Articles (2000 or later)
・Horigane, M., K. Ogihara, Y. Nakajima and D. Taylor. 2008. Isolation and expression of the retinoid X receptor from last instar nymphs and adult females of the soft tick Ornithodoros
moubata (Acari: Argasidae). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 156: 298-311.
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・Moribayashi, A., T. Hayashi, D. Taylor, H. Kurahashi and M. Kobayashi. 2008. Different responses to photoperiod in non-diapausing colonies of the flesh fly, Boettcherisca peregrina.
Physiological Entomology 33: 31-36.
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・Horigane, M., K. Ogihara, Y. Nakajima, T. Shinoda and D. Taylor. 2007. Cloning and expression of the ecdysteroid receptor during ecdysis and reproduction in females of the soft tick,
Ornithodoros moubata (Acari: Argasidae). Insect Molecular Biology 16: 601-612.
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・Iwasaki, T., H. Saido-Sakanaka, A. Asaoka, D. Taylor and M. Yamakawa. 2007. In vitro activity of diastereomeric antimicrobial peptides alone and in combination with antibiotics
against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology, 76: 25-29.
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・Matsuo, T., C.A. Cerruto Noya, D. Taylor and K. Fujisaki. 2007. The presence of growth factors, PDGF-AB and TGF-β, and their receptor in hemocytes of a tick, Ornithodoros
moubata (Acari: Argasidae). Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 69: 317-320.
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・Horigane, M., K. Ogihara, Y. Nakajima, D. Taylor. 2007. Identification and expression analysis of an actin gene from the soft tick, Ornithodoros moubata (Acari: Argasidae). Archives
of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 64: 186-199.
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・Ogihara, K., M. Horigane, Y. Nakajima, A. Moribayashi and D. Taylor. 2007. Ecdysteroid Hormone Titer and its Relationship to Vitellogenesis in the Soft Tick, Ornithodoros moubata
(Acari: Argasidae). General and Comparative Endocrinology 150:371-380.
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・Battsetseg, B., T. Matsuo, X. Xuan, D. Boldbaatar, S.H. Chee, R. Umemiya, T. Sakaguchi, T. Hatta, J. Zhou, A.R. Verdida, D. Taylor and K. Fujisaki. 2007. Babesia Parasites
develop and are transmitted by the non-vector soft tick Ornithodoros moubata (Acari: Argasidae). Parasitology 134:1-8.
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・Hatta, T., R. Umemiya, M. Liao, H. Gong, T. Harnnoi, M. Tanaka, T. Miyoshi, D. Boldbaatar, B. Battsetseg, J. Zhou, X. Xuan, N. Tsuji, D. Taylor and K. Fujisaki. 2007. RNA
interference of cytosolic leucine aminopeptidase reduces fecundity in the hard tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis. Parasitology Research 100: 847-854.
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・Taylor, D. 2006. Tick innate immunity: A review. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan 15: 109-127.
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・Iwasaki, T., H. Saido-Sakanaka, A. Sagisaka, A. Asaoka, D. Taylor and M. Yamakawa. 2006. A short peptide synthesized on the basis of Coleoptericin A from Allomyrina dichotoma
shows similar anti-Escherichia coli action. Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology 75: 135-139.
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・Nakajima, Y., H. Saido-Sakanaka, K. Ogihara, D. Taylor and M. Yamakawa. 2005. Antibacterial peptides are secreted into the midgut lumen to provide antibacterial midgut defense
in the soft tick, Ornithodoros moubata (Acari: Argasidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 40:391-397.
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・Matsuo, T., Y. Okoda, B. Badgar, N. Inoue, X. Xuan, D. Taylor and K. Fujisaki. 2004. Fate of GFP-expressing Escherichia coli in the midgut and response to ingestion in a tick,
Ornithodoros moubata (Acari: Argasidae). Experimental Parasitology 108:67-73.
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・Matsuo, T., N. Inoue, M.R. Ruheta, D. Taylor and K. Fujisaki. 2004. Tickcidal effect of monoclonal antibodies against hemocytes, OM21, in an adult female tick, Ornithodoros
moubata (Acari: Argasidae). Journal of Parasitology 90:715-720.
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・Nakajima, Y., H. Saido-Sakanaka, D. Taylor and M. Yamakawa. 2003. Up-regulated humoral immune response in the soft tick, Ornithodoros moubata (Acari: Argasidae). Parasitology
Research 91:476-481.
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・Nakajima, Y., J. Ishibashi, F. Yukuhiro, A. Asaoka, D. Taylor and M. Yamakawa. 2003. Antibacterial activity and mechanism of action of tick defensin against Gram-positive
bacteria. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1624:125-130.
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・Kadota, K., S. Walter, N. Inoue, T. Matsuo, F. G. Claveria, I. Igarashi, D. Taylor and K. Fujisaki. 2003. Morphological and populational characteristics of hemocytes of
Ornithodoros moubata nymphs during the ecdysial phase. Journal of Medical Entomology 40:770-776.
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・Nakajima, Y., K. Ogihara, D. Taylor and M. Yamakawa. 2003. Antibacterial hemoglobin fragments from the midgut of the soft tick, Ornithodoros moubata (Acari: Argasidae). Journal
of Medical Entomology 40: 78-81.
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・Matsuo, T., M. Sato, N. Inoue, N. Yokoyama, D. Taylor and K. Fujisaki. 2003. Morphological studies on the extracellular matrix in the midgut of a tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis
(Acari: Ixodidae). Parasitology Research 90: 243-248.
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・You, M., X. Xuan, N. Tsuji, T. Kamio, D. Taylor, N. Suzuki, and K. Fujisaki. 2003. Identification and molecular characterization of a chitinase from the hard tick, Haemaphysalis
longicornis. Journal of Biological Chemistry 278: 8556-8563.
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・Nakajima, Y., D. Taylor and M. Yamakawa. 2002. Involvement of antibacterial peptide defensin in tick midgut defense. Experimental and Applied Acarology 28: 135-140.
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・Matsuo, T., T. Mori, D. Taylor and K. Fujisaki. 2002. Preliminary observations on effects of male factors and/or dopamine in virgin female ticks, Haemaphysalis longicornis
(Acari: Ixodidae). Jounal of Acarological Society of Japan 11(2): 105-109.
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・Nakajima, Y., A. van der Goes van Naters-Yasui, D. Taylor and M. Yamakawa. 2002. Antibacterial peptide defensin is involved in midgut immunity of the soft tick, Ornithodoros
moubata (Acari: Argasidae). Insect Molecular Biology 11: 611-618.
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・Nakajima, Y., A. van der Goes van Naters-Yasui, D. Taylor and M. Yamakawa. 2001. Two isoforms of a member of the arthropod defensin family from the soft tick, Ornithodoros
moubata (Acari: Argasidae). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 31: 747-751.
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・Kozaki, T., T. Shono, T. Tomita, D. Taylor and Y. Kono. 2002. Linkage analysis of an acetylcholinesterase gene in the housefly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae). Journal
of Economic Entomology 95:129-133.
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