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Full-Text Articles in Biochemistry
The Potential For Dickeya Dianthicola To Be Vectored By Two Common Insect Pests Of Potatoes, Jonas K. Insinga
The Potential For Dickeya Dianthicola To Be Vectored By Two Common Insect Pests Of Potatoes, Jonas K. Insinga
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Dickeya dianthicola (Samson) causing blackleg and soft rot was first detected in potatoes grown in Maine in 2014. Previous work has suggested that insects, particularly aphids, may be able to vector bacteria in this genus between plants, but no conclusive work has been done to confirm this theory. In order to determine whether insect-mediated transmission is likely to occur in potato fields, two model potato pests common in Maine were used: the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decimlineata Say) and the green peach aphids (Myzus persicae Sulzer). Olfactometry and recruitment experiments evaluated if either insect discriminates between infected and …
Dynamic Regulation Of G-Protein Signaling, William C. Simke
Dynamic Regulation Of G-Protein Signaling, William C. Simke
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are involved in numerous signaling processes ranging from neuronal growth to immune cells tracking invaders. GPCR signaling plays a role in many human diseases and thus GPCRs are important drug targets. Yeast respond to mating pheromone using a GPCR signaling system homologous to those used in humans to polarize their cytoskeleton toward the pheromone source. This is accomplished by initializing a MAPK signaling cascade to arrest the cells in mitosis and upregulate expression of chemotropic proteins. Pathway desensitization is accomplished by the Regulator of G-protein Signaling (RGS). RGS abrogates signaling by binding to the active GPCR, …
Cellular And Molecular Mechanisms Of Mapk Signaling During Jc Polyomavirus Infection, Jeanne Dushane
Cellular And Molecular Mechanisms Of Mapk Signaling During Jc Polyomavirus Infection, Jeanne Dushane
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As obligate intracellular parasites, viruses must infect a host-cell and requisition cellular machinery for viral replication. JC polyomavirus (JCPyV) is a ubiquitous human pathogen that can cause a lytic infection in glial cells of the central nervous system in immunocompromised individuals. In order to initiate infection however, the virus must alter prototypical cellular processes that promote cellular homeostasis. The main driver of these processes are signaling pathways, the means by which the cell interacts and responds to the extracellular environment. Many signaling cascades are responsible for promoting growth, responding to pathogens, initiating differentiation, or inducing cell death. Through the works …