Browsing by Author "Lu, Zhiqiang"

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    • Comparative genomic analysis of the Tribolium immune system 

      Zou, Zhen; Evans, Jay D.; Lu, Zhiqiang; Zhao, Picheng; Williams, Michael; Sumathipala, Niranji; Hetru, Charles; Hultmark, Dan; Jiang, Haobo (BioMed Central, 2007-08-29)
      Background: Tribolium castaneum is a species of Coleoptera, the largest and most diverse order of all eukaryotes. Components of the innate immune system are hardly known in this insect, which is in a key phylogenetic ...

    • Initiation and regulation of prophenoloxidase activation in tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta 

      Lu, Zhiqiang (2007-05)
      Melanization is insect acute-phase defense response to invading bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and endoparasitoids. Phenoloxidase (PO) participates in multiple steps of the melenization reaction. Produced as an inactive zymogen, ...