2023

Farnesyl/geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthases regulate the biosynthesis of alarm pheromone in a unique manner in the vetch aphid Megoura viciae

"Identification and characterisation of PRXamide peptides in the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis"

2022

The cGMP-dependent protein kinase gene can regulate trail-following behaviour and locomotion in the termite Reticulitermes chinensis Snyder

Octopamine terminates sex pheromone biosynthesis by suppressing PBAN signal in moths

Trehalase is required for sex pheromone biosynthesis in Helicoverpa armigera

Transcriptome analysis and identification of sex pheromone biosynthesis and transport related genes in Atrijuglans hetaohei (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)

2021

Heterologous expression of a substance which inhibits receptivity and calling in Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner)

Vitellogenin expression in the ovaries of adult honeybee workers provides insights into the evolution of reproductive and social traits

Transcriptome analysis reveals TOR signalling-mediated plant flush shoots governing Diaphorina citri Kuwayama oviposition

Two classic OBPs modulate the responses of female Holotrichia oblita to three major ester host plant volatiles

2020

"Expression, purification and characterization of three odorant binding proteins from the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella"

Carboxylic acid responses by a conserved odorant receptor in culicine vector mosquitoes

"Mating-based regulation and ligand binding of an odorant-binding protein support the inverse sexual communication of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)"

Substrate-specificity of cytochrome P450-mediated detoxification as an evolutionary strategy for specialization on furanocoumarin-containing hostplants: CYP6AE89 in parsnip webworms

2019

Analysis of the Drosophila melanogaster anti-ovarian response to honey bee queen mandibular pheromone

A fatty acid synthase gene (FASN3) from the integument tissue of Rhodnius prolixus contributes to cuticle water loss regulation

"Expression patterns and colocalization of two sensory neurone membrane proteins in Ectropis obliqua Prout, a geometrid moth pest that uses Type-II sex pheromones"

"An odorant receptor mediates the attractiveness of cis-jasmone to Campoletis chlorideae, the endoparasitoid of Helicoverpa armigera"

Structural and biochemical evaluation of Ceratitis capitata odorant-binding protein 22 affinity for odorants involved in intersex communication

2018

Functional characterization of CYP4G11-a highly conserved enzyme in the western honey bee Apis mellifera

Major venom proteins of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta: insights into possible pheromone-binding function from mass spectrometric analysis

Key genes of the sex pheromone biosynthesis pathway in female moths are required for pheromone quality and possibly mediate olfactory plasticity in conspecific male moths in Spodoptera litura

Calcineurin is required for male sex pheromone biosynthesis and female acceptance

Optimization of reverse chemical ecology method: false positive binding of Aenasius bambawalei odorant binding protein 1 caused by uncertain binding mechanism

The terpenoid backbone biosynthesis pathway directly affects the biosynthesis of alarm pheromone in the aphid

Three chemosensory proteins from the rice leaf folder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis involved in host volatile and sex pheromone reception

2017

Evidence for a role of oestrogen receptor-related receptor in the regulation of male sexual behaviour in the moth Agrotis ipsilon

"A cytochrome P450 gene plays a role in the recognition of sex pheromones in the tobacco cutworm, Spodoptera litura"

"Molecular cloning, mRNA expression and biological activity of the pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) from the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis"

Identification of odorant-binding and chemosensory protein genes and the ligand affinity of two of the encoded proteins suggest a complex olfactory perception system in Periplaneta americana

Knockdown of a metathoracic scent gland desaturase enhances the production of (E)-4-oxo-2-hexenal and suppresses female sexual attractiveness in the plant bug Adelphocoris suturalis

Calmodulin as a downstream gene of octopamine-OAR alpha1 signalling mediates olfactory attraction in gregarious locusts

Three odorant binding proteins may regulate the behavioural response of Chrysopa pallens to plant volatiles and the aphid alarm pheromone (E)-beta-farnesene

2016

Exploring complex pheromone biosynthetic processes in the bumblebee male labial gland by RNA sequencing

"A garlic substance disrupts odorant-binding protein recognition of insect pheromones released from adults of the angoumois grain moth, Sitotroga cerealella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)"

Identification and expression profile of odorant-binding proteins in Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

Cytochrome P450 CYP6DA2 regulated by cap 'n'collar isoform C (CncC) is associated with gossypol tolerance in Aphis gossypii Glover

Identification and gene-silencing of a putative odorant receptor transcription factor in Varroa destructor: possible role in olfaction

Molecular characterization and functional analysis of pheromone binding protein 1 from Cydia pomonella (L.)

Larval sensilla of the moth Heliothis virescens respond to sex pheromone components

Postmating transcriptional changes in the female reproductive tract of the European corn borer moth

Queen pheromone regulates programmed cell death in the honey bee worker ovary

2015

Identification and characterization of a fatty acyl reductase from a Spodoptera littoralis female gland involved in pheromone biosynthesis

Cytochrome P450s from the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda): responses to plant allelochemicals and pesticides

"Establishment of a specific cell death induction system in Bombyx mori by a transgene with the conserved apoptotic regulator, mouse Bcl-2-associated X protein (mouse Bax)"

Chemosensory receptor genes in the Oriental tobacco budworm Helicoverpa assulta

Two subclasses of odorant-binding proteins in Spodoptera exigua display structural conservation and functional divergence

Task-related differential expression of four cytochrome P450 genes in honeybee appendages

"Voxel-based analysis of the immediate early gene, c-jun, in the honey bee brain after a sucrose stimulus"

Three amino acid residues of an odorant-binding protein are involved in binding odours in Loxostege sticticalis L

2014

Antennal uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glycosyltransferases in a pest insect: diversity and putative function in odorant and xenobiotics clearance

Aldehyde reductase activity in the antennae of Helicoverpa armigera

An antennae-enriched carboxylesterase from Spodoptera exigua displays degradation activity in both plant volatiles and female sex pheromones

Narrow tuning of an odorant receptor to plant volatiles in Spodoptera exigua (Hubner)

The antenna-specific odorant-binding protein AlinOBP13 of the alfalfa plant bug Adelphocoris lineolatus is expressed specifically in basiconic sensilla and has high binding affinity to terpenoids

Odorant-binding protein (OBP) genes affect host specificity in a fig-pollinator mutualistic system

"Functional characterization of sex pheromone receptors in the purple stem borer, Sesamia inferens (Walker)"

"Two CYP4 genes of the Chinese white pine beetle, Dendroctonus armandi (Curculionidae: Scolytinae), and their transcript levels under different development stages and treatments"

The sensory neurone membrane protein SNMP1 contributes to the sensitivity of a pheromone detection system

2013

Identification and characterization of the pyrokinin/pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide family of G protein-coupled receptors from Ostrinia nubilalis

An odorant receptor from the common cutworm (Spodoptera litura) exclusively tuned to the important plant volatile cis-3-hexenyl acetate

Quantitative analysis of pheromone-binding protein specificity

"Specific involvement of two amino acid residues in cis-nerolidol binding to odorant-binding protein 5 AlinOBP5 in the alfalfa plant bug, Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze)"

2012

Functional impact of silencing the Helicoverpa armigera sex-peptide receptor on female reproductive behaviour

2011

DNA modifications and genome rearrangements during the development and sex differentiation of the bumble bee Bombus terrestris

Identification of specific sites in the third intracellular loop and carboxyl terminus of the Bombyx mori pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide receptor crucial for ligand-induced internalization

Differential expression of odorant receptor genes involved in the sexual isolation of two Heliothis moths

Functional characterization of pheromone receptors in the tobacco budworm Heliothis virescens

The pyrokinin/ pheromone biosynthesis-activating neuropeptide (PBAN) family of peptides and their receptors in Insecta: evolutionary trace indicates potential receptor ligand-binding domains

2010

Developmental regulation of the pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide-receptor (PBAN-R): re-evaluating the role of juvenile hormone

Cloning of an octopamine/tyramine receptor and plasticity of its expression as a function of adult sexual maturation in the male moth Agrotis ipsilon

A diversity of putative carboxylesterases are expressed in the antennae of the noctuid moth Spodoptera littoralis

"Identification of an E-box DNA binding protein, activated protein 4, and its function in regulating the expression of the gene encoding diapause hormone and pheromone biosynthesis-activating neuropeptide in Helicoverpa armigera"

Gqalpha-linked phospholipase Cbeta1 and phospholipase Cgamma are essential components of the pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) signal transduction cascade

Metabolic enzymes associated with xenobiotic and chemosensory responses in Nasonia vitripennis

Genome annotation and comparative analyses of the odorant-binding proteins and chemosensory proteins in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

2009

"Identification of a new member of the PBAN family of neuropeptides from the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta"

"Cloning, expression and functional analysis of a general odorant-binding protein 2 gene of the rice striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)"

Expression of a pheromone receptor in ovipositor sensilla of the female moth (Heliothis virescens)

2008

"Expressed sequence tags and proteomics of antennae from the tortricid moth, Epiphyas postvittana"

Cloning and characterisation of a prenyltransferase from the aphid Myzus persicae with potential involvement in alarm pheromone biosynthesis

"Transcriptional analysis of the pheromone gland of the turnip moth, Agrotis segetum (Noctuidae), reveals candidate genes involved in pheromone production"

2007

"Isolation and extreme sex-specific expression of cytochrome P450 genes in the bark beetle, Ips paraconfusus, following feeding on the phloem of host ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa"

"Antennal esterase cDNAs from two pest moths, Spodoptera littoralis and Sesamia nonagrioides, potentially involved in odourant degradation"

"Female-biased expression of odourant receptor genes in the adult antennae of the silkworm, Bombyx mori"

Spatial distribution and differential expression of the PBAN receptor in tissues of adult Helicoverpa spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

2006

"Isolation, endocrine regulation and mRNA distribution of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase (HMG-S) gene from the pine engraver, Ips pini (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)"

A female-specific desaturase gene responsible for diene hydrocarbon biosynthesis and courtship behaviour in Drosophila melanogaster

A deficit of detoxification enzymes: pesticide sensitivity and environmental response in the honeybee

"Effects of juvenile hormone on gene expression in the pheromone-producing midgut of the pine engraver beetle, Ips pini"

Evidence for a putative antennal clock in Mamestra brassicae: molecular cloning and characterization of two clock genes--period and cryptochrome-- in antennae

Juvenile hormone and colony conditions differentially influence cytochrome P450 gene expression in the termite Reticulitermes flavipes

"RNA interference in the light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana (Walker) induced by double-stranded RNA feeding"

2004

"Characterization and evolution of furanocoumarin-inducible cytochrome P450s in the parsnip webworm, Depressaria pastinacella"

2003

"Molecular characterization of prothoracicotropic hormone and diapause hormone in Heliothis virescens during diapause, and a new role for diapause hormone"

2002

A cluster of four D7-related genes is expressed in the salivary glands of the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

"Isolation of cDNA clones encoding putative odourant binding proteins from the antennae of the malaria-transmitting mosquito, Anopheles gambiae"

CYP6B cytochrome p450 monooxygenases from Papilio canadensis and Papilio glaucus: potential contributions of sequence divergence to host plant associations

cDNA cloning of biotransformation enzymes belonging to the cytochrome P450 family in the antennae of the noctuid moth Mamestra brassicae

The D7 family of salivary proteins in blood sucking diptera

The period gene and genetic differentiation between three Brazilian populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis

2000

Molecular studies in insect olfaction

"Organization, evolution and expression of a multigene family encoding putative members of the odourant binding protein family in the medfly Ceratitis capitata"

1999

"Intraspecific nucleotide variation at the pheromone binding protein locus in the turnip moth, Agrotis segetum"

Genetic similarity among pheromone and voltinism races of Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Diversity of odourant binding proteins revealed by an expressed sequence tag project on male Manduca sexta moth antennae

Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation among populations and host races of Lambdina fiscellaria (Gn.) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

1998

"Cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding a male-specific serum protein of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, with sequence similarity to odourant-binding proteins"