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in resubmissionAltincicek, B. and A. Vilcinskas. 2008. Analysis of innate immunity genes in medicinal maggots of the green blow fly Lucilia sericata. Insect Molecular Biology, in resubmission. in press
Altincicek, B., J. Gross & A. Vilcinskas 2008: Wounding-mediated gene expression and accelerated viviparous reproduction of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Insect Molecular Biology, in press. Vilcinskas A. 2008: Lepidopterans as model mini-hosts for human pathogens and as a source for peptide antibiotics. In: Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera (M. Goldsmith and F. Marec eds.) Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, in press. 2008Altincicek, B. & A. Vilcinskas 2008: Identification of immune inducible genes from the velvet worm Epiperipatus biolleyi (Onychophora). Developmental and Comparative Immunology 32, 1416-1421. Altincicek, B., S. Stötzl, M. Wygrecka, K. Preissner & A. Vilcinskas 2008: Host-derived extracellular nucleic acids enhance innate immune responses, induce coagulation, and prolong survival upon infection in insects. Journal of Immunology 181, 2705-2712. Mayer, C., A. Vilcinskas & J. Gross 2008: Phytopathogen lures its insect vector by altering host plant odor. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34, 1045-1049. Altincicek, B. & A. Vilcinskas 2008: Comparative screening for septic injury-inducible genes in phylogenetic distant models of regeneration and stem cell research: the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea and the cnidarian Hydra vulgaris. Frontiers in Zoology 5: 6. Gross, J., K. Schuhmacher, H. Schmidtberg & A. Vilcinskas 2008: Protected by fumigants: beetles perfumes in antimicrobial defence. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34, 179-188. Altincicek, B., E. Knorr & A. Vilcinskas 2008: Beetle immunity: Identification of immune-inducible genes from the model insect Tribolium castaneum. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 32, 585-595. Accompanying paper to the contribution in: Tribolium Genome Sequencing Consortium 2008: The genome of the developmental model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum. Nature 425, 949-955. Altincicek, B. & A. Vilcinskas 2008: Identification of a lepidopteran matrix metalloproteinase with dual roles in metamorphosis and innate immunity. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 32, 400-409. 2007Altincicek, B & A. Vilcinskas 2007: Analysis of the immune-related transcriptome from microbial stress resistant, rat-tailed maggots of the drone fly Eristalis tenax. BMC Genomics, 8: 326. Altincicek, B. & A. Vilcinskas 2007: Analysis of the immune-related transcriptome of a lophothrochozoan model, the marine annelid Platynereis dumerilii. Frontiers in Zoology 4:18 Altincicek, B. & A. Vilcinskas 2007: Identification of immune-related genes from an apterygote insect, the firebrat Thermobia domestica. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 37, 726-731. Wedde, M., C. Weise, C. Nuck, B. Altincicek & A. Vilcinskas 2007: The insect metalloproteinase inhibitor gene of the lepidopteran Galleria mellonella encodes two distinct inhibitors. Biological Chemistry, 388, 119-127. Altincicek, B., M. Lindner, D. Linder, K. Preissner & A. Vilcinskas 2007: Microbial metalloproteinases mediate sensing of invading pathogens and activate innate immune responses in the lepidopteran model host Galleria mellonella. Infection and Immunity, 75 (1), 175-183. 2006Altincicek, B & A. Vilcinskas 2006: Metamorphosis and collagen-IV-fragments stimulate innate immune response in the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 30, 1108-1118. Langen, G., J. Imani, B. Altincicek, G. Kieseritzky, K.-H. Kogel & A. Vilcinskas 2006: Transgenic expression of gallerimycin, a novel antifungal insect defensin from the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella, confers resistance against pathogenic fungi in tobacco. Biological Chemistry, 387, 549-557. 2005Vilcinskas, A. & J. Gross 2005: Drugs from bugs: the use of insects as a valuable source of transgenes with potential in modern plant protection strategies. Journal of Pest Science, 78, 187-191 (eingeladener Review). |
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2007Mayer, C., A. Vilcinskas & J. Gross 2007: Chemo-ecologically mediated interactions among Candida-tus Phytoplasma mahli, its vector Cacopsylla picta, and their host plant Malus domestica. Bulletin of Insectology 60 (2), 209-210. Vilcinskas, A., G. Langen, J. Imani, B. Altincicek & K.H. Kogel 2007: Insects as a reservoir for antimicrobial peptides conferring resistance to pathogens in transgenic crops. In: Proceedings of the International Congress of Insect Biotechnology & Industry, Entomological Research, A55. Vilcinskas, A., M. Wedde & B. Altincicek 2007: The greater wax moth Galleria mellonella as a mini-host model for human pathogens and as a reservoir of novel peptide antibiotics. In: Proceedings of the International Congress of Insect Biotechnology & Industry, Entomological Research, A79. Wedde, M., A. Altincicek & A. Vilcinskas 2007: Genomic and proteomic analysis of innate immunity in the greater wax moth Galleria melonella. Journal of Insect Science, 7 (29), 46-47. 2006Vilcinskas, A. 2006: Evolutionary arms race between fungi and insects. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, 26, 41. 2005Vilcinskas, A., M. Wedde & B. Altincicek 2005: The insect immune system as a source for novel molecules with therapeutic potential. Immunobiology, 210 (S6-8), 587. |