Saponins show high entomotoxicity by cell membrane permeation in Lepidoptera

Saponins do not affect the ecdysteroid receptor complex but cause membrane permeation in insect culture cell lines

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Time-resolved quantitative analysis of CCK1 receptor-induced intracellular calcium increase

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Triterpene saponins of Quillaja saponaria show strong aphicidal and deterrent activity against the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

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Exposure of insect midgut cells to Sambucus nigra L. agglutinins I and II causes cell death via caspase-dependent apoptosis

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Relationship between larval-pupal metamorphosis and transcript expression of insulin-like peptide and insulin receptor in Spodoptera littoralis

(2010) Masatoshi Iga et al.   PEPTIDES

Regulation of Midgut Growth, Development, and Metamorphosis

(2009) Raziel S. Hakim et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Primary culture of insect midgut cells

(2009) Raziel S. Hakim et al.   IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-ANIMAL

Cell-free expression and functionality analysis of the tobacco lectin

(2008) Gianni Vandenborre et al.   IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-ANIMAL

Insect resistance to Bt crops: evidence versus theory

(2008) Bruce E Tabashnik et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Juvenile hormone analogs do not affect directly the activity of the ecdysteroid receptor complex in insect culture cell lines

(2007) Thomas Soin et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY