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- Fat metabolism in insects. (2003) (537)
- Comparative Genome and Proteome Analysis of Anopheles gambiae and Drosophila melanogaster (2002) (536)
- [53] Quantitative and qualitative analysis of lipids and lipid components (1969) (520)
- THE USE OF SEPHADEX FOR THE REMOVAL OF NONLIPID CONTAMINANTS FROM LIPID EXTRACTS. (1963) (362)
- A comprehensive study of the postnatal changes in the concentration of the lipids of developing rat brain. (1967) (244)
- Molecular structure of an apolipoprotein determined at 2.5-A resolution. (1991) (220)
- Lipid storage and mobilization in insects: current status and future directions. (2001) (219)
- Lipid transport in insects. (1988) (186)
- Lipophorin: the structure of an insect lipoprotein and its role in lipid transport in insects. (1994) (178)
- Studies on phospholipase A. I. Isolation and characterization of two enzymes from Crotalus adamanteus venom. (1969) (170)
- Insects as biochemical models. (1989) (156)
- Biochemical insights derived from insect diversity. (1992) (155)
- The mechanism of interfacial activation of phospholipase A2. (1974) (130)
- Changes in lipoprotein composition during larval-pupal metamorphosis of an insect, Manduca sexta. (1986) (126)
- A kinetic study of the phospholipase A 2 (Crotalus adamanteus) catalyzed hydrolysis of 1,2-dibutyryl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine. (1972) (126)
- Proline can be utilized as an energy substrate during flight of Aedes aegypti females. (2003) (109)
- Biological effects of canatoxin in different insect models: evidence for a proteolytic activation of the toxin by insect cathepsinlike enzymes. (1997) (108)
- A microanalytical technique for the quantitative determination of twenty-four classes of brain lipids. (1966) (106)
- cDNA and gene sequence of Manduca sexta arylphorin, an aromatic amino acid-rich larval serum protein. Homology to arthropod hemocyanins. (1989) (104)
- A molecular view of trypsin synthesis in the midgut of Aedes aegypti. (1999) (101)
- The effect of larval and adult nutrition on successful autogenous egg production by a mosquito. (2004) (98)
- Metabolic fate of [14C]-labeled meal protein amino acids in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. (2004) (96)
- Primary structure of a member of the serpin superfamily of proteinase inhibitors from an insect, Manduca sexta. (1989) (96)
- Early trypsin activity is part of the signal transduction system that activates transcription of the late trypsin gene in the midgut of the mosquito, Aedes aegypti. (1995) (94)
- Primary structure and comparative sequence analysis of an insect apolipoprotein. Apolipophorin-III from Manduca sexta. (1987) (94)
- Sequence of three cDNAs encoding an alkaline midgut trypsin from Manduca sexta. (1994) (92)
- The activity of phospholipase A2 in reversed micelles of phosphatidylcholine in diethyl ether: effect of water and cations. (1974) (91)
- cDNA and deduced amino acid sequence of a blood meal-induced trypsin from the mosquito, Aedes aegypti (1991) (90)
- Lipoprotein interconversions in an insect, Manduca sexta. Evidence for a lipid transfer factor in the hemolymph. (1986) (86)
- Purification, characterization and cDNA sequence of an alkaline chymotrypsin from the midgut of Manduca sexta. (1995) (84)
- [33] Phospholipase A from Crotalus adamanteus venom: EC 3.1.1.4 Phosphatide acyl-hydrolase (1969) (83)
- Physical and surface properties of insect apolipophorin III. (1986) (83)
- The role of apolipophorin III in in vivo lipoprotein interconversions in adult Manduca sexta. (1987) (81)
- Digestion, absorption, transport and storage of fat during the last larval stadium of Manduca sexta. Changes in the role of lipophorin in the delivery of dietary lipid to the fat body (1988) (79)
- Purification and properties of a predominantly female-specific protein from the hemolymph of the larva of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. (1985) (74)
- The phylogenetic distribution of sphingomyelinase D activity in venoms of Haplogyne spiders. (2003) (73)
- Utilization of pre-existing energy stores of female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes during the first gonotrophic cycle. (2004) (73)
- Ammonia metabolism in Aedes aegypti. (2005) (72)
- Isolation and characterization of a lipoprotein receptor from the fat body of an insect, Manduca sexta. (1990) (72)
- Purification and properties of a phosphorylatable triacylglycerol lipase from the fat body of an insect, Manduca sexta. (1994) (71)
- Calcium and cAMP are second messengers in the adipokinetic hormone-induced lipolysis of triacylglycerols in Manduca sexta fat body. (1999) (71)
- Effect of Dietary-Lipid Content On Lipid Transport and Storage During Larval Development of Manduca-Sexta (1988) (70)
- The Quantitative Extraction and Analysis of Brain Polyphosphoinositides (1965) (69)
- Phospholipase D from savoy cabbage: purification and preliminary kinetic characterization. (1979) (69)
- The nature of water inside phosphatidylcholine micelles in diethyl ether. (1974) (68)
- cDNA cloning and pattern of expression of an adult, female-specific chymotrypsin from Aedes aegypti midgut. (1997) (67)
- Isolation, characterization, and cDNA sequence of two fatty acid-binding proteins from the midgut of Manduca sexta larvae. (1992) (65)
- Phospholipase A2 as a probe of phospholipid distribution in erythrocyte membranes. Factors influencing the apparent specificity of the reaction. (1975) (65)
- Primary structure of apolipophorin-III from the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria. Potential amphipathic structures and molecular evolution of an insect apolipoprotein. (1988) (65)
- Low concentrations of diacylglycerol promote the binding of apolipophorin III to a phospholipid bilayer: a surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy study. (1995) (62)
- Early trypsin, a female-specific midgut protease in Aedes aegypti: isolation, aminoterminal sequence determination, and cloning and sequencing of the gene. (1996) (62)
- Discovery of an alternate metabolic pathway for urea synthesis in adult Aedes aegypti mosquitoes (2008) (61)
- Adipokinetic hormone-induced lipolysis in the fat body of an insect, Manduca sexta: synthesis of sn-1,2-diacylglycerols. (1997) (61)
- Effects of chemical modification on the activity of Crotalus adamanteus Phospholipase A 2 . Evidence for an essential amino group. (1973) (60)
- Lipoprotein biosynthesis in the larvae of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. (1986) (58)
- Aedes aegypti midgut early trypsin is post‐transcriptionally regulated by blood feeding (1996) (58)
- Sphingomyelinase D from venoms of Loxosceles spiders: evolutionary insights from cDNA sequences and gene structure. (2005) (57)
- A preparative method for the isolation of brain cerebroside, sulfatide and sphingomyelin. (1965) (56)
- Lipid transfer protein from Manduca sexta hemolymph. (1986) (54)
- Evidence that the phospholipase A 2 of Crotalus adamanteus venom are dimers. (1971) (54)
- Juvenile hormone controls early trypsin gene transcription in the midgut of Aedes aegypti (1997) (53)
- Studies on vitellogenin from the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (1986) (52)
- Gene synthesis, bacterial expression, and 1H NMR spectroscopic studies of the rat outer mitochondrial membrane cytochrome b5. (1992) (52)
- Purification and Partial Characterization of a Lutein-binding Protein from the Midgut of the Silkworm Bombyx mori* (1996) (49)
- Absorption and tissue distribution of cholesterol in Manduca sexta. (2002) (48)
- The role of hemolymph proline as a nitrogen sink during blood meal digestion by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. (2003) (48)
- Facilitated diacylglycerol exchange between insect hemolymph lipophorins. Properties of Manduca sexta lipid transfer particle. (1988) (47)
- Cloning and sequencing of the blood meal‐induced late trypsin gene from the mosquito Aedes aegypti and characterization of the upstream regulatory region (1993) (47)
- Spectral perturbations of Crotalus adamanteus phospholipase A 2 induced by divalent cation binding. (1973) (46)
- The use of decapitated insects to study lipid mobilization in adult Manduca sexta: effects of adipokinetic hormone and trehalose on fat body lipase activity. (1996) (46)
- The precursor protein of the structural apolipoproteins of lipophorin: cDNA and deduced amino acid sequence. (1996) (46)
- A novel procedure for the purification of apolipophorin III (1985) (46)
- Observations on the phospholipase A 2 of Crotalus atrox. Molecular weight and other properties. (1971) (45)
- A comparison of three methods for isolating RNA from mosquitoes (1993) (45)
- Exchangeable apolipoproteins of insects share a common structural motif. (1994) (44)
- Cation-promoted cyclic voltammetry of recombinant rat outer mitochondrial membrane cytochrome b5 at a gold electrode modified with beta-mercaptopropionic acid. (1994) (43)
- Dietary control of late trypsin gene transcription in Aedes aegypti. (1994) (40)
- Characterization of lipophorin binding to the midgut of larval Manduca sexta. (2000) (38)
- Increase in the size of the amino acid pool is sufficient to activate translation of early trypsin mRNA in Aedes aegypti midgut. (1999) (38)
- Metabolic pathways for diacylglycerol biosynthesis and release in the midgut of larval Manduca sexta. (2000) (37)
- Crystallization, structure determination and least-squares refinement to 1.75 A resolution of the fatty-acid-binding protein isolated from Manduca sexta L. (1992) (37)
- Role of lipid transfer particle in delivery of diacylglycerol from midgut to lipophorin in larval Manduca sexta. (2001) (37)
- Midgut exopeptidase activities in Aedes aegypti are induced by blood feeding. (2002) (36)
- Analysis of whole body ammonia metabolism in Aedes aegypti using [15N]-labeled compounds and mass spectrometry. (2006) (36)
- Lipid transfer particle mediates the delivery of diacylglycerol from lipophorin to fat body in larval Manduca sexta Published, JLR Papers in Press, December 16, 2003. DOI 10.1194/jlr.M300242-JLR200 (2004) (35)
- The Putative AKH Receptor of the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta, and Its Expression (2011) (34)
- Competition between cations and water for binding to phosphatidylcholines in organic solvents. (1973) (33)
- Transfer of cholesterol and diacylglycerol from lipophorin to Bombyx mori ovarioles in vitro: role of the lipid transfer particle. (2003) (33)
- Intramolecular catalysis of ester hydrolysis by metal complexed hydroxide ion. Acyl oxygen bond scission in cobalt(2+) and nickel(2+) carboxylic acid complexes (1977) (33)
- EVOLUTION OF INSECT METAMORPHOSIS: A MICROARRAY‐BASED STUDY OF LARVAL AND ADULT GENE EXPRESSION IN THE ANT CAMPONOTUS FESTINATUS (2005) (32)
- Characterization of cholesterol transport from midgut to fat body in Manduca sexta larvae. (2002) (32)
- THE NON‐SYNCHRONOUS SYNTHESIS OF MYELIN COMPONENTS DURING EARLY STAGES OF MYELINATION IN THE RAT OPTIC NERVE 1 (1976) (32)
- Facile acylation of glycerophosphocholine catalyzed by trifluoroacetic anhydride. (1981) (31)
- Metabolic Fate and Turnover Rate of Hemolymph Free Fatty Acids in Adult (1994) (30)
- The cholesterol solubilizing capacity of lecithins in aqueous solutions of bile salt. (1969) (30)
- Purification and properties of a lipid transfer particle from Bombyx mori: comparison to the lipid transfer particle from Manduca sexta. (1997) (29)
- Role of diacylglycerol and apolipophorin-III in regulation of physiochemical properties of the lipophorin surface: metabolic implications. (1996) (28)
- Characterization of the carotenoid-binding protein of the Y-gene dominant mutants of Bombyx mori. (2004) (28)
- Sequential structural changes in the fat body of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, during the fifth larval stadium. (1988) (27)
- Evidence for O-acyl cleavage during hydrolysis of 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine by the phospholipase A 2 of crotalus adamanteus venom. (1971) (27)
- Reevaluation of the role of early trypsin activity in the transcriptional activation of the late trypsin gene in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. (2006) (27)
- Regulated expression of microinjected DNA in adult Aedes aegypti mosquitoes (2007) (26)
- Triacylglycerol-rich lipophorins are found in the dipteran infraorder Culicomorpha, not just in mosquitoes (2002) (26)
- Fragmentation pathway for glutamine identification: Loss of 73 da from dimethylformamidine glutamine isobutyl ester (2005) (26)
- A further examination of the active form of Crotalus adamanteus phospholipase A2. (1981) (24)
- A comparison of adult and larval Manduca sexta apolipophorin-III (1990) (23)
- Binding of calcium to phosphatidylcholines as determined by proton magnetic resonance and infrared spectroscopy. (1975) (22)
- Thermodynamics of dihexanoylphosphatidylcholine aggregation. (1981) (22)
- Synthesis of sn-1,2-diacylglycerols by monoacylglycerol acyltransferase from Manduca sexta fat body. (1996) (22)
- Developmental changes in the response of larval Manduca sexta fat body glycogen phosphorylase to starvation, stress and octopamine. (2000) (22)
- cDNA and deduced amino acid sequences of apolipophorin-IIIs from Bombyx mori and Bombyx mandarina. (2000) (22)
- Effect of diacylglycerol content on some physicochemical properties of the insect lipoprotein, lipophorin. Correlation with the binding of apolipophorin-III. (1994) (21)
- A strategy for solubilizing delipidated apolipoprotein with lysophosphatidylcholine and reconstitution with phosphatidylcholine. (1989) (20)
- A simple and high yield purification of Crotalus adamanteus phospholipases A2. (1975) (20)
- EVOLUTION OF INSECT METAMORPHOSIS: A MICROARRAY-BASED STUDY OF LARVAL AND ADULT GENE EXPRESSION IN THE ANT CAMPONOTUS FESTINATUS (2005) (20)
- Diacylglycerol transport in the insect fat body: evidence of involvement of lipid droplets and the cytosolic fraction. (2001) (20)
- Gene structure, cDNA sequence, and developmental regulation of a low molecular weight hemolymph protein from Locusta migratoria (1988) (19)
- Polymorphic cDNAs encode for the methionine‐rich storage protein from Manduca sexta (1993) (19)
- Cholesterol efflux from larval Manduca sexta fat body in vitro: high-density lipophorin as the acceptor. (2002) (18)
- Characterization of the Cytochrome P450 epoxyeicosanoid pathway in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. (2016) (18)
- cAMP-dependent protein kinase of Manduca sexta phosphorylates but does not activate the fat body triglyceride lipase. (2004) (18)
- Role of glycosylation in the lipid-binding activity of the exchangeable apolipoprotein, apolipophorin-III. (1998) (18)
- Erratum to “The role of hemolymph proline as a nitrogen sink during blood meal digestion by the Mosquito Aedes aegypti” [Journal of Insect Physiology 49 (2) pp. 115-121 (2003)] (2003) (17)
- The basis for colorless hemolymph and cocoons in the Y-gene recessive Bombyx mori mutants: a defect in the cellular uptake of carotenoids. (2004) (17)
- A phospholipase A2 model system. Calcium enhancement of the amine-catalyzedmethanolysis of phosphatidylcholine. (1974) (17)
- Thermodynamic model for micelle formation by phosphatidylcholines containing short-chain fatty acids. Correlations with physical-chemical data and the effects of concentration on the activity of phospholipase A2. (1979) (17)
- Isolation and characterization of two follicle-specific proteins from eggs of Manduca sexta (1992) (17)
- Ectonucleotide diphosphohydrolase activities in hemocytes of larval Manduca sexta. (2000) (16)
- A simplified procedure for the preparation of 2,3-O-isopropylidene-sn-glycerol from L-arabinose. (1980) (16)
- Adipokinetic hormone causes formation of a low density lipophorin in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus (1990) (16)
- Fat body fructose-2,6-bisphosphate content and phosphorylase activity correlate with changes in hemolymph glucose concentration during fasting and re-feeding in larval Manduca sexta. (2001) (16)
- Isolation and characterization of lipophorin from Drosophila melanogaster larvae (1988) (16)
- The structure of the apolipophorin-III gene from Manduca sexta. (1990) (16)
- Hydration and localization of diacylglycerol in the insect lipoprotein lipophorin. A 13C-NMR study. (1994) (15)
- Recombinant juvenile hormone esterase, an effective tool for modifying juvenile hormone‐dependent expression of the early trypsin gene in mosquitoes (2000) (14)
- Effect of pH on the kinetic and spectral properties of Crotalus adamanteu phospholipase A2 in H2O and D2O. (1974) (14)
- Spectral peculiarities of the monomer-dimer transition of the phospholipases A 2 of Crotalus adamanteus venom. (1971) (13)
- Beta-cyclodextrin facilitates cholesterol efflux from larval Manduca sexta fat body and midgut in vitro. (2002) (12)
- Changes in lipophorin composition during the fourth to fifth instar molt of Manduca sexta (1987) (12)
- Crystallization and preliminary analysis of crystals of apolipophorin III isolated from Locusta migratoria. (1988) (11)
- DETECTION OF MYELIN IN THE OPTIC NERVE OF YOUNG RATS BY SEDIMENTATION EQUILIBRIUM IN A CsCl GRADIENT 1 (1976) (11)
- Identification and characterization of a novel postlarval hemolymph protein from Manduca sexta (1988) (11)
- Allosteric effectors and trehalose protect larval Manduca sexta fat body glycogen phosphorylase B against thermal denaturation. (2000) (11)
- Modulation of membrane fluidity in the primate (Macaca mulatta) corpus luteum: correlation with changes in gonadotropin binding. (1985) (11)
- α-Cyclodextrin extracts diacylglycerol from insect high density lipoproteins (2000) (10)
- OXYGEN-CARRYING PERFLUOROCHEMICAL EMULSIONS IMPROVE INSECT FAT BODY CULTURE PERFORMANCE (1992) (10)
- The identification of glycerophosphorylglycerol phosphate as the deacylation product of a new brain lipid. (1966) (10)
- Eight-co-ordination. Part IV. The structures of the octacyanide complexes of quadri- and quinque-valent molybdenum and tungsten (1968) (9)
- Neuroendocrine factors affecting the steady-state levels of early trypsin mRNA in Aedes aegypti. (2001) (9)
- Lipophorin biosynthesis during the life cycle of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (1987) (9)
- Isolation and characterization of apolipophorin-III from the giant water bug (Lethocerus medius). (1995) (9)
- 4 Glyceride Digestion (1983) (8)
- Peptide amphipathy: a new strategy in design of potential insecticides. (2009) (8)
- Dihexanoylphosphatidylethanolamine: effect of head group charge on rates of alkaline and phospholipase A2 catalyzed hydrolyses. (1986) (7)
- Codon usage patterns among genes for lepidopteran hemolymph proteins (1994) (7)
- A facile synthesis of 1-acyl ethylene glycol-2-phosphorylcholines. (1973) (7)
- Primary Structure and Comparative Sequence Analysis of an Insect Apolipoprotein (1987) (6)
- Intramolecular hydrolysis of a methyl ester by substrate bound metal hydroxide (1976) (6)
- Mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase subunit I of Manduca sexta and a comparison with other invertebrate genes. (1996) (6)
- Purification and properties of glycogen phosphorylase from the fat body of larval Manduca sexta. (1995) (6)
- Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), mitochondrial DNA: genes and secondary structures for six t‐RNAs (1993) (5)
- Kinetic anomalies associated with phospholipase A2 hydrolysis of micellar substrates. (1978) (4)
- p-Nitrophenylacetate hydrolysis by honey bee esterases: kinetics and inhibition. (1993) (4)
- Abstracts of the Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science. May 28-June 2, 2002. Tucson, Arizona, USA. (2002) (3)
- Mapping Analysis of Carotenoid-binding Protein of Bombyx mori by Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (2007) (2)
- 1-Hydroxy-2-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine. A useful intermediate in the synthesis of short acyl chain 1-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholines. (1976) (2)
- Effect of starvation on lipophorin density in fifth instar larval Manduca sexta. (2013) (2)
- Synthesis of sn-glycero-1-phosphocholine. (1981) (2)
- D-dihexanoylphosphatidylcholine is not a pure competitive inhibitor of phospholipase A2 hydrolysis of L-dihexanoylphosphatidylcholine. (1985) (2)
- An Electronic Companion to Biochemistry (1998) (1)
- Primary Structure of Apolipophorin-I11 from the Migratory Locust, Locusta rnigratoria (1988) (1)
- alpha-cyclodextrin extracts diacylglycerol from insect high density lipoproteins. (2000) (0)
- Early Trypsin, a Female-specific Midgut Protease terminal and Sequencing of the Gene in Aedes aegypti: Isolation, Amino- Sequence Determination, and Cloning (1996) (0)
- The Role of Apolipophorin I11 in in Vivo Lipoprotein Interconversions (1987) (0)
- Facilitated Diacylglycerol Exchange between Hemolymph Lipophorins (2001) (0)
- Output buffer circuit provided with power-down capability (1995) (0)
- cDNA and deduced amino acid sequence of apolipophorin-III from Agrius convolvuli (Sphingidae: Lepidoptera) (2000) (0)
- Amino-Acid-Sequence of Insect Apolipophorin-III (1986) (0)
- Effect of pH on the kinetic and spectral properties of Crotalus adamanteus phospholipase A$sub 2$ in H$sub 2$O and D$sub 2$O (1974) (0)
- NATURAL ABUNDANCE CARBON-13 NMR STUDIES OF CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS IN CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS (1978) (0)
- INTRAMOLECULAR CATALYSIS OF ESTER HYDROLYSIS BY METAL COMPLEXED HYDROXIDE ION. ACYL OXYGEN BOND SCISSION IN COBALT(2+) AND NICKEL(2+) CARBOXYLIC ACI COMPLEXES (1977) (0)
- Isolation and Characterization of a Lipoprotein Receptor from the Fat Body of an Insect , Munduca sex & z * (2001) (0)
- Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science: 28 May to 2 June 2002, Tucson, Arizona, USA Program Committee (2002) (0)
- NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF THE RATE OF FAT ABSORPTION INSUCKLING RATS (1987) (0)
- Translational evaluation of cytochrome P450-derived epoxyeicosanoids in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) (2017) (0)
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