Molecular Evolution of piggyBac Superfamily: From Selfishness to Domestication

M Bouallègue, JD Rouault, A Hua-Van… - Genome Biology and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The piggyBac transposable element was originally isolated from the cabbage looper moth,
Trichoplusia ni, in the 1980s. Despite its early discovery and specificity compared to the …

Mage transposon: a novel gene delivery system for mammalian cells

J Tian, D Tong, Z Li, E Wang, Y Yu, H Lv… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Transposons, as non-viral integration vectors, provide a secure and efficient method for
stable gene delivery. In this study, we have discovered Mage (MG), a novel member of the …

Sequence-specific DNA binding activity of the cross-brace zinc finger motif of the piggyBac transposase

N Morellet, X Li, SA Wieninger, JL Taylor… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The piggyBac transposase (PB) is distinguished by its activity and utility in genome
engineering, especially in humans where it has highly promising therapeutic potential. Little …

Moth sex pheromones affect interspecific competition among sympatric species and possibly population distribution by modulating pre‐mating behavior

J Cheng, Q Chen, Q Guo, Y Du - Insect Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Premating behaviors mediated by pheromones play pivotal roles in animal mating choices.
In natural populations of the striped stem borer Chilo suppressalis and the rice leaf roller …

Transition and Transversion Mutations Are Biased towards GC in Transposons of Chilo suppressalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

GH Luo, XH Li, ZJ Han, ZC Zhang, Q Yang, HF Guo… - Genes, 2016 - mdpi.com
Transposons are often regulated by their hosts, and as a result, there are transposons with
several mutations within their host organisms. To gain insight into the patterns of the …

The regulation of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) during the apoptosis of Cotesia chilonis

MX Lu, FJ He, F Zhu, YZ Du - Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) are crucial components of apoptosis that perform vital
roles in the regulation of caspase activity in organisms. In this study, two IAPs genes were …

Comparison of morphology, development and expression patterns of hsf and hsp11. 0 of Cotesia chilonis under normal and high temperature

FJ He, F Zhu, MX Lu, YZ Du - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Cotesia chilonis (Munakata) is the dominant parasitic wasp of the rice pest, Chilo
suppressalis (Walker), and is a valuable parasitic wasp for the prevention and control of C …

Genetic Structure of the Bacterial Endosymbiont Buchnera aphidicola from Its Host Aphid Schlechtendalia chinensis and Evolutionary Implications

Y Zhang, X Su, AJ Harris, MA Caraballo-Ortiz, Z Ren… - Current …, 2018 - Springer
Buchnera aphidicola is a primary symbiotic bacterium which provides essential amino acids
to aphids. In this study, we sequenced nuclear 16s rDNA and atp AGD genes for 156 …

Functional characterization of piggyBac-like elements from Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)

J Lyu, Q Su, J Liu, L Chen, J Sun, W Zhang - Journal of Zhejiang …, 2022 - Springer
PiggyBac is a transposable DNA element originally discovered in the cabbage looper moth
(Trichoplusia ni). The T. ni piggyBac transposon can introduce exogenous fragments into a …

褐飞虱中piggyBac 类似元素的功能特征

J LYU, Q SU, J LIU, L CHEN, J SUN… - Journal of Zhejiang …, 2022 - jzus.zju.edu.cn
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