Publications of Dalial Freitak

Freitak, D.; Schmidtberg, H.; Dickel, F.; Lochnit, G.; Vogel, H.; Vilcinskas, A.: The maternal transfer of bacteria can mediate trans-generational immune priming in insects. Virulence 5 (4), pp. 547 - 554 (2014)

Freitak, D.; Knorr, E.; Vogel, H.; Vilcinskas, A.: Gender and stressor specific microRNA expression in Tribolium castaneum. Biology Letters 8 (5), pp. 860 - 863 (2012)

Tang, X.; Freitak, D.; Vogel, H.; Ping, L.; Shao, Y.; Arias Cordero, E.; Andersen, G.; Westermann, M.; Heckel, D. G.; Boland, W.: Complexity and variability of gut commensal microbiota in polyphagous lepidopteran larvae. PLoS One 7 (7), e36978 (2012)

Dabrowska, P.; Freitak, D.; Vogel, H.; Heckel, D. G.; Boland, W.: The phytohormone precursor OPDA is isomerized in the insect gut by a single, specific glutathione transferase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106 (38), pp. 16304 - 16309 (2009)

Freitak, D.; Heckel, D. G.; Vogel, H.: Dietary-dependent trans-generational immune priming in an insect herbivore. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 (1667), pp. 2617 - 2624 (2009)

Freitak, D.; Heckel, D. G.; Vogel, H.: Bacterial feeding induces changes in immune-related gene expression and has trans-generational impacts in the cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni). Frontiers in Zoology 6, 7 (2009)

Heidel-Fischer, H. M.; Freitak, D.; Janz, N.; Söderlind, L.; Vogel, H.; Nylin, S.: Phylogenetic relatedness and host plant growth form influence gene expression of the polyphagous comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album). BMC Genomics 10, 506 (2009)

Pauchet, Y.; Freitak, D.; Heidel-Fischer, H. M.; Heckel, D. G.; Vogel, H.: Immunity or digestion: glucanase activity in a glucan-binding protein family from lepidoptera. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 284 (4), pp. 2214 - 2224 (2009)

Freitak, D.; Wheat, C. W.; Heckel, D. G.; Vogel, H.: Immune system responses and fitness costs associated with consumption of bacteria in larvae of Trichoplusia ni. BMC Biology 5, p. 56 (2007)

Meylaers, K.; Freitak, D.; Schoofs, L.: Immunocompetence of Galleria mellonella: Sex- and stage-specific differences and the physiological cost of mounting an immune response during metamorphosis. Journal of Insect Physiology 53 (2), pp. 146 - 156. (2007)

Freitak, D.; Vanatoa, A.; Ots, I.; Rantala, M. J.: Formation of melanin-based wing patterns is influenced by condition and immune challenge in Pieris brassicae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 116 (3), pp. 237 - 243 (2005)

Ots, I.; Freitak, D.; Vanatoa, A.: Expression of immunity and general condition in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), in relation to origin and gender. Entomological Science 8 (2), pp. 173 - 178 (2005)

Freitak, D.: Immunity and physiology of Lepidoptera are influenced by midgut mediated environmental signals. Dissertation, 128 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2009)