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Keisuke Nagamine
Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary
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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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Open AccessA new antimicrobial peptide, Pentatomicin, from the stinkbug Plautia stali
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) play crucial roles in the innate immunity of diverse organisms, which exhibit remarkable diversity in size, structural property and antimicrobial spectrum. Here, we describe a new...
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Open AccessIdentification of a juvenile-hormone signaling inhibitor via high-throughput screening of a chemical library
Insecticide resistance has recently become a serious problem in the agricultural field. Development of insecticides with new mechanisms of action is essential to overcome this limitation. Juvenile hormone (JH)...
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Open AccessCloning, phylogeny, and expression analysis of the Broad-Complex gene in the longicorn beetle Psacothea hilaris
Seven isoforms of Broad-Complex (PhBR-C), in which the sequence of the zinc finger domain differed (referred to as Z1, Z2, Z3, Z2/Z3, Z4, Z5/Z6, and Z6, respectively), were cloned from the yellow-spotted longicor...
