Search results for "bombyx mori"
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Isolation and characterization of Urbain, a 20-hydroxyecdysone-inducible gene expressed during morphogenesis of Bombyx mori wing imaginal discs.
1995
In insects, wing imaginal discs respond to the steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone by initiating morphogenesis leading to the formation of the adult flight appendages. In this work we analyse the expression of a Bombyx gene, referred to as Urbain, whose cDNA had been previously isolated from wing discs (Chareyre et al. 1993). Accumulation of the 1.8 kb transcript occurs concomitantly with the increase of 20-hydroxyecdysone titer at every stage examined during post-embryonic development. In vitro, its accumulation is delayed 6–9 h after exposure to 20-hydroxyecdysone. Studies in the presence of cycloheximide have established that Urbain is a secondary response gene. The sequence of the mRNA c…
Bases de la resistencia a preparados bioinsecticidas basados en "Bacillus thuringiensis" en diferentes especies de insectos
2015
El empleo de insecticidas en la agricultura moderna resulta fundamental para obtener unos niveles óptimos de productividad. Actualmente se tiende al empleo de bioinsecticidas dados los efectos perniciosos de la mayor parte de los insecticidas convencionales. Los preparados bioinsecticidas basados en las proteínas cristalinas insecticidas (toxinas Cry) de “Bacillus thuringiensis” (Bt) son los de mayor venta del mercado y las plantas transgénicas protegidas por estas proteínas, están siendo cultivadas a escala mundial. La vida útil de este bioinsecticida podría verse limitada por la aparición de poblaciones de insectos resistentes si no se adoptan las medidas oportunas de manejo de resistenci…