JAMES J. BECNEL

Developmental and Environmental Regulation of AaeIAP1 Transcript in Aedes aegypti (2008)

Julia W. Pridgeon, Liming Zhao, James J. Becnel, Gary G. Clark, Kenneth J. Linthicum

Apoptosis (programmed cell death) is a tightly regulated physiological process. The inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) are key regulators for apoptosis. An inhibitor of apoptosis protein gene...

ESTs from the microsporidian Edhazardia aedis (2008)

Gill, Erin E, Becnel, James J, Fast, Naomi M

Abstract Background Microsporidia are a group of parasites related to fungi that infect a wide variety of animals and have gained recognition from the medical community in the past 20 years due to...

Cytochrome c Gene and Protein Expression: Developmental Regulation, Environmental Response, and Pesticide Sensitivity in Aedes aegypti (2008)

Liming Zhao, Julia W. Pridgeon, James J. Becnel, Gary G. Clark, Kenneth J. Linthicum

Cytochrome c is a highly conserved protein that is found in many multicellular and unicellular organisms. Cytochrome c is a critical intermediate in apoptosis: a controlled form of cell death that...

Topically Applied AaeIAP1 Double-Stranded RNA Kills Female Adults of Aedes aegypti (2008)

Julia W. Pridgeon, Liming Zhao, James J. Becnel, Daniel A. Strickman, Gary G. Clark, Kenneth J. Linthicum

Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) is the primary vector of both dengue and yellow fever. Use of insecticides is one of the primary ways to control this medically important insect pest. However,...

Genome sequence surveys of Brachiola algerae and Edhazardia aedis reveal microsporidia with low gene densities (2008)

Williams, Bryony AP, Lee, Renny CH, Becnel, James J, Weiss, Louis M, Fast, Naomi M, Keeling, Patrick J

Abstract Background Microsporidia are well known models of extreme nuclear genome reduction and compaction. The smallest microsporidian genomes have received the most attention, but genomes of...

Proteins Associated with Culex nigripalpus Nucleopolyhedrovirus (CuniNPV) Occluded (2008)

Omaththage Perera, Terry B. Green, Stanley M. Stevens, Jr. Susan White, James J. Becnel

Downloaded from jvi.asm.org at Penn State Univ on February 12, 2008 Occlusion derived virions (ODVs) of the nucleopolyhedrovirus of Culex nigripalpus (CuniNPV) were purified by Ludox ® density...

Susceptibility of Aedes aegypti, Culex quinquefasciatus Say, and Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say to 19 Pesticides with Different Modes of Action (2008)

Julia W. Pridgeon, Roberto M. Pereira, James J. Becnel, Sandra A. Allan, Gary G. Clark, Kenneth J. Linthicum

To access the relative potency of pesticides to control adult mosquitoes, 19 pesticides with various modes of action were evaluated against Aedes aegypti, Culex quinquefasciatus Say, and Anopheles...

Microsporidiosis (Microsporidia: Culicosporidae) Alters Blood-Feeding Responses and DEET Repellency in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) (2007)

Donald R. Barnard, Rui-D. Xue, Margaret A. Rotstein, James J. Becnel

Infection of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) with Edhazardia aedis (Microsporidia: Culicosporidae) reduced mean human host attraction and landing/probing rates in female mosquitoes by 53 and...

Genome of Invertebrate Iridescent Virus Type 3 (Mosquito Iridescent Virus) (2006)

Delhon, Gustavo A., Tulman, Edan R., Afonso, Claudio L., Lu, Zhiqiang, Becnel, James J., Moser, Bettina A., ...

Iridoviruses (IVs) are classified into five genera: Iridovirus and Chloriridovirus, whose members infect invertebrates, and Ranavirus, Lymphocystivirus, and Megalocytivirus, whose members infect...

Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Mosquito Parasitic Microsporidia (Microsporidia: Amblyosporidae)1 (2004)

CHARLES R. VOSSBRINCK, THEODORE G. ANDREADIS, JIRI VAVRA, JAMES J. BECNEL

Amblyospora species and other aquatic Microsporidia were isolated from mosquitoes, black flies, and copepods and the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene was sequenced. Comparative phylogenetic analysis...

Infectivity and Pathogenicity of a Novel Baculovirus, CuniNPV from Culex nigripalpus (Diptera: Culicidae) for Thirteen Species and Four Genera of Mosquitoes (2003)

Theodore G. Andreadis, James J. Becnel, Susan E. White

The infectivity and pathogenicity of newly discovered baculovirus, CuniNPV (family Baculoviridae, genus Nulclepolyhedrovirus) originally isolated from the mosquito Culex nigripalpus Theobald, was...

Microsporidiosis of Tachinaephagus zealandicus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) (2002)

Geden,Christopher J, Boohene,Carl K, Becnel,James J, Prado,Angelo Pires Do

An undescribed microsporidium was found infecting Tachinaephagus zealandicus, a gregarious parasitoid that attacks third instar larvae of muscoid flies. Spores were present in all body regions and in...

In Vivo and In Vitro Development of the Protist Helicosporidium sp (2001)

DRION G. BOUCIAS, JAMES J. BECNEL, SUSAN E. WHITE, MICHEAL BOTT

We describe the discovery and developmental features of a Helicosporidium sp. isolated from the black fly Simulium jonesi. Morphologically, the helicosporidia are characterized by a distinct cyst...

Life Cycle and Description of Amblyospora camposi n. sp. (Microsporidia: Amblyosporidae) in the Mosquito Culex renatoi (Diptera, Culicidae) and the Copepod Paracyclops fimbriatus fimbriatus (Copepoda, Cyclopidae) (2000)

MARIA V. MICIELI, JUAN J. GARCIA, JAMES J. BECNEL

The life cycle of Amblyospora camposi n. sp. is described from the mosquito Culex renatoi and the copepod Paracyclops fimbriatus fimbriatus collected in the leaf axils of the plant Eryngium cabrerae...

Morphological and Molecular Characterization of a Cypovirus (Reoviridae) from the Mosquito Uranotaenia sapphirina (Diptera: Culicidae)

Shapiro, Alexandra, Green, Terry, Rao, Shujing, White, Susan, Carner, Gerry, Mertens, Peter P. C., ...

A novel cypovirus has been isolated from the mosquito Uranotaenia sapphirina (UsCPV) and shown to cause a chronic infection confined to the cytoplasm of epithelial cells of the gastric ceca and...

Morphological and Molecular Characterization of a Cypovirus (Reoviridae) from the Mosquito Uranotaenia sapphirina (Diptera: Culicidae)

Shapiro, Alexandra, Green, Terry, Rao, Shujing, White, Susan, Carner, Gerry, Mertens, Peter P. C., ...

A novel cypovirus has been isolated from the mosquito Uranotaenia sapphirina (UsCPV) and shown to cause a chronic infection confined to the cytoplasm of epithelial cells of the gastric ceca and...

Genome of Invertebrate Iridescent Virus Type 3 (Mosquito Iridescent Virus)

Delhon, Gustavo, Tulman, Edan R., Afonso, Claudio L., Lu, Zhiqiang, Becnel, James J., Moser, Bettina A., ...

Iridoviruses (IVs) are classified into five genera: Iridovirus and Chloriridovirus, whose members infect invertebrates, and Ranavirus, Lymphocystivirus, and Megalocytivirus, whose members infect...

Proteins Associated with Culex nigripalpus Nucleopolyhedrovirus Occluded Virions▿

Perera, Omaththage, Green, Terry B., Stevens, Stanley M., White, Susan, Becnel, James J.

Occlusion-derived virions (ODVs) of the nucleopolyhedrovirus of Culex nigripalpus (CuniNPV) were purified by Ludox density gradient ultracentrifugation, and the proteins were separated by...

Pathogenicity Tests on Nine Mosquito Species and Several Non-target Organisms with Strelkovimermis spiculatus (Nemata Mermithidae)

Becnel, James J., Johnson, Margaret A.

Nine species of mosquitoes and several species of non-target aquatic organisms were tested for susceptibility to the mernaithid nematode, Strelkovimermis spiculatus. All species of Anopheles, Aedes,...