Characterization of novel β‐1,3‐glucan recognition proteins from a Tibetan Plateau ghost moth Thitarodes pui (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae)
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DOI: 10.1111/phen.12272
Abstract: β‐1,3‐glucan recognition proteins (βGRPs) function as pattern recognition receptors in the innate immune response against invading pathogens. In the present study, we obtain full‐length cDNA clones for two novel putative βGRPs: TpβGRPc and TpβGRPd from… read more here.
Keywords: grps; recognition proteins; recognition; glucan recognition ... See more keywords
Plant quercetin degradation by gut bacterium Raoultella terrigena of ghost moth Thitarodes xiaojinensis
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1079550
Abstract: Associated microbes of several herbivorous insects can improve insect fitness. However, the contribution of specific insect gut bacterium to plant toxin toxification for its host fitness remains scarce. Here, a gut bacterium Raoultella terrigena from… read more here.
Keywords: ghost moth; gut bacterium; bacterium; terrigena ... See more keywords