Suppression of Laccase 2 severely impairs cuticle tanning and pathogen resistance during the pupal metamorphosis of Anopheles sinensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

Melanin pigmentation gives rise to black spots on the wings of the silkworm Bombyx mori

(2016) Katsuhiko Ito et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Tyrosine Hydroxylase is crucial for maintaining pupal tanning and immunity in Anopheles sinensis

(2016) Liang Qiao et al.   Scientific Reports

Cuticular protein with a low complexity sequence becomes cross-linked during insect cuticle sclerotization and is required for the adult molt

(2015) Seulgi Mun et al.   Scientific Reports

Re-examination of a α-chymotrypsin-solubilized laccase in the pupal cuticle of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: Insights into the regulation system for laccase activation during the ecdysis process

(2014) Tsunaki Asano et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

De novo transcriptome sequencing and sequence analysis of the malaria vector Anopheles sinensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

(2014) Bin Chen et al.   Parasites & Vectors

High Laccase2 expression is likely involved in the formation of specific cuticular structures during soldier differentiation of the termite Reticulitermes speratus

(2013) Yudai Masuoka et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Laccase2 is required for sclerotization and pigmentation of Aedes albopictus eggshell

(2013) Xiansheng Wu et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

More than a colour change: insect melanism, disease resistance and fecundity

(2013) I. M. Dubovskiy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Hindgut Innate Immunity and Regulation of Fecal Microbiota through Melanization in Insects

(2012) Qimiao Shao et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Multicopper Oxidase-3 Is a Laccase Associated with the Peritrophic Matrix of Anopheles gambiae

(2012) Minglin Lang et al.   PLoS One

Kinetic properties of alternatively spliced isoforms of laccase-2 from Tribolium castaneum and Anopheles gambiae

(2011) Maureen J. Gorman et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Caterpillar color patterns are determined by a two-phase melanin gene prepatterning process: new evidence from tan and laccase2

(2010) Ryo Futahashi et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Molecular characterization and expression of laccase genes in the salivary glands of the green rice leafhopper, Nephotettix cincticeps (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

(2010) Makoto Hattori et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Developmental characterization, function and regulation of a Laccase2 encoding gene in the honey bee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apinae)

(2010) Moysés Elias-Neto et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Insect multicopper oxidases: Diversity, properties, and physiological roles

(2010) Neal T. Dittmer et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Laccase2 is required for cuticular pigmentation in stinkbugs

(2010) Ryo Futahashi et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Role and Importance of Phenoloxidase in Insect Hemostasis

(2010) Ioannis Eleftherianos et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Repression of tyrosine hydroxylase is responsible for the sex-linked chocolate mutation of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

(2010) C. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterization of endogenous and recombinant forms of laccase-2, a multicopper oxidase from the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta

(2009) Neal T. Dittmer et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Cuticle laccase of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: Purification, gene identification and presence of its inactive precursor in the cuticle.

(2009) Jun Yatsu et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Insect cuticular sclerotization: A review

(2009) Svend Olav Andersen   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Mosquito-borne Diseases

(2009) Michael A. Tolle   Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

Three-dimensional organization of three-domain copper oxidases: A review

(2008) N. E. Zhukhlistova et al.   CRYSTALLOGRAPHY REPORTS

yellow and ebony Are the Responsible Genes for the Larval Color Mutants of the Silkworm Bombyx mori

(2008) R. Futahashi et al.   GENETICS

Characterization of the multicopper oxidase gene family in Anopheles gambiae

(2008) Maureen J. Gorman et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Cloning and RNAi-mediated functional characterization of MaLac2 of the pine sawyer, Monochamus alternatus

(2008) B.-L. Niu et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The proPO-system: pros and cons for its role in invertebrate immunity

(2008) Lage Cerenius et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Innate immunity in insects: surface-associated dopa decarboxylase-dependent pathways regulate phagocytosis, nodulation and melanization in medfly haemocytes

(2007) Maria Sideri et al.   IMMUNOLOGY