Abstract The small GTPase Ran is a member of the Ras superfamily of small GTP-binding
proteins, which plays a key role in the translocation of RNA and proteins through the nuclear …

Background Nuclear transport factor 2 and small GTPase Ran participate in the nucleo-
cytoplasm transport of macromolecules, but their function in the 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) …

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYPs) play essential physiological functions in
insects. CYP303A1 is highly conserved in insect species studied to date, and shows an …

Ran (RanGTPase) in insects participates in the 20-hydroxyecdysone signal transduction
pathway in which downstream genes, FTZ-F1, Krüppel-homolog 1 (Kr-h1) and vitellogenin …

Ras-related guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding nuclear protein (Ran) GTPases function
as molecular switches and regulate diverse cellular events in eukaryotes. Our previous work …

During growth and development of insects, the steroid hormone 20-Hydroxyecdysone (20E)
regulates the molting process through activation of a series of genes including E74, E75 and …

Catalase (CAT) is a ubiquitous antioxidant enzyme in almost all living organisms exposed to
atmosphere, which involved in decomposing harmful hydrogen peroxide, into oxygen and …

Twenty-nine cDNAs encoding Ras-like family small GTPases (RSGs) were cloned and
sequenced from Nilaparvata lugens. Twenty-eight proteins are described here: 3 from Rho …

The GTP-binding nuclear protein Ran has mostly been reported to be an essential player in
nuclear transport, chromosome alignment, microtubule dynamics, centrosome duplication …

In Locusta migratoria, we found that two chitin biosynthesis genes, UDP N‐
acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase gene LmUAP1 and chitin synthase gene LmCHS1 …