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Sarcophagidae

Known as: Flies, Flesh, Flesh Fly, Flesh Flies 
Family of flies in the order DIPTERA, commonly known as flesh flies. They lay their eggs in dead or decaying matter or open wounds.
National Institutes of Health

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Diptera
Microbiologicalaspects of radiation effectsphysiological aspects

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Sarcophaga genusSarcophaginae

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Gene expression of heat-shock proteins (Hsp23, Hsp70 and Hsp90) during and after larval diapause in the blow fly Lucilia sericata.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Desiccation elicits heat shock protein transcription in the flesh fly, Sarcophaga crassipalpis, but does not enhance tolerance to high or low temperatures.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Immunocytochemical distribution of angiotensin I-converting enzyme-like immunoreactivity in the brain and testis of insects
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Insect Neuropeptides of the Pyrokinin/PBAN Family Accelerate Pupariation in the Fleshfly (Sarcophaga bullata) Larvae a
Neuropeptides that regulate various aspects of insect homeostasis have been isolated from several orders of insects.' Comparison… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Purification, Characterization, and cDNA Cloning of a Novel Growth Factor from the Conditioned Medium of NIH-Sape-4, an Embryonic Cell Line of Sarcophaga peregrina (Flesh Fly)*
A growth factor from the conditioned medium of NIH-Sape-4, an embryonic cell line of the flesh fly, was purified to homogeneity… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Isolation, primary structure and synthesis of neomyosuppressin, a myoinhibiting neuropeptide from the grey fleshfly, Neobellieria bullata.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
The amino-acid sequence of multiple lectins of the acorn barnacle Megabalanus rosa and its homology with animal lectins.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Purification of sarcotoxin II, antibacterial proteins of Sarcophaga peregrina (flesh fly) larvae.
Three antibacterial proteins with almost identical primary structures termed sarcotoxin IIA, IIB, and IIC were purified to… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Interaction between liposomes and sarcotoxin IA, a potent antibacterial protein of Sarcophaga peregrina (flesh fly).
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
The endocrine and nutritional control of egg maturation in the fleshfly Sarcophaga bullata.
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