NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF BROAD-NOSED WEEVILS FROM BALTIC AMBER AND NOTES ON FOSSILS OF THE SUBFAMILY ENTIMINAE (COLEOPTERA, CURCULIONIDAE)

New genus and species of broad-nosed weevils from Baltic amber and notes on fossils of the subfamily Entiminae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

Arostropsis groehni gen.et sp.n.is described from Baltic amber and temporarily placed in the tribe Naupactini.It differs from all recent Naupactini genera with open corbels by very short and flattened scape, distinct lateral carina of the pronotum and elytra, and the rostrum distinctly narrower than the head capsule.The shape of head in the extinct

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Hepatitis B virus suppresses complement C9 synthesis by limiting the availability of transcription factor USF-1 and inhibits formation of membrane attack complex: implications in disease pathogenesis

Abstract Background The complement system functions primarily as a first-line host defense against invading microbes, including viruses.However, the interaction of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) with the complement-components during chronic HBV infection remains largely unknown.We investigated the mechanism by which HBV inhibits the formation of cytolytic

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