• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Sericultural Science Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.130-133
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• 2003

Peroxiredoxins are a family of antioxidant proteins ubiquitously found in all living organisms. A type of peroxidase enzyme, named thioredoxin peroxidase (TPx), that reduces $H_2O$$_2$ with the use of electrons from thioredoxin and contains two essential cysteines was identified in a wide variety of organisms ranging from prokaryotes to mammals. TPx homologs, termed peroxiredoxin (Prx), have also been identified and include several proteins, designated 1-Cys Prx, that contain only one conserved cysteine. (omitted)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Sericultural Science Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.65-65
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Entomolohy Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.180-180
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• 2002

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Sericultural Science Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.72-72
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• 2002

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• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Sericultural Science Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.68-68
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• 2003

The glutathione-S-transferases (GSTs) are enzymes responsible for the protection of cells from chemical toxicants and oxidative stress. In insects, GSTs have been particularly known to be implicated in the resistance to insecticides. In this study, a cDNA encoding the GST gene homologue was isolated from the cDNA library of the mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis. (omitted)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Sericultural Science Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.73-73
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• 2004

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.477-481
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• 2000

The cytotoxicity of crude insect drugs was measured using HeLa cells originating from human cervix and uterine cancer. using the dye uptake assay in order to find potential anticancer agents. Three kinds of extracts (buffer, methanol and ethylacetate) were prepared from 26 insects and used as raw materials for the activity assay. Among these, the buffer extracts from Tabanus, Mylabris and Huechys showed a potent anticancer activity, and those from Catharsius, Red ant, Scorpion, Tabanus and Vespae Nidus showed a strong L-amino acid oxidase (AAO) activity as well as cytotoxicity. In contrast, buffer extracts from Gryllotalpa orientalis and Apriona germari larvae showed greater/more rapid Hela cell growth than that of other insects.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Sericultural Science Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.48-48
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• 2005

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.24 no.7
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• pp.943-953
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• 2014

The XylH gene (1,167-bp) encoding a novel hemicellulase (41,584 Da) was identified from the genome of Microbacterium trichothecenolyticum HY-17, a gastrointestinal bacterium of Gryllotalpa orientalis. The enzyme consisted of a single catalytic domain, which is 74% identical to that of an endo-${\beta}$-1,4-xylanase (GH10) from Isoptericola variabilis 225. Unlike other endo-${\beta}$-1,4-xylanases from invertebrate-symbiotic bacteria, rXylH was an alkali-tolerant multifunctional enzyme possessing endo-${\beta}$-1,4-xylanase activity together with ${\beta}$-1,3/${\beta}$-1,4-glucanase activity, which exhibited its highest xylanolytic activity at pH 9.0 and 60oC, and was relatively stable within a broad pH range of 5.0-10.0. The susceptibilities of different xylosebased polysaccharides to the XylH were assessed to be as follows: oat spelts xylan > beechwood xylan > birchwood xylan > wheat arabinoxylan. rXylH was also able to readily cleave p-nitrophenyl (pNP) cellobioside and pNP-xylopyranoside, but did not hydrolyze other pNP-sugar derivatives, xylobiose, or hexose-based materials. Enzymatic hydrolysis of birchwood xylan resulted in the product composition of xylobiose (71.2%) and xylotriose (28.8%) as end products.

• The Korean Journal of Zoology
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.15-24
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• 1959

Concluding the result of this observation, authors obtained the table showing chromosome numbers which are consisted in each species as follow. Viewing on this result, authors recognized Acrididae are determined the sex with X-O type. 6 species of Family Acrididae and one species of Family Gryllotalpidae (on above table) had already calculated the number of chromosomes by some foreign observers. But another one species (Briodema tuberculatum dilatum STOLL) clarified by authors firstly in this observation. In 2nd spermatocyte of Trilophidia annulata YHUMBERG 1 to 3 Ist constriction satellites were observed, and each of the small bodies was connected with thin fibre and constituted with same or less breadth as the main chromosomes. If those are not the satellites, they should be the super-numerary chromosomes appearing a dot form. In this observation, among 48 species of Family Acrididae which have been found in Korea 18 species were calculated their chromosome numbers which were including 1 species calculated by authors newly. And authors have reobserved the chromosomes of Gryllotalpa africana PALISOT de BEUVOIS of Family Gryllotalpidae which was done by Japanese before.