Insect Molecular Biology

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The Rpfor gene modulates the locomotory activity and host‐seeking behaviour of Rhodnius prolixus	19
Role of arylalkylamine N‐acetyltransferase 7 in reproduction and limb pigmentation of Aedes aegypti	18
Social environment affects sensory gene expression in ant larvae	18
Genome‐wide identification of PAR domain protein 1 (PDP1) targets through ChIP‐seq reveals the regulation of diapause‐specific characteristics in Culex pipiens	17
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Cellular Lnc_209997 suppresses Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus replication by targeting miR‐275‐5p in B. mori	17
Silencing of an odorant binding protein (SaveOBP10) involved in the behavioural shift of the wheat aphid Sitobion avenae (Fabricius)	17
Neuronal calcium sensor 2 is key to moulting and oocyte development in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens	17
Insulin reduces the transmission potential of chikungunya virus and activates the toll pathway in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes	16
Alternative double strand break repair pathways shape the evolution of high recombination in the honey bee, Apis mellifera	16
The DOMON domain protein LmKnk contributes to correct chitin content, pore canal formation and lipid deposition in the cuticle of Locusta migratoria during moulting	15
The influence of IR25a on electrophysiology and reproductive behaviour in the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis	15
Role of TRPV channels in texture discrimination during Bactrocera dorsalis egg‐laying behaviour	14
CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated Nap knockout affects female reproduction and egg shape in Bombyx mori	14
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Silencing PsASH2 affects embryo development in the cotton mealybug	13
The interaction between the Dbf4 ortholog Chiffon and Gcn5 is conserved in Dipteran insect species	13
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Characterisation of the myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) gene of Locusta migratoria and the encoded MLCK	12
Foraging in the darkness: Highly selective tuning of below‐ground larval olfaction to Brassicaceae volatiles in striped flea beetle	11
Knockout of nuclear receptor HR38 gene impairs pupal–adult development in silkworm Bombyx mori	11
Allele‐specific knockouts reveal a role for apontic‐like in the evolutionary loss of larval melanin pigmentation in the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori	10
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Transcriptome profiling reveals sex‐specific gene expressions in pupal and adult stages of the mosquito Culex pipiens	10

Molecular characterization of a novel thioredoxin‐related transmembrane protein gene AcTMX3 that plays important roles in antioxidant defence in Arma chinensis diap	10
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RNAi‐mediated knockdown of exportin 1 negatively affected ovary development, survival and maize mosaic virus accumulation in its insect vector Peregrinus maidis	10
Deformed wing virus genotypes A and B do not elicit immunologically different responses in naïve honey bee hosts	10
The ecdysis triggering hormone system is essential for reproductive success in Mythimna separata (Walker)	10
Roles of the protein disulphide isomerases AccPDIA1 and AccPDIA3 in response to oxidant stress in Apis cerana cerana	10
CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated genome editing of Frankliniella occidentalis, the western flower thrips, via embryonic microinjection	10
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Expansion of the genetic toolbox for manipulation of the global crop pest Drosophila suzukii: Isolation and assessment of eye colour mutant strains	9
The silk gland proteome of Stenopsyche angustata provides insights into the underwater silk secretion	9
Scale‐type‐specific requirement for the mosquito Aedes aegyptiSpindle‐F homologue by regulating microtubule organization	9
Abdominal‐B contributes to abdominal identity in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)	9
Characterization of the glutathione S‐transferase genes in the sand flies Phlebotomus papatasi and Lutzomyia longipalpis shows expansion of the novel glutathione S‐transferase xi	9
Polygenic adaptation of a cosmopolitan pest to a novel thermal environment	9
The salivary gland transcriptome of Varroa destructor reveals suitable targets for RNAi‐based mite control	9
Identification and functional study of Fib‐L, a major silk fibroin gene component in rice leaf folders	9
Identification of genes associated with the silk gland size using multi‐omics in silkworm (Bombyx mori)	9
Publication interests and priorities for Insect Molecular Biology	8
LncRNA‐IRAR‐mediated regulation of insulin receptor transcripts in Drosophila melanogaster during nutritional stress	8
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The genome‐wide response of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus to cystatin A, a peptidase inhibitor from human skin, sheds light on its digestive physiology and allergenicity	8
Recruitment of lysosomal cathepsins B, L and D as digestive enzymes in Coleoptera	8
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Expression and functional analysis of adipokinetic hormone reveal its different roles in larval development and female fecundity in Panonychus citri (McGregor) (Acari: Tetranychidae)	8
Environmental factors affecting RNAi efficacy: Temperature but not plant cultivar influences Colorado potato beetle's response to insecticidal dsRNA	7
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A classic screening marker does not affect antennal electrophysiology but strongly regulates reproductive behaviours in Bactrocera dorsalis	7
Dimmed gene knockout shortens larval growth and reduces silk yield in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	7
A role for DNA methylation in bumblebee morphogenesis hints at female‐specific developmental erasure	7
Assessing Aedes aegypti candidate genes during viral infection and Wolbachia‐mediated pathogen blocking	7
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Identification and functional analysis of carbonyl reductases related to tetrahydrobiopterin synthesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	7
Constitutively expressed small heat shock protein LsHsp21.5 not only enhances heat tolerance but also helps to maintain reproduction in female Laodelphax striatellus	7
Identification and functional analysis of Cochliomyia hominivoraxU6 gene promoters	7
Genomic regions underlying the species‐specific mating songs of green lacewings	7
A critical role for the nuclear protein Akirin in larval development in Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata	7
On how to identify a seminal fluid protein: A commentary on Hurtado et al.	7
CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated methoprene‐tolerant 1 knockout results in precocious metamorphosis of beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) only at the late larval stage	7
Genome assembly and transcriptomic analysis to elucidate the ability of Nasonovia ribisnigri to break host plant resistance	6
The miR‐282‐5p regulates larval moulting process by targeting chitinase 5 in Bombyx mori	6
Prostaglandin E2 mediates chorion formation of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, at late oogenesis	6
A sex‐specific homologue of waprin is essential for embryonic development in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum	6
Molecular identification of carboxylesterase genes and their potential roles in the insecticides susceptibility of Grapholita molesta	6
Analyses of ecdysteroid transporters in the fat body ofTribolium castaneum	6
The RNA interference response to alphanodavirus replication in Phlebotomus papatasi sand fly cells	6
Establishment of transgenic Drosophila suzukii lines that express phiC31 integrase and carry the sepia gene as a marker for transformation	6
An association between Dnmt1 and Wnt in the production of oocytes in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci	6
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HcTRET1 is critical for epidermal chitin synthesis in Hyphantria cunea	6

Metabolome‐microbiome modulations induced by ZIF8@ZIF67 supplementation in the midgut of Bombyx mori	6
Transformer is involved in female sex determination in Bemisia tabaci	6
Identification and functional characterisation of a novel antimicrobial peptide from the housefly, Musca domestica	6
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Microbiota and pathogens in an invasive bee: Megachile sculpturalis from native and invaded regions	5
Mapping and quantification of cryptochrome expression in the brain of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum	5
Constitutively‐expressed and induced immune effectors in the house fly (Musca domestica) and the transcription factors that may regulate them	5
Insecticide resistance management scenarios differ for RNA‐based sprays and traits	5
Differences in gene expression patterns between parthenogenetically and sexually produced offspring during early development of Reticulitermes speratus	5
Bmo‐miR‐6498‐5p suppresses Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection by down‐regulating BmPLPP2 to modulate pyridoxal phosphate content in B. mori	5
Generating and testing the efficacy of transgenic Cas9 in Tribolium castaneum	5
GC–MS‐based metabonomic analysis of silkworm haemolymph reveals four‐stage metabolic responses to nucleopolyhedrovirus infection	5
Why do viruses make aphids winged?	5
Effective target genes for RNA interference‐based management of the cabbage stem flea beetle	5
Ecdysone‐induced microRNA miR‐276a‐3p controls developmental growth by targeting the insulin‐like receptor in Drosophila	5
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The transformer‐2 gene is essential for female and male development in Gryllus bimaculatus	5
A new piece in the repeatome puzzle of Triatominae bugs: The analysis of Triatoma rubrofasciata reveals the role of satellite DNAs in the karyotypic evolution of distinct lineages	5
Silencing of the immune gene BmPGRP‐L4 in the midgut affects the growth of silkworm (Bombyx mori) larvae	5
Wood feeding and social living: Draft genome of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes lucifugus (Blattodea; Termitoidae)	5
Cell lineage analysis reveals signal tracing and compartment characterisation in Drosophila haltere	5
Response of the serine/threonine kinase AKT and phosphoinositide‐dependent kinase PDK in Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) to three kinds of foods an	4
CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated knockout of the abdominal‐B homeotic gene in the global pest, fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)	4
Modulation of DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) in Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells following AcMNPV infection, and its effects on the virus‐cell interaction	4
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Histone acetyltransferase p300/CBP regulates reproductive diapause via the juvenile hormone pathway in the cabbage beetle, Colaphellus bowringi	4
Pharmacological and molecular characterization of the A‐type muscarinic acetylcholine receptor from Anopheles gambiae	4
Function analysis and characterisation of a novel chitinase, MdCht9, in Musca domestica	4
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The genome‐wide characterisation of cold shock proteins and prominent roles involved in cold response by configuring metabolic pathways in Haemaphysalis longicornis	4
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The diapausing mosquito Culex pipiens exhibits reduced levels of H3K27me2 in the fat body	4
MiR‐3017b contributes to metamorphosis by targeting sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ATPase in Tribolium castaneum	4
Cuticle protein gene LmCP8 is involved in the structural development of the ovipositor in the migratory locust Locusta migratoria	4
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Male vitellogenin regulates gametogenesis through a testis‐enriched big protein in Chrysopa pallens	4
Identification and characterisation of PRXamide peptides in the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis	4
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TcCYP4C1 in combination with trehalose to cope with high‐CO2 stress in Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera)	4
The larval gut of Spodoptera frugiperda harbours culturable bacteria with metabolic versatility after insecticide exposure	4
Knockdown of the ecdysone receptor disrupts development and causes mortality in the melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae	4
Ligand binding properties of three odorant‐binding proteins in striped flea beetle Phyllotreta striolata towards two phthalate esters	4
Apolygus lucorum effector Al6 promotes insect feeding performance on soybean plants: RNAi analysis and feeding behaviour study with electrical penetration graph	4
Juvenile hormone inhibits adult cuticle formation in Drosophila melanogaster through Kr‐h1/Dnmt2‐mediated DNA methylation of Acp65A promoter	4
Development of transgenic corn planthopper Peregrinus maidis that express the tetracycline transactivator	4
Evaluation of the toxic effects and midgut biological changes induced by low concentrations of cyantraniliprole in Bombyx mori	4
Validation of selective catalytic BmCBP inhibitors that regulate the Bm30K‐24 protein expression in silkworm, Bombyx mori	4
PBAN regulates sex pheromone biosynthesis by Ca2+/CaN/ACC and Ca2+/PKC/HK2 signal pathways in Spodoptera litura	4
Non‐CG DNA methylation marks the transition from pupa to adult in Helicoverpa armigera	3
Isolation, purification and biochemical characterization of Conopomorpha cramerella farnesol dehydrogenase	3
Octopamine terminates sex pheromone biosynthesis by suppressing PBAN signal in moths	3
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Evidence of a shared binding site for Bacillus thuringiensisCry1Ac and Cry2Aa toxins in Cnaphalocrocis medinalis cadherin	3
Transcriptome‐wide analysis uncovers regulatory elements of the antennal transcriptome repertoire of bumblebee at different life stages	3
Drivers of genomic diversity and phenotypic development in early phases of domestication in Hermetia illucens	3
PBX and Dfd cooperatively regulate stage‐specific expression of 30 K protein BmLP1 in Bombyx mori	3
Acetylcholine titre regulation by non‐neuronal acetylcholinesterase 1 and its putative roles in honey bee physiology	3
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Uric acid metabolism promotes apoptosis against Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus in silkworm, Bombyx mori	3
The role of epigenetics in insects in changing environments	3
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Whole‐genome resequencing reveals genetic evolution of honeybees (Apis cerana) in high‐altitude and overwintering adaptation	3
A parasitoid regulates 20E synthesis and antibacterial activity of the host for development by inducing host nitric oxide production	3
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The expression of Catsup in the hindgut is essential for zinc homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster	3
Spraying dsRNA with chitosan formulation improves control of the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, in a greenhouse	3
Dissecting roles of pannier splice variants during pupal and adult morphogenesis in Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata	3
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The Hox gene Abdominal‐B regulates the appendage development during the embryogenesis of scorpionflies	2
Knockdown of CYP9A9 increases the susceptibility to lufenuron, methoxyfenozide and a mixture of both in Spodoptera exigua	2
Introgression of a synthetic sex ratio distortion transgene into different genetic backgrounds ofAnopheles coluzzii	2
Peptidoglycan recognition protein SC (PGRP‐SC) shapes gut microbiota richness, diversity and composition by modulating immunity in the house fly Musca domestica	2
Identification and function of the Pax gene Bmgsb in the silk gland of Bombyx mori	2
Nitric oxide synthase is required for the pea aphid's defence against bacterial infection	2
Resolving the zinc binding capacity of honey bee vitellogenin and locating its putative binding sites	2
Functional characterisation of Fe (II) and 2OG‐dependent dioxygenase TcALKBH4 in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum	2
The spread of satellite DNAs in euchromatin and insights into the multiple sex chromosome evolution in Hemiptera revealed by repeatome analysis of the bug Oxycarenus hyalinipe	2

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The octopamine receptor, OA2B2, modulates stress resistance and reproduction in Nilaparvata lugens Stål (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)	2
Efficient CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated genome editing in the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis	2
Farnesyl/geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthases regulate the biosynthesis of alarm pheromone in a unique manner in the vetch aphid Megoura viciae	2
The molecular mechanisms of defensive‐grade organic acid biosynthesis in ground beetles	2
‘Drifting’ Buchnera genomes track the microevolutionary trajectories of their aphid hosts	2
The quest for the best target genes for RNAi‐mediated pest control	2
Gene expression in Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae exposed to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii<	2
Expanding the transgene expression toolbox of the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi	2
Changes in bumblebee queen gut microbiotas during and after overwintering diapause	2
An OBP gene highly expressed in non‐chemosensory tissues affects the phototaxis and reproduction of Spodoptera frugiperda	2
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Histone and N‐terminal acetyltransferases play important roles in female reproduction and embryogenesis of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum	2
Age‐associated morphology and transcriptome analyses reveal functional transformation of Malpighian tubules of cicadas in response to development and niche shift	2
Correction to: Rhythmic change of adipokinetic hormones diurnally regulates locust vitellogenesis and egg development	2
Biochemical characterization and overexpression of an α‐amylase (BmAmy) in silkworm, Bombyx mori	2
Binding properties of odorant‐binding protein 4 from bean bug Riptortus pedestris to soybean volatiles	2
Evolution of mitogenomic gene order in Orthoptera	2
Minibrain plays a role in the adult brain development of honeybee (Apis mellifera) workers	2
Heat‐responsive ame‐miR‐1‐3p modulates thermotolerance in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)	2
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