2022
Metabolic interactions between disease-transmitting vectors and their microbiota
Song X, Zhong Z, Gao L, Weiss BL, Wang J. Metabolic interactions between disease-transmitting vectors and their microbiota. Trends In Parasitology 2022, 38: 697-708. PMID: 35643853, DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease-transmitting vectorsSymbiotic microbesPathogen defenseHost biologyHematophagous arthropodsBacterial metabolic activitySand fliesArthropod vectorsImportant vectorAnimals/humansMetabolic interactionsEndogenous microbiotaTsetse fliesFliesRecent discoveryVector-borne diseasesBiologyMetabolic activityMosquitoesMicrobiotaDifferent arthropod vectorsArthropodsMicrobesOrganismsTicks
2002
Identification and characterization of genes differentially expressed in the testis/vas deferens of the fed male tick, Amblyomma hebraeum
Weiss BL, Stepczynski JM, Wong P, Kaufman WR. Identification and characterization of genes differentially expressed in the testis/vas deferens of the fed male tick, Amblyomma hebraeum. Insect Biochemistry And Molecular Biology 2002, 32: 785-793. PMID: 12044495, DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(01)00161-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTestis/vas deferensMature male gonadsCharacterization of genesNorthern blot analysisSequence similarityCDNA libraryMale developmentGonad maturationGenomic DNAMale gonadsMolecular phenotypesMRNA transcriptsGenesBlot analysisTissues of fedUnfed malesClonesUnfed animalsFed ticksPhysiological changesAmblyomma hebraeumVas deferensTicksHomologyAcylphosphatase