Insect Neuropeptide Bursicon Homodimers Induce Innate Immune and Stress Genes during Molting by Activating the NF-κB Transcription Factor Relish

• Shiheng An ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shiheng An, Shengzhang Dong, Qian Wang

  Current address: College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

  Affiliation Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Shengzhang Dong ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shiheng An, Shengzhang Dong, Qian Wang

  Affiliation Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Qian Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shiheng An, Shengzhang Dong, Qian Wang

  Affiliation Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Sheng Li,

  Affiliation Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

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• Lawrence I. Gilbert,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• David Stanley,

  Affiliation USDA/Agricultural Research Service, Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Qisheng Song

  * E-mail: songq@missouri.edu

  Affiliation Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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