Area of research
Molecular Biology · Insect Science
Research interest
Research interests include Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects, Insect Resistance and Genetics, Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control, and Protein purification and stability.
Viral and cellular determinants of polarized trafficking of viral envelope proteins from insect-specific and insect-vectored viruses in insect midgut and salivary gland cells.
Identification of Cellular Genes Involved in Baculovirus GP64 Trafficking to the Plasma Membrane.
Efficient entry of budded virions of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus into Spodoptera frugiperda cells is dependent on dynamin, Rab5, and Rab11.
A high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly of a generalist herbivore, Trichoplusia ni.
Transcriptional Responses of the <i>Trichoplusia ni</i> Midgut to Oral Infection by the Baculovirus Autographa californica Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus.
Identification of insect genes involved in baculovirus AcMNPV entry into insect cells.
Baculovirus Entry and Egress from Insect Cells
Overview of chitin metabolism enzymes in Manduca sexta: Identification, domain organization, phylogenetic analysis and gene expression
The immune signaling pathways of Manduca sexta
A genome-wide analysis of antimicrobial effector genes and their transcription patterns in Manduca sexta
Analysis of chitin-binding proteins from Manduca sexta provides new insights into evolution of peritrophin A-type chitin-binding domains in insects
Sequence conservation, phylogenetic relationships, and expression profiles of nondigestive serine proteases and serine protease homologs in Manduca sexta
Structural features, evolutionary relationships, and transcriptional regulation of C-type lectin-domain proteins in Manduca sexta
Complete Dosage Compensation and Sex-Biased Gene Expression in the Moth Manduca sexta
The Transcriptome of the Baculovirus Autographa californica Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus in Trichoplusia ni Cells