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Open AccessTime-course transcriptome data of silk glands in day 0–7 last-instar larvae of Bombyx mori (w1 pnd strain)
Time-course transcriptome expression data were constructed for four parts of the silk gland (anterior, middle, and posterior parts of the middle silk gland, along with the posterior silk gland) in the domestic...
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Open AccessEvolutionary origin and distribution of amino acid mutations associated with resistance to sodium channel modulators in onion thrips, Thrips tabaci
In onion thrips Thrips tabaci, reduced sensitivity of the sodium channel caused by several sodium channel mutations have been correlated with pyrethroid resistance. For this study, using mitochondrial cytochrome
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Open AccessA male-killing gene encoded by a symbiotic virus of Drosophila
In most eukaryotes, biparentally inherited nuclear genomes and maternally inherited cytoplasmic genomes have different evolutionary interests. Strongly female-biased sex ratios that are repeatedly observed in ...
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Multiplex PCR-based molecular diagnostic method to detect cyantraniliprole-resistant I4790K mutation in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)
The diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) is one of the most destructive insect pests worldwide which has developed resistance to many insecticides. Previously, a point mutation (I4...
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Correction to: Development of allele-specific loop-mediated isothermal amplification (AS-LAMP) to detect the tebufenozide-resistant allele in the smaller tea tortrix, Adoxophyes honmai (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
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Development of allele-specific loop-mediated isothermal amplification (AS-LAMP) to detect the tebufenozide-resistant allele in the smaller tea tortrix, Adoxophyes honmai (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
The smaller tea tortrix, Adoxophyes honmai Yasuda (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is one of the most common pests that affect the tea plant, Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze. Diacylhydrazine-analog insect growth regu...
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Open AccessDiversity and function of multicopper oxidase genes in the stinkbug Plautia stali
Multicopper oxidase (MCO) genes comprise multigene families in bacteria, fungi, plants and animals. Two families of MCO genes, MCO1 (laccase1) and MCO2 (laccase2), are conserved among diverse insects and relat...
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BAC selection of the large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) containing orthologs of the silkworm, Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae)
We constructed a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library from the large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae (L.) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), which composed of 15,360 clones with an average insert size of 103 kb....
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Open AccessTebufenozide resistance in the smaller tea tortrix, Adoxophyes honmai (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): establishment of a molecular diagnostic method based on EcR mutation and its application for field-monitoring
The smaller tea tortrix, Adoxophyes honmai Yasuda (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is one of the main insect pests of tea, Camellia sinensis Kuntz, in Japan. Recently, A. honmai has developed a high resistance to diac...
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Open AccessA study of the extraordinarily strong and tough silk produced by bagworms
Global ecological damage has heightened the demand for silk as ‘a structural material made from sustainable resources’. Scientists have earnestly searched for stronger and tougher silks. Bagworm silk might be ...
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Open AccessGenome-wide Identification of Tebufenozide Resistant Genes in the smaller tea tortrix, Adoxophyes honmai (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
The smaller tea tortrix, Adoxophyes honmai, has developed strong resistance to tebufenozide, a diacylhydrazine-type (DAH) insecticide. Here, we investigated its mechanism by identifying genes responsible for the ...
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Open AccessGenomic adaptation to polyphagy and insecticides in a major East Asian noctuid pest
The tobacco cutworm, Spodoptera litura, is among the most widespread and destructive agricultural pests, feeding on over 100 crops throughout tropical and subtropical Asia. By genome sequencing, physical map** ...
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Functional characterization of the corazonin-encoding gene in phase polyphenism of the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
Locusts exhibit phase polyphenism in which phase transition between the solitarious (isolation-reared) and gregarious (crowd-reared) phenotypes occurs in response to crowding conditions. Phase transformation f...
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Open AccessKONAGAbase: a genomic and transcriptomic database for the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella
The diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella, is one of the most harmful insect pests for crucifer crops worldwide. DBM has rapidly evolved high resistance to most conventional insecticides such as pyrethroids...
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Erratum: The Systems Biology Graphical Notation
Nat. Biotechnol. 27 735–741 (2009); published online 7 August 2009; corrected after print 11 August 2009 In the version of this article initially published, the wrong versions of Figures 1, 2 and 3 were used. ...
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The Systems Biology Graphical Notation
A group of scientists in the systems biology community propose visual conventions for drawing biological diagrams.
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CellDesigner: A Graphical Biological Network Editor and Workbench Interfacing Simulator
Understanding the logic and dynamics of gene-regulatory and biochemical networks is a major challenge of systems biology. To facilitate this research topic, we have developed CellDesigner, a modeling tool of g...
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SBML Models and MathSBML
MathSBML is an open-source, freely downloadable Mathematica package that facilitates working with Systems Biology Markup Language (SBML) models. SBML is a tool-neutral, computer-readable format for representing m...
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Folded Fat H-Tree: An Interconnection Topology for Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor Array
Fat H-Tree is a novel on-chip network topology for a dynamic reconfigurable processor array. It includes both fat tree and torus structure, and suitable to map tasks in a stream processing. For on-chip impleme...
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A Dynamically Adaptive Switching Fabric on a Multicontext Reconfigurable Device
A framework of dynamically adaptive hardware mechanism on multicontext reconfigurable devices is proposed, and as an example, an adaptive switching fabric is implemented on NEC’s novel reconfigurable device DR...
