Chitin synthase (CHS) is a large transmembrane enzyme that polymerizes Uridine diphosphate N-acetylglucosamine into chitin. The genomes of insects often encode two chitin synthases, CHS1 and CHS2. Their functional roles have been investigated in several insects: mainly responsible for synthesizing the cuticle CHS2 midgut. Lepeophtheirus salmonis an ectoparasitic copepod on salmonid fish, which ...

Purpose: To investigate the regulatory effects of vesicle-associated membrane protein 8 (VAMP8) in atherosclerosis (AS).
 Methods: VAMP8 expression was assessed using quantitative real time-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and western blot, while H&E staining used to examine morphology arterial glandular tissues AS mice. Lipid accumulation mice determined with aid Oil Red O staining...

The nature and type of local indoor resting wall surfaces to certain level influences the residual bio-efficacy of insecticides used in indoor residual spraying programs. Knockdown and mortality effects of an organophosphate Actellic 300 CS and pyrethroid K-Othrine WG 250 insecticides on the field-collected Culex quinquefasciatus were assessed bimonthly from July to November 2014, using World H...