The red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum has emerged as an important insect model system for a variety of topics. With respect to studying gene function, it is second only to the vinegar …
Gene-editing techniques are revolutionizing the way we conduct genetics in many organisms. The CRISPR/Cas nuclease has emerged as a highly versatile, efficient and …
N Herndon, J Shelton, L Gerischer, P Ioannidis… - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background The red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum has emerged as an important model organism for the study of gene function in development and physiology, for ecological and …
K Lucas, AS Raikhel - Insect biochemistry and molecular biology, 2013 - Elsevier
MicroRNAs (miRNA) are a class of endogenous regulatory RNA molecules 21–24 nucleotides in length that modulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level via …
C Schmitt-Engel, D Schultheis, J Schwirz… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Genetic screens are powerful tools to identify the genes required for a given biological process. However, for technical reasons, comprehensive screens have been restricted to …
J Caers, H Verlinden, S Zels… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
This review focuses on the state of the art on neuropeptide receptors in insects. Most of these receptors are G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and are involved in the regulation …
J Ulrich, VA Dao, U Majumdar, C Schmitt-Engel… - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Background Insect pest control is challenged by insecticide resistance and negative impact on ecology and health. One promising pest specific alternative is the generation of …
MT Naseem, R Beaven, T Koyama… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
More than half of all extant metazoan species on earth are insects. The evolutionary success of insects is linked with their ability to osmoregulate, suggesting that they have evolved …
V Smykal, AS Raikhel - Current opinion in insect science, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•AA/TOR pathway regulates synthesis and secretion of ILPs as shown for Drosophila.•ILPs represent a second nutritional checkpoint in regulation of …