Marianna Zinovjevna Kapitskaya
Michigan State University
14 Papers
168 Citations
Marianna Zinovjevna Kapitskaya is an academic researcher from Michigan State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aedes aegypti & Regulation of gene expression. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 14 publications.
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Mosquito ecdysteroid receptor: Analysis of the cDNA and expression during vitellogenesis
TL;DR: An insect steroid hormone, 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E), plays an important role in regulating egg maturation in mosquitoes, and the cDNA coding for the putative ecdysteroid receptor from the mosquito, Aedes aegypti (AaEcR), is cloned to better understand its role.
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The mosquito ultraspiracle homologue, a partner of ecdysteroid receptor heterodimer: cloning and characterization of isoforms expressed during vitellogenesis.
Marianna Zinovjevna Kapitskaya,Sheng-Fu Wang,Dean Ervin Cress,Tarlochan S. Dhadialla,Alexander S. Raikhel +4 more
TL;DR: In spite of the relatively low level of sequence conservation, electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) and hormone-binding assay clearly demonstrated that the products of the AaUSPa and Aa USPb cDNAs are functional heterodimeric partners of the mosquito ecdysteroid receptor.
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Expression of the early-late gene encoding the nuclear receptor HR3 suggests its involvement in regulating the vitellogenic response to ecdysone in the adult mosquito.
TL;DR: AHR3, a highly conserved homologue of the Drosophila HR3 early-late ecdysone-inducible gene in the mosquito is identified and it is shown that AHR3 is expressed in both vitellogenic tissues of the female mosquito, the fat body and the ovary.
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Regulation of gene expression by 20-hydroxyecdysone in the fat body of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)
Kirk W. Deitsch,N Dittmer,Marianna Zinovjevna Kapitskaya,J.S. Chen,Wen-Long Cho,Alexander S. Raikhel +5 more
TL;DR: Results indicate that the control of YP genes in the vitellogenic mosquito fat body by 20E is indirect and may involve several factors in a hierarchy, with a factor other than the AaEcR directly controlling the YP gene genes.
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