OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Insect Molecular Biology is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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Cellular Lnc_209997 suppresses Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus replication by targeting miR‐275‐5p in B. mori	19
Social environment affects sensory gene expression in ant larvae	19
Role of arylalkylamine N‐acetyltransferase 7 in reproduction and limb pigmentation of Aedes aegypti	17
Post‐mating gene expression of Mexican fruit fly females: disentangling the effects of the male accessory glands	17
The Rpfor gene modulates the locomotory activity and host‐seeking behaviour of Rhodnius prolixus	17
Neuronal calcium sensor 2 is key to moulting and oocyte development in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens	16
Genome‐wide identification of PAR domain protein 1 (PDP1) targets through ChIP‐seq reveals the regulation of diapause‐specific characteristics in Culex pipiens	16
Silencing of an odorant binding protein (SaveOBP10) involved in the behavioural shift of the wheat aphid Sitobion avenae (Fabricius)	16
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The interaction between the Dbf4 ortholog Chiffon and Gcn5 is conserved in Dipteran insect species	15
Juvenile hormone regulates the reproductive diapause through Methoprene‐tolerant gene in Galeruca daurica	14
The DOMON domain protein LmKnk contributes to correct chitin content, pore canal formation and lipid deposition in the cuticle of Locusta migratoria during moulting	12
Alternative double strand break repair pathways shape the evolution of high recombination in the honey bee, Apis mellifera	12
Insulin reduces the transmission potential of chikungunya virus and activates the toll pathway in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes	12
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CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated Nap knockout affects female reproduction and egg shape in Bombyx mori	11
Characterisation of the myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) gene of Locusta migratoria and the encoded MLCK	11
CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated genome editing of Frankliniella occidentalis, the western flower thrips, via embryonic microinjection	11
Knockout of nuclear receptor HR38 gene impairs pupal–adult development in silkworm Bombyx mori	11
Role of TRPV channels in texture discrimination during Bactrocera dorsalis egg‐laying behaviour	11
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Allele‐specific knockouts reveal a role for apontic‐like in the evolutionary loss of larval melanin pigmentation in the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori	10

Deformed wing virus genotypes A and B do not elicit immunologically different responses in naïve honey bee hosts	10
Foraging in the darkness: Highly selective tuning of below‐ground larval olfaction to Brassicaceae volatiles in striped flea beetle	10
RNAi‐mediated knockdown of exportin 1 negatively affected ovary development, survival and maize mosaic virus accumulation in its insect vector Peregrinus maidis	10
Roles of the protein disulphide isomerases AccPDIA1 and AccPDIA3 in response to oxidant stress in Apis cerana cerana	10
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The ecdysis triggering hormone system is essential for reproductive success in Mythimna separata (Walker)	9
Polygenic adaptation of a cosmopolitan pest to a novel thermal environment	9
Transcriptome profiling reveals sex‐specific gene expressions in pupal and adult stages of the mosquito Culex pipiens	9
Expansion of the genetic toolbox for manipulation of the global crop pest Drosophila suzukii: Isolation and assessment of eye colour mutant strains	9
Identification of genes associated with the silk gland size using multi‐omics in silkworm (Bombyx mori)	9
Identification and functional study of Fib‐L, a major silk fibroin gene component in rice leaf folders	8
Molecular characterization of a novel thioredoxin‐related transmembrane protein gene AcTMX3 that plays important roles in antioxidant defence in Arma chinensis diap	8
Recruitment of lysosomal cathepsins B, L and D as digestive enzymes in Coleoptera	8
Scale‐type‐specific requirement for the mosquito Aedes aegyptiSpindle‐F homologue by regulating microtubule organization	8
Active genic machinery for epigenetic RNA modifications in bees	8
The silk gland proteome of Stenopsyche angustata provides insights into the underwater silk secretion	8
Abdominal‐B contributes to abdominal identity in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)	8
The salivary gland transcriptome of Varroa destructor reveals suitable targets for RNAi‐based mite control	8
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	8
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High MEK/ERK signalling is a key regulator of diapause maintenance in the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera	7
Expression and functional analysis of adipokinetic hormone reveal its different roles in larval development and female fecundity in Panonychus citri (McGregor) (Acari: Tetranychidae)	7
Publication interests and priorities for Insect Molecular Biology	7
The genome‐wide response of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus to cystatin A, a peptidase inhibitor from human skin, sheds light on its digestive physiology and allergenicity	7
Identification and functional analysis of Cochliomyia hominivoraxU6 gene promoters	7
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LncRNA‐IRAR‐mediated regulation of insulin receptor transcripts in Drosophila melanogaster during nutritional stress	7
Assessing Aedes aegypti candidate genes during viral infection and Wolbachia‐mediated pathogen blocking	6
Genomic regions underlying the species‐specific mating songs of green lacewings	6
Constitutively expressed small heat shock protein LsHsp21.5 not only enhances heat tolerance but also helps to maintain reproduction in female Laodelphax striatellus	6
Generating and testing the efficacy of transgenic Cas9 in Tribolium castaneum	6
Dimmed gene knockout shortens larval growth and reduces silk yield in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	6
Genome assembly and transcriptomic analysis to elucidate the ability of Nasonovia ribisnigri to break host plant resistance	6
A critical role for the nuclear protein Akirin in larval development in Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata	6
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A role for DNA methylation in bumblebee morphogenesis hints at female‐specific developmental erasure	6
CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated methoprene‐tolerant 1 knockout results in precocious metamorphosis of beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) only at the late larval stage	6
Molecular identification of carboxylesterase genes and their potential roles in the insecticides susceptibility of Grapholita molesta	6
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Identification and functional analysis of carbonyl reductases related to tetrahydrobiopterin synthesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	6
On how to identify a seminal fluid protein: A commentary on Hurtado et al.	6
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A classic screening marker does not affect antennal electrophysiology but strongly regulates reproductive behaviours in Bactrocera dorsalis	6
A sex‐specific homologue of waprin is essential for embryonic development in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum	6
An association between Dnmt1 and Wnt in the production of oocytes in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci	6
Microbiota and pathogens in an invasive bee: Megachile sculpturalis from native and invaded regions	6
Why do viruses make aphids winged?	5
Prostaglandin E₂ mediates chorion formation of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, at late oogenesis	5

The miR‐282‐5p regulates larval moulting process by targeting chitinase 5 in Bombyx mori	5
Cell lineage analysis reveals signal tracing and compartment characterisation in Drosophila haltere	5
The RNA interference response to alphanodavirus replication in Phlebotomus papatasi sand fly cells	5
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Wood feeding and social living: Draft genome of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes lucifugus (Blattodea; Termitoidae)	5
Analyses of ecdysteroid transporters in the fat body ofTribolium castaneum	5