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Caspar-like Gene Depletion ReducesLeishmaniaInfection in Sand Fly HostLutzomyia longipalpis

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Significance of bacteria in oviposition and larval development of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis

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The Drosophila Toll Signaling Pathway

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

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

The paratransgenic sand fly: A platform for control of Leishmania transmission

(2011) Ivy Hurwitz et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Metagenomic Analysis of Taxa Associated with Lutzomyia longipalpis, Vector of Visceral Leishmaniasis, Using an Unbiased High-Throughput Approach

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Blood Meal-Derived Heme Decreases ROS Levels in the Midgut of Aedes aegypti and Allows Proliferation of Intestinal Microbiota

(2011) Jose Henrique M. Oliveira et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Anopheles aquasalis Infected by Plasmodium vivax Displays Unique Gene Expression Profiles when Compared to Other Malaria Vectors and Plasmodia

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Trypsin-Like Serine Proteases in Lutzomyia longipalpis – Expression, Activity and Possible Modulation by Leishmania infantum chagasi

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Blocking of Plasmodium transmission by cooperative action of Cecropin A and Defensin A in transgenic Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

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Lutzomyia Sand Fly Diversity and Rates of Infection by Wolbachia and an Exotic Leishmania Species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

(2010) Jorge Azpurua et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Leishmania major Glycosylation Mutants Require Phosphoglycans (lpg2−) but Not Lipophosphoglycan (lpg1−) for Survival in Permissive Sand Fly Vectors

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Insect Immunity: From Pattern Recognition to Symbiont-Mediated Host Defense

(2009) David P. Welchman et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Mosquito immune defenses against Plasmodium infection

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The role of NF-κB factor REL2 in the Aedes aegypti immune response

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Antimicrobial Peptide-induced Apoptotic Death ofLeishmaniaResults from Calcium-de pend ent, Caspase-independent Mitochondrial Toxicity

(2009) Manjusha M. Kulkarni et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

EST sequencing of blood-fed and Leishmania-infected midgut of Lutzomyia longipalpis, the principal visceral leishmaniasis vector in the Americas

(2009) André N. Pitaluga et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Inhibition of trypsin expression in Lutzomyia longipalpis using RNAi enhances the survival of Leishmania

(2009) Mauricio RV Sant'Anna et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Leishmania chitinase facilitates colonization of sand fly vectors and enhances transmission to mice

(2008) Matthew E. Rogers et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Gene silencing in phlebotomine sand flies: Xanthine dehydrogenase knock down by dsRNA microinjections

(2008) Mauricio R.V. Sant’Anna et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae expresses a suite of larval-specific defensin genes

(2008) J. M. Meredith et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Immune reactions of insects on bacterial pathogens and mutualists

(2008) Heike Feldhaar et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Study on the bacterial midgut microbiota associated to different Brazilian populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva) (Diptera: Psychodidae)

(2008) Cheryl Gouveia et al.   NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY

The SWISS-MODEL Repository and associated resources

(2008) F. Kiefer et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Rational design of peptides active against the gram positive bacteriaStaphylococcus aureus

(2008) Céline Landon et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

Non-specific antiviral response detected in RNA-treated cultured cells of the sandfly, Lutzomyia longipalpis

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