The Eighth International Workshop on

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS OF THE LEPIDOPTERA

     
     
 

August 23-29, 2009

Orthodox Academy of Crete
Kolympari, Crete, Greece

Workshop Programm

 
     
 

The Timetable-at-a-Glance



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* Lunchbag and departure at 13:15; dinner at the excursion site.

Session Topics - Coordinators and Oral Presentations
Session 1: Whole Genome Sequencing, EST and Linkage Mapping Projects
(D. Heckel, K. Mita, J. Marcus)
10 talks
Session 2: Comparative Genomics, Evolution and Phylogeny
(K. Gordon, M. Goldsmith, F. Sperling)
6 talks
Session 3: Gene families and transcriptomics
(K. Hiruma, L. Swevers)
5 talks
Session 4: Development and Differentiation
(R. Lecanidou, J. Nagaraju, F. Marec)
10 talks
Session 5:

Endocrinology and hormonal control of development
(R. Hormann, R. Palli, G. Smagghe)

9 talks
Session 6: Biochemistry – protein structure-function relationships
(S. Hamodrakas, R. Hill)
5 talks
Session 7: Immunity
(M. Yamakawa, S. Herrero, O. Terenius)
7 talks
Session 8: Neurobiology and behavior
(R. Vogt, H. Vogel)
5 talks
Session 9: Functional Genomics and post-genomic tools and applications
(M. Bergoin, K. Iatrou)
6 talks
Detailed Workshop Program
  Sunday, August 23, 2009  
12:00-18:00 Registration and room assignment  
18:00-20:30

Welcome reception and dinner

 
  Monday August 24, 2009  
07:00 Breakfast  
08:15 Introductory remarks by organizers and welcome by Dr. Konstantinos S. KENANIDIS, Director General of the OAC
 
08:30-13:00 Session 1: Whole genome sequencing, EST and linkage mapping projects
(Session Coordinators: D. Heckel, K. Mita, J. Marcus)
Top
08:30 1.1 The genome of a lepidopteran model insect, the silkworm Bombyx mori
Q. Xia and Kazuei MITA
 
09:00 1.2 Sequencing the genome of the major pest, the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera: a model for the evolution of complex ecological traits
Karl GORDON, J. Oakeshott, P. Batterham, S. Richards, R. Gibb, J. Miller, T. Tay, P. East, O. Edwards, R. Good, C. Robin, D. Heckel, H. Vogel, R. Feyereisen, E. D’Alencon, H. Sezutsu, F. Legeai, H. Quesneville, C. Gagneur, S. Gimenez, A.-N. Volkoff, P. Fournier, A. Brun-Barale, S. Suraporn, M. Shimomura, K. Mita, S. Scherer, C. Qu, K. Worley
 
09:30 1.3 Synteny conservation and genome rearrangements between the silkworm Bombyx mori and the noctuid pests Helicoverpa armigera and Spodoptera frugiperda
Emmanuelle d’ALENÇON, H. Sezutsu, F. Legeai, E. Permal, S. Bernard-Samain, S. Gimenez, C. Gagneur, F. Cousserans, M. Shimomura, A. Brun-Barale, T. Flûtre, A. Couloux, K. Gordon, K. Mita, H. Quesneville, P. Fournier and R. Feyereisen
 
10:00 1.4 Lepido-DB, a new bioinformatic resource for the annotation and cross-comparisons of lepidopteran genomes
Fabrice LEGEAI, E. d'Alençon, F. Cousserans, H. Sezutsu, E. Permal, K. Gordon, H. Quesneville, R. Feyereisen and P. Fournier
 
10:30-11:00 Coffee break  
11:00 1.5 Syntheny and Chromosome Evolution in the Lepidoptera. Interspecies Cross Mapping between Papilio polytes and P. alphenor
M. Obara, M. Furukawa, T. Murayama and Hiroshi HORI

 
11:30 1.6 Relative utility of DNA markers for delimiting Lepidoptera species, with particular reference to spruce budworms (Choristoneura fumiferana complex)
Felix A.H. SPERLING, L.M. Lumley
 
12:00 1.7 The feature of Cecropia-ITR-MLE in BmTNML locus of B. mandarina distribute in Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan
Y. Kawanishi, Y. Kamauchi, Y. Banno, S.K. Nho, Y-F. Hsu, K. Ueda, M. Yago, K. Odagiri, H. Maekawa, Yumiko NAKAJIMA
 
12:30 1.8 Tracking Sex Chromosome Evolution In Lepidoptera
Frantisek MAREC, M. Vitkova, M. Dalikova, J. Sichova, M. Sykorova, P. Nguyen, K. Sahara, W. Traut
 
13:00-13:15 Minute-long poster previews – Posters #1-14
13:30 Lunch
 
16:30-18:00 Poster Session 1 (with continuous coffee and tidbits)  
18:00-19:00 Session 1 (cont): Whole genome sequencing, EST and linkage mapping projects  
18:00 1.9 Linkage map of the peppered moth, Biston betularia (Geometridae), including localization of the carbonaria morph switch and melanisation pathway genes
A. van’t Hof, N. Edmonds, F. Marec & Ilik SACCHERI
 
18:30 1.10 Establishment of the segregation models for Bt toxins and the linkage analysis of resistant genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori
Osamu NINAGI, T. Takiguchi, M. Awaji, T. Yokoyama, T. Shimada, K. Yamamoto, and K. Miyamoto

 
19:00-20:45

Session 2: Comparative genomics, evolution and phylogeny
(Session Coordinators: K. Gordon, M. Goldsmith, F. Sperling)

Top
19:00 2.1 Genes underlying aposematic colour patterns in Heliconius butterflies
Simon W. BAXTER, C. Salazar, L. Maroja and C.D. Jiggins
 
19:30-19:45 Break  
19:45 2.2 Molecular evolution of a mimicry supergene by chromosomal rearrangements in Heliconius butterflies
Matthieu JORON, L. Ferguson, N. Chamberlain, C. Jiggins, R. H. ffrench-Constant
 
20:15 2.3 Phylogenomic approaches to color pattern evolution and development
Jeffrey M. MARCUS
 
21:00 Dinner  
  Tuesday August 25, 2009  
07:00 Breakfast  
08:30-10:00 Session 2 (cont.): Comparative genomics, evolution and phylogeny  
08:30 2.4 Comparative sequence signatures, host plant shifts and birth-death dynamics of a coevolutionary key innovation in a plant-insect interaction
Heiko VOGEL, H.M. Heidel-Fischer, D.G. Heckel, and C.W. Wheat
 
09:00 2.5 Enzymatic adaptation of mulberry specialists to toxic sugar-mimic alkaloids in mulberry latex
Takaaki DAIMON, Y. Meng, T. Yoshinaga, S. Katsuma, and T. Shimada
 
09:30 2.6 Genome-wide Annotation and Evolution of Insect Neuropeptide GPCRs and Their Ligands
Cornelis J. P. GRIMMELIKHUIJZEN, E. Stafflinger, K.K. Hansen, M. Schneider, G. Cazzamali, M. Williamson, F. Hauser.
 
10:00-13:00

Session 3: Gene families and transcriptomics
(Coordinators: K. Hiruma, L. Swevers)

Top
10:00 3.1 Manduca midgut transcriptomics
Yannick PAUCHET, A. Papanicolaou, H. Vogel, D.G. Heckel, R.H. ffrench-Constant
 
10:30 3.2 Gastric and pancreatic lipases in the larval midgut of Epiphyas postvittana (Tortricidae): their roles in lipid digestion based on phylogenetic and gene expression studies.
John T. CHRISTELLER, N.P. Markwick, J. Poulton

 
11:00-11:30 Coffee break and group picture taking  
11:30 3.3 Analysis of gene expression patterns in Lymantria spp. larvae feeding on different food sources – a cDNA-AFLP approach
Kirsten EVERTZ, H. Vogel, D.G. Heckel, A. Reineke
 
12:00 3.4 The Caspase gene family
Juliette COURTIADE, Y. Pauchet, H. Vogel and D.G. Heckel
 
12:30 3.5 Development of a microarray platform for studying ecdysone-controlled gene expression in the spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana)
Daniel DOUCET, D. Zhang, S. Bowman, T. Ladd and P.J. Krell
 
13:00-13:15 Minute-long poster previews – Posters #15-28
13:30 Lunch  
16:30-18:00 Poster Session 2 (with continuous coffee and tidbits)
 
18:00-21:00 Session 4: Development and Differentiation
(Session Coordinators: R. Lecanidou, J. Nagaraju, F. Marec)
Top
18:00 4.1 Lifespan differences among the strains of the silkworm
Satoshi MURAKAMI, T. Iwamatsu, Y. Kitazawa, M. Katada, W. Hara, H. Kojima, K. Takahashi, T. Yokoyama, O. Ninagi
 
18:30 4.2 Transcriptional activity of the W chromosome
Walther TRAUT, F. Marec and K. Sahara
 
19:00 4.3 Two functional Doublesex proteins are produced in the female silkmoths and are essential for sexual differentiation
J. N. Shukla and Javaregowda NAGARAJU
 
20:00 4.4 wnt1 plays a crucial role in the spot marking formation on larval segment of Lepidoptera
Junichi YAMAGUCHI, K. Yamamoto, J. Narukawa, Y. Banno, K. Mita, and H. Fujiwara
 
20:30 4.5 Proneural genes and the regulation of olfactory sensilla phenotypes
Richard VOGT and R. Campbell
 
21:15 Dinner  
  Wednesday August 26, 2009
 
07:00 Breakfast  
08:30-11:00 Session 4 (cont.): Development and Differentiation Top
08:30 4.6 Cloning and Characterization of a Gasp Homolog From the Spruce Budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana, and Its Putative Role in Cuticle Formation
A. Nisole, D. Stewart, S. Bowman, D. Zhang, D. Doucet, Michel CUSSON
 

09:00
4.7 The three musketeers and the control of Bombyx mori chorion gene expression
A. Papantonis, S. Tsatsarounos and R. LECANIDOU
 
09:30 4.8 Expression of Hsp genes in response to diapause and thermal stress in Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Anna Kourti, T. Gkouvitsas and D. KONTOGIANNATOS
 
10:00 4.9 Carotenoid Cocoon Coloration is Controlled by a Combination of a CD36/SR-BI-related Transmembrane Receptor and a Cytosolic START Lipid-binding Protein in the Silkworm Bombyx mori
Takashi SAKUDOH, T. Iizuka, J. Narukawa, H. Sezutsu, S. Kuwazaki, Y. Banno, N. Takada, H. Fujimoto, K. Kadono-Okuda, K. Mita, T. Tamura, K. Yamamoto, K. Tsuchida

 
10:30 4.10 Acetylcholinesterase genes in the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia; Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Shiqi LUO, C. Shu, R.J. Wang, C.R. Xu
 
11:00-11:30 Coffee break  
11:30-13:00 Session 5: Endocrinology and hormonal control of development
(Session Coordinators: R. Hormann, R. Palli, G. Smagghe)
Top
11:30 5.1 Relationship between Halloween gene expression and ecdysteroids biosynthesis in cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis
Masatoshi IGA and G. Smagghe
 
12:00 5.2 The potential roles of the Receptor for Activated C Kinase 1 in spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana
Guoxing QUAN, D. Doucet, T. ladd, P.J. Krell and B.M. Arif
 
12:30 5.3 Regulation of juvenile hormone biosynthesis by 20-hydroxyecdysone and peptide hormones
Kiyoshi HIRUMA, Y. Kaneko, T. Kinjoh, and M. Kiuchi
 
13:30 Lunch box and bus boarding for excursion (dinner on site)
 
21:00 Return to the Academy  
  Thursday August 27, 2009
 
07:00 Breakfast  
08:30-12:00 Session 5 (cont.): Endocrinology and hormonal control of development

 
08:30 5.4 Differential action of juvenile hormone analog methoprene in moths and mosquitoes
Subba R. PALLI, R. Parthasarathy and H. Bai
 
09:00 5.5 Molecular characterization of juvenile hormone network genes in the silkmoth, Bombyx mori
Tetsuro SHINODA, T. Kayukawa, C. Minakuchi#, T. Togawa, Y. Shimizu, M. Yoshiyama, M. Murata, I. Kobayashi, T. Tamura, and K. Mita
 
09:30 5.6 Effects of juvenile hormone analogue, fenoxycarb, on remodeling of Bombyx mori midgut during larval-pupal metamorphosis
Ebru GONCU, O. Parlak
 
10:00 5.7 Characterization and Functional Analysis of Juvenile Hormone Esterase-Related Genes in Silkworm, Bombyx mori
Takuya TSUBOTA, M. Shimomura, T. Ogura, A. Seino, T. Nakakura, K. Mita, T. Shinoda, T. Shiotsuki
 
10:30-11:00 Coffee break  
11:00 5.8 RNA interference as a tool to analyze effects of allatotropins and allatostatins in the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda
Klaus H. HOFFMANN, M. Griebler, M. Meyering-Vos
 
11:30 5.9 Physiological consequences of ETH-receptor expression in Bombyx mori
Dušan ŽITŇAN, I. Daubnerová, L. Roller and M.E. Adams
 

12:00-13:00
Session 6: Biochemistry – protein structure-function relationships
(Session Coordinators: S. Hamodrakas, R. Hill)
Top
12:00 6.1 The silkworm mutant lemon (lemon lethal) is a potential insect model for human Sepiapterin reductase deficiency
Yan MENG, S. Katsuma, T. Daimon, Y. Banno, K. Uchino, H. Sezutsu, T. Tamura, K. Mita, and T. Shimada
 
12:30 6.2 Recent Insights into the Structure of the Mamestra configurata Type I Peritrophic Matrix
Dwayne D. HEGEDUS, M.A. Erlandson, U. Toprak, C. Gillott and S. Karcz
 
13:15 Lunch  
16:30-18:00 Outbreak Session on “Lepidoptera and miRNAs”
(coordinated by K. Gordon)
(with continuous coffee and tidbits)
 

18:00-19:30
Session 6 (cont.): Biochemistry – protein structure-function relationships Top
18:00 6.3 The PK/PBAN family of insect neuropeptides: progress toward the design of novel insect control agents
M. ALTSTEIN, M. Davidovitch, O. Ben-Aziz and A. Hariton
 
18:30 6.4 Ecdysone Receptor Function and Structure
Graham LD, Hannan GN, Pawlak A, Noyce L, Tohidi-Esfahani D, Pollard M, Howell L, Fernley R, Lovrecz G, Lu L, Phan T, Carmichael J, Pilling P, Johnson WM, Bliese M, Turner K, Streltsov V, Peat T, O’Meara T, Winkler D, Lawrence MC and Ronald J HILL
 
19:00 6.5 Silkmoth Chorion Proteins: A Protective Role For Amyloid
V.A. Iconomidou and Stavros J. HAMODRAKAS
 
19:30-19:45 Break  
19:45-21:15 Session 7: Immunity
(Session Coordinators: M. Yamakawa, S. Herrero, O. Terenius)
Top
19:45 7.1 Spodoptera frugiperda X-Tox protein, an immune related defensin rosary, has lost the function of ancestral defensins
D. Destoumieux-Garzón, M. Brehelin, P. Bulet, Y. Boublik, P.-A. Girard, S. Baghdiguian, R. Zumbihl, Jean-Michel ESCOUBAS
 
20:15 7.2 Recent studies on immune-related hemolymph protein Scolexin, described as a serine proteinase homolog, in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta
Fırat GÖKÇEN, Tina Trenczek
 
20:45 7.3 The role of Ankyrin-repeat proteins of the polydnavirus CcBV on lepidopteran immunity signaling pathways.
Christiana MAGKRIOTI, K. Iatrou and V. Labropoulou
 
21:30 Dinner  
  Friday August 28, 2009

 
07:00 Breakfast  
08:30-10:30 Session 7 (cont.): Immunity Top
08:30 7.4 Endocytotic capabilities of Manduca sexta hemocytes
Anke MUELLER, T. Trenczek
 
09:00 7.5 Superfamily-dependency of Hemolin involvement in viral defence
Olle TERENIUS, H.J.R. Popham, M.H. Beck, M. Strand and K.S. Shelby
 
09:30 7.6 Danger signals in lepidopteran innate immunity
Andreas VILCINSKAS and B. Altincicek
 
10:00 7.7 Dietary-dependent trans-generational priming of immunity in an insect herbivore, Trichoplusia ni
Dalial FREITAK, D.G. Heckel, H. Vogel, A. Vilcinskas
 
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
 
11:00-13:00 Session 8: Neurobiology and behavior
(Session Coordinators: R. Vogt, H. Vogel)
Top
11:00 8.1 Olfactory receptors of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta
Ewald GROSSE-WILDE, R. Stieber, B.S. Hannson and D. Wicher
 
11:30 8.2 An Expressed Sequence Tag collection from the male antennae of the Noctuid moth Spodoptera littoralis: a resource for olfactory and pheromone detection research
S. Malpel, F. Legeai, F. Cousseran, C. Merlin, M.-C. François, C. Monsempes, M. Maïbèche-Coisné, F. Gavory, P. Wincker, Emmanuelle JACQUIN-JOLY
 
12:00 8.3 Molecular elements of pheromone reception in moths
Jürgen KRIEGER, M. Forstner, E. Grosse-Wilde, T. Gohl, E. Bouché, I. Gondesen, H. Breer
 
12:30 8.4 Genetic analysis of the sex pheromone communication system in Ostrinia nubilalis
A. Groot, S. Olssen, Z. Karpati, T. Dekker, J.-M. Lassance, C. Löfstedt, B. Hansson, and David G. HECKEL
 
13:00 8.5 Host plant products enhance the responses of the codling moth and other fruit crop tortricids to their sex pheromone
Patrick M. GUERIN, D. Schmera, D. Schmidt-Büsser, M. von Arx and P. G. Becher
 
13:45 Lunch  
16:30-17:30 Outbreak Session on "Lep genome annotation and bioinformatics solutions"
(coordinated by M. Goldsmith, Alexie Papanicolaou and Fabrice Legeai)

(with continuous coffee and tidbits)
 
17:30-20:30 Session 9: Functional Genomics - post-genomic tools and applications
(Session Coordinators: M. Bergoin, K. Iatrou)
Top
17:30 9.1 Construction of enhancer trap system and Bombyx Trap DataBase for the analysis of gene function in silkworm Bombyx mori
Hideki SEZUTSU, K. Uchino, T. Daimon, J. Sato, M. Shimomura, H. Minami, Y. Miyashita, C. Sato, I. Kobayashi, K.-I. Tatematsu, T. Iizuka, N. Yonemura, T. Shimada, K. Mita, T. Tamura
 
18:00 9.2 Construction of a binary gene expression system for the production of recombinant protein in the middle silk gland of the silkworm Bombyx mori
Ken-ichiro TATEMATSU, I. Kobayashi, K. Uchino, H. Sezutsu, T. Iizuka, N. Yonemura, T. Tamura
 
18:30 9.3 Baculovirus engineering for development of safer gene therapy vectors and improved protein expression in mammalian cells
Luc SWEVERS, R. Efrose, K. Iatrou
 
18:30-19:00 Break  
19:00

9.4 Baculoviruses associated with Mamestra configurata (Bertha Armyworm): Role of viral enhancing factor (VEF) in the infection process
Martin A. ERLANDSON, M. Links, S. Ethier, U. Toprak, D.D. Hegedus, D.A Theilmann

 
19:30 9.5 Improving Baculovirus by Host Gene Manipulation
A. Jakubowska, S. Caccia, K. Gordon, J. Ferre, Salvador HERRERO
 
20:00

9.6 Isolation and unique post-translational modification of a novel antiviral protein against nucleopolyhedrovirus in the silkworm, Bombyx mori 
Jun ISHIBASHI, A. Sagisaka, T. Sunagawa, E. Kotani, H. Tanaka, H. Mori, M. Yamakawa

 
21:30 Dinner and Cretan Night – Farewell Reception  
  Saturday August 29, 2009  
08:00 Breakfast  
09:30-11:00 Closing remarks and planning of the next Workshop (K. Iatrou and K. Gordon) Top
12:00 Lunch and Departures  
 
Poster Session 1
Top
#1

On The Z-chromosome Synteny In Lepidoptera.
P. NGUYEN, M. Dalikova, M. Vitkova, Y. Naito, J. Sichova, L. G. Neven, K. Sahara,, F. Marec

 
#2

BAC Clones As A Tool For The Study Of The Codling Moth Sex Chromosomes.
M. DALIKOVA, M. Vitkova, L. G. Neven, P. Nguyen, J. Sichova, I. Fukova, F. Marec,

 
#3

Mapping resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ab in Bombyx mori
Stanley Lan, and Marian R. GOLDSMITH

 
#4

Laser Microdissection Of Codling Moth Z Chromosome For Zoo-FISH And Sequence Library.
J. SICHOVA, M. Vitkova, F. Marec

 
#5

Isolation Of Novel Repetitive Sequences In Two Moths and a Butterfly By Means of PCR with TRAS Primers.
M. VITKOVA

 
#6

Pheromone variability and evolution in the butterfly genus Bicyclus, and implication in its diversification
P. BACQUET, O. Brattström, P. M. Brakefield, C. Löfstedt, H.-L. Wang, A. Vanderpoorten, C. M. Nieberding

 
#7

Evaluation of the specificity and efficiency of ecdysone agonists in Bombyx mori and Spodoptera littoralis by in vitro reporter assays and in vivo toxicity assays.
Thomas Soin, Ellen De Geyter, Hadi Mosallanejad, Masatoshi Iga, David Martín, Georgia Kotzia, Rodica Efrose, Vassiliki Labropoulou, Kostas Iatrou, Shunsuke Ozaki, Shigeki Kitsuda, Toshiyuki Harada, Yoshiaki Nakagawa, Danny Geelen, Guy Smagghe, and Luc SWEVERS

 
#8

Molecular genetics of host adaptation and ecological speciation
P. ROESSINGH, J.A.J. Breeuwer, B. Voetdijk, and S.B.J. Menken

 
#9

Receptors and transcription factors controlling secretory activity of Inka cells.
Ivana DAUBNEROVA,  Zuzana Remperová, and Dušan Žitňan

 
#10

Neurogenesis during post-embryonal development of the cotton leaf worm, Spodoptera littoralis.
M. A. POLANSKA, A. Calek, J. Kotwica, P. Bebas

 
#11

Localization of PER protein during spermatogenesis and development of the male reproductive system of the cotton leafworm (Spodoptera littoralis).
J. KOTWICA, M. A. Polanska, J. Kwietniowska, P. Bebas

 
#12

Implication of the clock-gene period in the rhythm of H+-ATPase subunits expression in vas deferens of the cotton leaf worm, Spodoptera littoralis.
J. Kotwica, E. Joachimiak, M. A. Polanska, P. BEBAS

 
#13

Developmental and hormonal regulation of Krüppel homolog 1 in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.
Takumi KAYUKAWA, Chieka, Minakuchi, Daisuke Muramatsu, Toshiki Namiki, Makoto Kiuchi, Kiyoshi Hiruma, Tetsuro Shinoda

 
#14

Morphological evolution of antennal structure in Lepidoptera.
T. ANDO, T. Kojima, H. Fujiwara

 
Poster Session 2
Top
#15

Toward the functional characterization of mosquito smell components in lepidopteran tissue culture cells.
Panagiota TSITOURA, Konstantinos Koussis, Luc Swevers, and Kostas Iatrou

 
#16

Baculovirus engineering: A viral RNA polymerase deficient virus.
K. IOANNIDIS, L. Swevers, K. Iatrou

 
#17

Generation and characterization of BmNPV-based piggyBac baculoviruses for efficient and stable gene transduction in mammalian HEK293 cell line.
R. EFROSE, L. Swevers, K. Iatrou

 
#18

Evaluation of uptake of dsRNA in cell cultures of the insect midgut.
Hanneke Huvenne, Masatoshi Iga, and Guy SMAGGHE

 
#19

Microarray-based gene expression profiles in stage-specific larval body markings of the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus .
R. FUTAHASHI, H. Fujiwara

 
#20

The expression levels of the housekeeping genes in various silkworm, Bombyx mori, strains.
T. IWAMATSU, S. Murakami, H. Kojima, Y. Kitazawa, H. Fujimori, M. Katada, T. Yokoyama, O. Ninagi

 
#21

docPHRP and RARA, two novel family genes induced in response to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins in different Lepidoptera species.
Gloria NVARRO-CERRILLO, Manuela Barneo-Muñoz, Juan Ferré, Karl Gordon, and Salvador, Herrero

 
#22

Cloning, sequencing and classification of midgut aminopeptidases from Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner).
Maria Cristina CRAVA, Yolanda Bel, Siu Fai, Lee, David G. Heckel, Baltasar, Escriche

 
#23

A genome-wide analysis of genes and gene families involved in innate immunity of Bombyx mori.
H. Tanaka, J. Ishibashi, K. Fujita, Y. Nakajima, A. Sagisaka, K. Tomimoto, N. Suzuki, M. Yoshiyama, Y. Kaneko, T. Iwasaki, T. Sunagawa, K. Yamaji, A. Asaoka, K. Mita, M. YAMAKAWA

 
#24

Herbivory by Spodoptera littoralis is a trigger for NICTABA lectin in tobacco leaves.
G. Vandenborre, O. Miersch, B. Hause, E. J. M. Van Damme, C. Wasternack and G. SMAGGHE

 
#25

The midgut transcriptional response underlying the capability of H. armigera larvae to feed on plant organs of different hosts.
Maria de la Paz CELORIO-MANCERA, Heiko Vogel, and David G. Heckel

 
#26

acj6 mutants of the silkworm Bombyx mori cannot discriminate mulberry from beet leaves.
T. FUJII, T. Fujii, H. Abe, A. Ohnuma, S. Katsuma, T. Shimada

 
#27
Deciphering the relationship between gene order and multiple wing patterns in Heliconius numata.
L. FREZAL, M. Joron
 
#28

The Glanville fritillary butterfly - genetics and genomics
Rainer LEHTONEN, Lars Paulin, Patrik Koskinen, Virpi Ahola, Jouni Kvist, Eva Task, Liisa Holm, Mikko Frilander, Petri Auvinen, Ilkka Hanski

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