml/query/egifs/http:-

...

linkinghub.elsevier.com-ihub-images-PubMedLink.gif"

...

border="0"/></a>

...

<a

...

href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/26008612/"><img

...

src="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/corehtml/query/egifs/https:-

...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov-corehtml-pmc-pmcgifs-pubmed-pmc-MS.gif"

...

border="0"/></a>

...

</td><td

...

align="right"><a

...

href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&

...

cmd=Link&

...

LinkName=pubmed_pubmed&

...

from_uid=26008612">Related

...

Articles</a></td></tr></table>

...


<p><b>Protein phosphorylation during Plasmodium berghei gametogenesis.</b></p>

...


<p>Exp Parasitol.

...

2015

...

Sep;156:49-60</p>

...


<p>Authors:

...

Alonso-Morales

...

A,

...

González-López

...

L,

...

Cázares-Raga

...

FE,

...

Cortés-Martínez

...

L,

...

Torres-Monzón

...

JA,

...

Gallegos-Pérez

...

JL,

...

Rodríguez

...

MH,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Hernández-Hernández

...

Fde

...

L</p>

...


<p>Abstract<br/>

...


Plasmodium gametogenesis within the mosquito midgut is a complex differentiation process involving signaling mediated by phosphorylation, which modulate metabolic routes and protein synthesis required to complete this development. However, the mechanisms leading to gametogenesis activation are poorly understood. We analyzed protein phosphorylation during Plasmodium berghei gametogenesis in vitro in serum-free medium using bidimensional electrophoresis (2-DE)

...

combined

...

with

...

immunoblotting

...

(IB)

...

and

...

antibodies

...

specific

...

to

...

phosphorylated

...

serine,

...

threonine

...

and

...

tyrosine.

...

Approximately

...

75

...

protein

...

exhibited

...

phosphorylation

...

changes,

...

of

...

which

...

23

...

were

...

identified

...

by

...

mass

...

spectrometry.

...

These

...

included

...

components

...

of

...

the

...

cytoskeleton,

...

heat

...

shock

...

proteins,

...

and

...

proteins

...

involved

...

in

...

DNA

...

synthesis

...

and

...

signaling

...

pathways

...

among

...

others.

...

Novel

...

phosphorylation

...

events

...

support

...

a

...

role

...

for

...

these

...

proteins

...

during

...

gametogenesis.

...

The

...

phosphorylation

...

sites

...

of

...

six

...

of

...

the

...

identified

...

proteins,

...

HSP70,

...

WD40

...

repeat

...

protein

...

msi1,

...

enolase,

...

actin-1

...

and

...

two

...

isoforms

...

of

...

large

...

subunit

...

of

...

ribonucleoside

...

reductase

...

were

...

investigated

...

using

...

TiO2

...

phosphopeptides

...

enrichment

...

and

...

tandem

...

mass

...

spectrometry.

...

In

...

addition,

...

transient

...

exposure

...

to

...

hydroxyurea,

...

an

...

inhibitor

...

of

...

ribonucleoside

...

reductase,

...

impaired

...

male

...

gametocytes

...

exflagellation

...

in

...

a

...

dose-dependent

...

manner,

...

and

...

provides

...

a

...

resource

...

for

...

functional

...

studies.

...

<br/>

...


</p><p>PMID:

...

26008612

...

PubMed

...

-

...

indexed

...

for

...

MEDLINE

...

</p>

...


]]></description>

...


<author>

...

Alonso-Morales

...

A,

...

González-López

...

L,

...

Cázares-Raga

...

FE,

...

Cortés-Martínez

...

L,

...

Torres-Monzón

...

JA,

...

Gallegos-Pérez

...

JL,

...

Rodríguez

...

MH,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Hernández-Hernández

...

Fde

...

L</author>

...


<category>Exp

...

Parasitol</category>

...


<guid

...

isPermaLink="false">PubMed:26008612</guid>

...


</item>

...


<item>
<title>Molecular epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum malaria among Duffy-positive

...

and

...

Duffy-negative

...

populations

...

in

...

Ethiopia.</title>

...


<link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25884875?dopt=

...

Abstract</link>

...


<description>
<![CDATA[<table

...

border="0"

...

width="100%"><tr><td

...

align="left"><a

...

href="https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-015-0596-4"><img

...

src="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/corehtml/query/egifs/https:

...

-www.biomedcentral.com-graphics-pubmed-BioMedCentral_free_1.png"

...

border="0"/></a>

...

<a

...

href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25884875/"><img

...

src="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/corehtml/query/egifs/https:-

...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov-corehtml-pmc-pmcgifs-pubmed-pmc.gif"

...

border="0"/></a>

...

</td><td

...

align="right"><a

...

href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&

...

cmd=Link&

...

LinkName=pubmed_pubmed&

...

from_uid=25884875">Related

...

Articles</a></td></tr></table>

...


<p><b>Molecular epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum malaria among Duffy-positive

...

and

...

Duffy-negative

...

populations

...

in

...

Ethiopia.</b></p>

...


<p>Malar J.

...

2015

...

Feb

...

19;14:84</p>

...


<p>Authors:

...

Lo

...

E,

...

Yewhalaw

...

D,

...

Zhong

...

D,

...

Zemene

...

E,

...

Degefa

...

T,

...

Tushune

...

K,

...

Ha

...

M,

...

Lee

...

MC,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Yan

...

G</p>

...


<p>Abstract<br/>

...


BACKGROUND:

...

Malaria

...

is

...

the

...

most

...

prevalent

...

communicable

...

disease

...

in

...

Ethiopia,

...

with

...

75%

...

of

...

the

...

country's

...

landmass

...

classified

...

as

...

endemic

...

for

...

malaria.

...

Accurate

...

information

...

on

...

the

...

distribution

...

and

...

clinical

...

prevalence

...

of

...

Plasmodium

...

vivax

...

and

...

Plasmodium

...

falciparum

...

malaria

...

in

...

endemic

...

areas,

...

as

...

well

...

as

...

in

...

Duffy-negative

...

populations,

...

is

...

essential

...

to

...

develop

...

integrated

...

control

...

strategies.<br/>

...


METHODS:

...

A

...

total

...

of

...

390

...

and

...

416

...

community

...

and

...

clinical

...

samples,

...

respectively,

...

representing

...

different

...

localities

...

and

...

age

...

groups

...

across

...

Ethiopia

...

were

...

examined.

...

Malaria

...

prevalence

...

was

...

estimated

...

using

...

nested

...

PCR

...

of

...

the

...

18S

...

rRNA

...

region.

...

Parasite

...

gene

...

copy

...

number

...

was

...

measured

...

by

...

quantitative

...

real-time

...

PCR

...

and

...

compared

...

between

...

symptomatic

...

and

...

asymptomatic

...

samples,

...

as

...

well

...

as

...

between

...

children/adolescents

...

and

...

adults

...

from

...

the

...

local

...

community.

...

An

...

approximately

...

500-bp

...

segment

...

of

...

the

...

human

...

DARC

...

gene

...

was

...

amplified

...

and

...

sequenced

...

to

...

identify

...

Duffy

...

genotype

...

at

...

the

...

-33rd

...

nucleotide

...

position

...

for

...

all

...

the

...

clinical

...

and

...

community

...

samples.<br/>

...


RESULTS:

...

Plasmodium

...

vivax

...

prevalence

...

was

...

higher

...

in

...

the

...

south

...

while

...

P.

...

falciparum

...

was

...

higher

...

in

...

the

...

north.

...

The

...

prevalence

...

of

...

P.

...

vivax

...

and

...

P.

...

falciparum

...

malaria

...

is

...

the

...

highest

...

in

...

children

...

compared

...

to

...

adolescents

...

and

...

adults.

...

Four

...

P.

...

vivax

...

infections

...

were

...

detected

...

among

...

the

...

Duffy-negative

...

samples.

...

Samples

...

from

...

asymptomatic

...

individuals

...

show

...

a

...

significantly

...

lower

...

parasite

...

gene

...

copy

...

number

...

than

...

those

...

from

...

symptomatic

...

infections

...

for

...

P.

...

vivax

...

and

...

P.

...

falciparum.<br/>

...


CONCLUSIONS:

...

Geographical

...

and

...

age

...

differences

...

influence

...

the

...

distribution

...

of

...

P.

...

vivax

...

and

...

P.

...

falciparum

...

malaria

...

in

...

Ethiopia.

...

These

...

findings

...

offer

...

evidence-based

...

guidelines

...

in

...

targeting

...

malaria

...

control

...

efforts

...

in

...

the

...

country.<br/>

...


</p><p>PMID:

...

25884875

...

PubMed

...

-

...

indexed

...

for

...

MEDLINE

...

</p>

...


]]></description>

...


<author>

...

Lo

...

E,

...

Yewhalaw

...

D,

...

Zhong

...

D,

...

Zemene

...

E,

...

Degefa

...

T,

...

Tushune

...

K,

...

Ha

...

M,

...

Lee

...

MC,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Yan

...

G</author>

...


<category>Malar

...

J</category>

...


<guid

...

isPermaLink="false">PubMed:25884875</guid>

...


</item>

...


<item>
<title>Maternal germline-specific

...

genes

...

in

...

the

...

Asian

...

malaria

...

mosquito

...

Anopheles

...

stephensi:

...

characterization

...

and

...

application

...

for

...

disease

...

control.</title>

...


<link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25480960?dopt=

...

Abstract</link>

...


<description>
<![CDATA[<table

...

border="0"

...

width="100%"><tr><td

...

align="left"><a

...

href="http://www.g3journal.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&

...

pmid=25480960"><img

...

src="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/corehtml/query/egifs/http:

...

-highwire.stanford.edu-icons-externalservices-pubmed-ggg.gif"

...

border="0"/></a>

...

<a

...

href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25480960/"><img

...

src="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/corehtml/query/egifs/https:

...

-www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov-corehtml-pmc-pmcgifs-pubmed-pmc.gif"

...

border="0"/></a>

...

</td><td

...

align="right"><a

...

href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&

...

cmd=Link&

...

LinkName=pubmed_pubmed&

...

from_uid=25480960">Related

...

Articles</a></td></tr></table>

...


<p><b>Maternal germline-specific

...

genes

...

in

...

the

...

Asian

...

malaria

...

mosquito

...

Anopheles

...

stephensi:

...

characterization

...

and

...

application

...

for

...

disease

...

control.</b></p>

...


<p>G3 (Bethesda).

...

2014

...

Dec

...

05;5(2):157-66</p>

...


<p>Authors:

...

Biedler

...

JK,

...

Qi

...

Y,

...

Pledger

...

D,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Tu

...

Z</p>

...


<p>Abstract<br/>

...


Anopheles stephensi is a principal vector of urban malaria on the Indian subcontinent and an emerging model for molecular and genetic studies of mosquito biology. To enhance our understanding of female mosquito reproduction, and to develop new tools for basic research and for genetic strategies to control mosquito-borne infectious diseases, we identified 79 genes that displayed previtellogenic germline-specific expression based on RNA-Seq data generated from 11 life stage-specific and sex-specific samples. Analysis of this gene set provided insights into the biology and evolution of female reproduction. Promoters from two of these candidates, vitellogenin receptor and nanos, were used in independent transgenic cassettes for the expression of artificial microRNAs against suspected mosquito maternal-effect genes, discontinuous actin hexagon and myd88. We show these promoters have early germline-specific expression and demonstrate 73% and 42% knockdown of myd88 and discontinuous actin hexagon mRNA in ovaries 48 hr after blood meal, respectively. Additionally, we demonstrate maternal-specific delivery of mRNA and protein to progeny embryos. We discuss the application of this system of maternal delivery of mRNA/miRNA/protein in research on mosquito reproduction and embryonic development, and for the development of a gene drive system based on maternal-effect dominant embryonic arrest. <br/>
</p><p>PMID: 25480960 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE</p>
]]></description>
<author> Biedler JK, Qi Y, Pledger D, James AA, Tu Z</author>
<category>G3 (Bethesda)</category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">PubMed:25480960</guid>

...


</item>

...


<item>
<title>Site-specific,

...

TALENs-mediated

...

transformation

...

of

...

Bombyx

...

mori.</title>
<link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25460511?dopt=

...

Abstract</link>

...


<description>
<![CDATA[<table

...

border="0"

...

width="100%"><tr><td

...

align="left"><a

...

href="https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0965-1748(14)00169-6"><img

...

src="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/corehtml/query/egifs/http:

...

-linkinghub.elsevier.com-ihub-images-PubMedLink.gif"

...

border="0"/></a>

...

<a

...

href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25460511/"><img

...

src="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/corehtml/query/egifs/https:

...

-www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov-corehtml-pmc-pmcgifs-pubmed-pmc-MS.gif"

...

border="0"/></a>

...

</td><td

...

align="right"><a

...

href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&

...

cmd=Link&

...

LinkName=pubmed_pubmed&

...

from_uid=25460511">Related

...

Articles</a></td></tr></table>

...


<p><b>Site-specific,

...

TALENs-mediated

...

transformation

...

of

...

Bombyx

...

mori.</b></p>

...


<p>Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2014 Dec;55:26-30</p>

...


<p>Authors:

...

Wang

...

Y,

...

Tan

...

A,

...

Xu

...

J,

...

Li

...

Z,

...

Zeng

...

B,

...

Ling

...

L,

...

You

...

L,

...

Chen

...

Y,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Huang

...

Y</p>

...


<p>Abstract<br/>

...


Transposon-based

...

genetic

...

transformation

...

has

...

facilitated

...

insect

...

functional

...

genomics

...

and

...

new

...

strategies

...

of

...

pest

...

management.

...

However,

...

there

...

is

...

a

...

need

...

for

...

alternative,

...

site-specific

...

approaches

...

to

...

overcome

...

limitations

...

of

...

random

...

integration

...

(and

...

associated

...

position-effects)

...

and

...

potential

...

instability

...

of

...

inserted

...

transgenes.

...

Here

...

we

...

describe

...

a

...

transposon-free,

...

site-specific

...

genetic

...

transformation

...

system

...

mediated

...

by

...

transcription

...

activator-like

...

effector

...

nucleases

...

(TALENs)

...

in

...

the

...

silkworm,

...

Bombyx

...

mori,

...

a

...

lepidopteran

...

model

...

insect.

...

We

...

successfully

...

established

...

a

...

site-specific

...

transgenic

...

system

...

with

...

comparable

...

transformation

...

efficiency

...

to

...

transposon-based

...

genetic

...

transformation

...

through

...

microinjection

...

of

...

TALENs

...

mRNA

...

targeting

...

the

...

BmBLOS2

...

locus

...

and

...

a

...

linearizable

...

donor

...

plasmid

...

encoding

...

an

...

expression

...

cassette

...

of

...

the

...

DsRed2

...

red

...

fluorescent

...

protein.

...

This

...

system

...

provides

...

a

...

valuable

...

approach

...

for

...

insect

...

transgenesis

...

and

...

will

...

enable

...

future

...

functional

...

gene

...

analysis

...

and

...

generate

...

novel

...

applications

...

in

...

agricultural

...

and

...

medical

...

insect

...

pest-management

...

technologies.

...

<br/>

...


</p><p>PMID:

...

25460511

...

PubMed

...

</p>

...


]]></description>

...


<author>

...

Wang

...

Y,

...

Tan

...

A,

...

Xu

...

J,

...

Li

...

Z,

...

Zeng

...

B,

...

Ling

...

L,

...

You

...

L,

...

Chen

...

Y,

...

James

...

AA,

...

Huang

...

Y</author>

...


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...

Biochem

...

Mol

...

Biol</category>

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