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| BSc Guelph, MPM Simon Fraser University, PhD McGill |
| Canadian Research Chair in Parasitology and Vectors of Disease |
Selected Papers
Ursic, R.J., Mitzey, A.M. Obraztsova, M. and C. Lowenberger. 2005. Molecular cloning and transcriptional activation of lysozyme-encoding cDNAs in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Insect Molecular Biology 14:89-94.
Boulanger, N., C. Lowenberger, P. Volf, R. Ursic, L. Sigutova, L. Sabatier, M. Svobodova, S. M. Beverley, G. Späth, R. Brun, B. Pesson and P. Bulet 2004. Characterization of a Defensin from the Sand Fly Phlebotomus duboscqi Induced by Challenge with Bacteria or the Protozoan Parasite Leishmania major. Infection and Immunity 72:7140-7146.
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Bartholomay, L.C., J.F. Fuchs, L.L. Cheng, E.T. Beck, J. Vizioli, C. Lowenberger, and B.M. Christensen. 2004. Reassessing the role of defensin in the innate immune response of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Insect Mol. Biol. 13: 125-132
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Lopez, L., R. Ursic, M. Wolff, and C. Lowenberger. 2003. Identification of a member of the defensin family of insect immune peptides from Rhodnius prolixus, the vector of Chagas disease. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 33: 439-447. |
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Cheng, L.L., Beaty, L.C., Higgs, S., Lowenberger, C., Olson, K., Beaty, B., and Christensen, B.M. 2001. Use of a sindbis viral expression system to express an endogenous immune peptide, defensin, in Aedes aegypti. J. Insect Science. http://www.insectscience.org/1.10/
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Lowenberger, C.A. 2001. The innate immune response of Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 31: 219-229.
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Ferdig, M.T., A. Taft, C.T. Smartt, C.A. Lowenberger, J. Li, J. Zhang, and B.M. Christensen. 2000. Aedes aegypti dopa-decarboxylase: gene structure and regulation. Insect Mol. Biol. 9: 231-239.
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Vizioli, J., P. Bulet, M. Charlet, C.A. Lowenberger, C. Bass, H-M. Muller, G. Dimopoulos, J.A. Hoffmann, F.C. Kafatos, and A. Richman. 2000. Cloning and analysis of cecropin gene from the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Insect Mol. Biol. 9: 75-84.
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Lowenberger, C.A., M. Charlet, J. Vizioli, S. Kamal, A. Richman, B.M. Christensen, and P. Bulet. 1999. Structural characterization, cDNA isolation, temporal expression, and activity spectrum of a member of the cecropin family from the mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti. Journal of Biological Chemistry 274: 20092-20097.
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Lowenberger, C.A., C.T. Smartt, P. Bulet, M.T. Ferdig, D.W. Severson, J.A. Hoffmann, and B.M. Christensen. 1999. Insect immunity: Molecular cloning, expression, and characterization of cDNAs and genomic DNA encoding three isoforms of insect defensis in Aedes aegypti. Insect Mol. Biol. 8: 107-118.
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Lowenberger, C.A., S. Kamal, J. Chiles, S. Paskewitz, P. Bulet, J.A. Hoffmann, and B.M. Christensen. 1999. Mosquito-Plasmodium interactions in response to immune activation of the vector. Exp. Parasitol. 91: 59-69.
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| Book Chapters |
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Lowenberger, C.A. Form, Function, and Phylogenetic Relationships of Mosquito Immune Peptides. Pp 113-129 in Phylogenetic Perspectives on the Vertebrate Immune System. Eds. Beck, G., Sugumaran, M., and Cooper, R. Kluwer Academic. 2001.
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