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2019
2019
The Influence of Allogrooming Behavior on Individual Innate Immunity in the Subterranean Termite Reticulitermes chinensis (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Insect societies have evolved a series of disease defenses against pathogens, including social sanitary behavior and individual… Expand
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2016
2016
Cloning and purification of the first termicin-like peptide from the cockroach Eupolyphaga sinensis
BackgroundTermicin is an antimicrobial peptide with six cysteines forming three disulfide bridges that was firstly isolated from… Expand
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2016
2016
Selective sweeps in Cryptocercus woodroach antifungal proteins
We identified the antifungal gene termicin in three species of Cryptocercus woodroaches. Cryptocercus represents the closest… Expand
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2015
2015
Social context affects immune gene expression in a subterranean termite
Social living may burden the immune system by increasing susceptibility to contagion. Animals may, however, evolve socially… Expand
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2015
2015
Antimicrobial Activities of Microorganisms Obtained from the gut of Macrotermes michaelseni in Maseno, Kenya -
The major gut microflora colonizing the hind gut of higher termites, include morphologically diverse microorganisms. The gut of… Expand
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2012
2012
Molecular antifungal defenses in subterranean termites: RNA interference reveals in vivo roles of termicins and GNBPs against a naturally encountered pathogen.
Subterranean termites face strong pathogenic pressures from the ubiquitous soil fungus Metarhizium anisopliae, and rely on innate… Expand
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2012
2012
Differences in numbers of termicins expressed in two termite species affected by fungal contamination of their environments.
Termicin is a defensin-like antimicrobial peptide of termites that has strong antifungal activity. Fifty-six different termicin… Expand
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
Duplication and diversifying selection among termite antifungal peptides.
We have identified and analyzed the mRNA sequence of 20 new defensin-like peptides from 11 Australian termite species of… Expand
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2003
2003
Solution structure of termicin, an antimicrobial peptide from the termite Pseudacanthotermes spiniger.
The solution structure of termicin from hemocytes of the termite Pseudacanthotermes spiniger was determined by proton two… Expand
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2001
Highly Cited
2001
Insect immunity. Constitutive expression of a cysteine-rich antifungal and a linear antibacterial peptide in a termite insect.
Two novel antimicrobial peptides, which we propose to name termicin and spinigerin, have been isolated from the fungus-growing… Expand
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