OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is 10. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Diversity and evolution of the P450 family in arthropods	111
Whole genome sequence of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines	76
Targeted mutagenesis using CRISPR-Cas9 in the chelicerate herbivore Tetranychus urticae	47
Role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in the mode of action of neonicotinoid, sulfoximine and spinosyn insecticides in Drosophila melanogaster	43
Mutagenesis of the orco odorant receptor co-receptor impairs olfactory function in the malaria vector Anopheles coluzzii	38
Impact of high-fat diet on lifespan, metabolism, fecundity and behavioral senescence in Drosophila	35
QTL mapping using microsatellite linkage reveals target-site mutations associated with high levels of resistance against three mitochondrial complex II inhibitors in Tetranychus urticae	35
Genome editing in the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda: Multiple sgRNA/Cas9 method for identification of knockouts in one generation	35
Functional analysis of ecdysteroid biosynthetic enzymes of the rice planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens	34
Coordinative mediation of the response to alarm pheromones by three odorant binding proteins in the green peach aphid Myzus persicae	32
CRISPR/Cas9 mediated ryanodine receptor I4790M knockin confers unequal resistance to diamides in Plutella xylostella	32
Evaluation of five candidate receptors for three Bt toxins in the beet armyworm using CRISPR-mediated gene knockouts	32
lincRNA_Tc13743.2-miR-133-5p-TcGSTm02 regulation pathway mediates cyflumetofen resistance in Tetranychus cinnabarinus	30
Multiple target-site mutations occurring in lepidopterans confer resistance to diamide insecticides	30
Identification of a double-stranded RNA-degrading nuclease influencing both ingestion and injection RNA interference efficiency in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum	30
Comparative analysis of the detoxification gene inventory of four major Spodoptera pest species in response to xenobiotics	30
Transgenic expression of antimicrobial peptides from black soldier fly enhance resistance against entomopathogenic bacteria in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	29
Yellow-g and Yellow-g2 proteins are required for egg desiccation resistance and temporal pigmentation in the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus	29
Gene editing reveals obligate and modulatory components of the CO2 receptor complex in the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles coluzzii	28
Pyrethroid metabolism by eleven Helicoverpa armigera P450s from the CYP6B and CYP9A subfamilies	27
Involvement of GOBP2 in the perception of a sex pheromone component in both larval and adult Spodoptera litura revealed using CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis	26
CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis abolishes odorant-binding protein BdorOBP56f-2 and impairs the perception of methyl eugenol in Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)	26
A novel paperclip double-stranded RNA structure demonstrates clathrin-independent uptake in the mosquito Aedes aegypti	24
Genomic and transcriptomic analyses in Drosophila suggest that the ecdysteroid kinase-like (EcKL) gene family encodes the ‘detoxification-by-phosphorylation’ enzymes of insects	23
Functions of duplicated glucosinolate sulfatases in the development and host adaptation of Plutella xylostella	23

Regulation of antimicrobial peptides by juvenile hormone and its receptor, Methoprene-tolerant, in the mosquito Aedes aegypti	22
Overexpression of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase and cytochrome P450 enzymes confers resistance to sulfoxaflor in field populations of the aphid, Myzus persicae	22
Insect alarm pheromones in response to predators: Ecological trade-offs and molecular mechanisms	21
Comparative genomic analysis of C-type lectin-domain genes in seven holometabolous insect species	21
Identification and profiling of Bactrocera dorsalis microRNAs and their potential roles in regulating the developmental transitions of egg hatching, molting, pupation and adult eclosion	21
Structural and biochemical insights into an insect gut-specific chitinase with antifungal activity	20
The involvement of insulin/ToR signaling pathway in reproductive performance of Rhodnius prolixus	20
circEgg regulates histone H3K9me3 by sponging bmo-miR-3391–5p and encoding circEgg-P122 protein in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	20
Heterogeneous expression of the ammonium transporter AgAmt in chemosensory appendages of the malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae	20
Heterogeneity of midgut cells and their differential responses to blood meal ingestion by the mosquito, Aedes aegypti	20
A haploid diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella L.) genome assembly resolves 31 chromosomes and identifies a diamide resistance mutation	20
MicroRNA-277 regulates dopa decarboxylase to control larval-pupal and pupal-adult metamorphosis of Helicoverpa armigera	20
A whole transcriptomic approach provides novel insights into the molecular basis of organophosphate and pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles arabiensis from Ethiopia	19
Characterization of a specific odorant receptor for linalool in the Chinese citrus fly Bactrocera minax (Diptera: Tephritidae)	19
Characterization of an adulticidal and larvicidal interfering RNA pesticide that targets a conserved sequence in mosquito G protein-coupled dopamine 1 receptor genes	19
Mechanism of threshold size assessment: Metamorphosis is triggered by the TGF-beta/Activin ligand Myoglianin	18
A review of the molecular mechanisms of acaricide resistance in mites and ticks	17
Bicistronic expression and differential localization of proteins in insect cells and Drosophila suzukii using picornaviral 2A peptides	17
Candidate genetic determinants of intraspecific variation in pea aphid susceptibility to RNA interference	17
Involvement of CYP2 and mitochondrial clan P450s of Helicoverpa armigera in xenobiotic metabolism	17
Digestion-related proteins in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta	17
Identification and characterization of highly active promoters from the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda	16
Circadian transcription factors differentially regulate features of the adult overwintering diapause in the Northern house mosquito, Culex pipiens	16
Contribution of odorant binding proteins to olfactory detection of (Z)-11-hexadecenal in Helicoverpa armigera	16
Iron binding and release properties of transferrin-1 from Drosophila melanogaster and Manduca sexta: Implications for insect iron homeostasis	16
Metabolomics and transcriptomics of pheromone biosynthesis in an aggressive forest pest Ips typographus	16
Soybean aphid biotype 1 genome: Insights into the invasive biology and adaptive evolution of a major agricultural pest	15
dHNF4 regulates lipid homeostasis and oogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster	15
Structural insight into the substrate specificity of Bombyx mori β-fructofuranosidase belonging to the glycoside hydrolase family 32	15
Down-regulation of lysosomal protein ABCB6 increases gossypol susceptibility in Helicoverpa armigera	15
Roles of the variable P450 substrate recognition sites SRS1 and SRS6 in esfenvalerate metabolism by CYP6AE subfamily enzymes in Helicoverpa armigera	15
Beyond the eye: Kynurenine pathway impairment causes midgut homeostasis dysfunction and survival and reproductive costs in blood-feeding mosquitoes	15
Sex pheromone receptors of the light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana, support a second major pheromone receptor clade within the Lepidoptera	15
Silencing of ATG6 and ATG8 promotes increased levels of triacylglycerol (TAG) in the fat body during prolonged starvation periods in the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius prolixus	15
Uncyclized xanthommatin is a key ommochrome intermediate in invertebrate coloration	15
Lipidome remodeling in aging normal and genetically obese Drosophila males	15
P–S6K is associated with insect diapause via the ROS/AKT/ S6K/CREB/HIF-1 pathway in the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera	15
Essential role for SNMP1 in detection of sex pheromones in Helicoverpa armigera	14
Evolution of sex pheromone receptors in Dendrolimus punctatus Walker (lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) is divergent from other moth species	14
Mechanisms of DEET gustation in Drosophila	14
CRISPR/Cas9-induced vitellogenin knockout lead to incomplete embryonic development in Plutella xylostella	14
Olfactory coding of intra- and interspecific pheromonal messages by the male Mythimna separata in North China	14
A defect in purine nucleotide metabolism in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, causes a translucent larval integument and male infertility	14
Single amino acid variations drive functional divergence of cytochrome P450s in Helicoverpa species	13
Histamine gustatory aversion in Drosophila melanogaster	13
Synergistic resistance of Helicoverpa armigera to Bt toxins linked to cadherin and ABC transporters mutations	13
Systemic and mitochondrial effects of metabolic inflexibility induced by high fat diet in Drosophila melanogaster	13
Aphid estrogen-related receptor controls glycolytic gene expression and fecundity	13
Juvenile hormone biosynthetic genes are critical for regulating reproductive diapause in the cabbage beetle	13
A look into Colorado potato beetle lipid metabolism through the lens of lipid storage droplet proteins	13

Over-expression in cis of the midgut P450 CYP392A16 contributes to abamectin resistance in Tetranychus urticae	13
20-hydroxyecdysone regulates expression of methioninesulfoxide reductases through transcription factor FOXO in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum	13
QTL mapping suggests that both cytochrome P450-mediated detoxification and target-site resistance are involved in fenbutatin oxide resistance in Tetranychus urticae	13
Functional conservation and diversification of yellow-y in lepidopteran insects	13
High sucrose diet induces morphological, structural and functional impairments in the renal tubules of Drosophila melanogaster: A model for studying type-2 diabetes mediated renal tubular dysfunction	13
Factors that regulate expression patterns of insulin-like peptides and their association with physiological and metabolic traits in Drosophila	12
Extracellular vesicles spread the RNA interference signal of Tribolium castaneum TcA cells	12
Juvenile hormone as a causal factor for maternal regulation of diapause in a wasp	12
Blood meal drives de novo lipogenesis in the fat body of Rhodnius prolixus	12
Novel glucosinolate metabolism in larvae of the leaf beetle Phaedon cochleariae	12
Involvement of clathrin-dependent endocytosis in cellular dsRNA uptake in aphids	12
Endogenous viral elements integrated into the genome of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines	12
Involvement of Methoprene-tolerant and Krüppel homolog 1 in juvenile hormone-signaling regulating the maturation of male accessory glands in the moth Agrotis ipsilon	12
Changes in composition and levels of hemolymph proteins during metamorphosis of Manduca sexta	12
Juvenile hormone mediates lipid storage in the oocytes of Dipetalogaster maxima	12
The molecular mechanisms of insecticide resistance in aphid crop pests	12
Soybean aphids adapted to host-plant resistance by down regulating putative effectors and up regulating transposable elements	11
Ancient origin and conserved gene function in terpene pheromone and defense evolution of stink bugs and hemipteran insects	11
Krüppel homolog 1 regulates photoperiodic reproductive plasticity in the cabbage beetle Colaphellus bowringi	11
Mutation in Bombyx mori fibrohexamerin (P25) gene causes reorganization of rough endoplasmic reticulum in posterior silk gland cells and alters morphology of fibroin secretory globules in the silk gla	11
Twenty-hydroxyecdysone produced by dephosphorylation and ecdysteroidogenesis regulates early embryonic development in the silkmoth, Bombyx mori	11
MicroRNA miR-8 promotes cell growth of corpus allatum and juvenile hormone biosynthesis independent of insulin/IGF signaling in Drosophila melanogaster	11
Cathepsins L and B in Dysdercus peruvianus, Rhodnius prolixus, and Mahanarva fimbriolata. Looking for enzyme adaptations to digestion	11
Diverse roles of phosphatidate phosphatases in insect development and metabolism	11
Rational design of mimetic peptides based on the interaction between Inga laurina inhibitor and trypsins for Spodoptera cosmioides pest control	11
Mucin family genes are essential for the growth and development of the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria	11
BdorOBP69a is involved in the perception of the phenylpropanoid compound methyl eugenol in oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) males	10
Cleavage activation and functional comparison of Manduca sexta serine protease homologs SPH1a, SPH1b, SPH4, and SPH101 in conjunction with SPH2	10
Progress in the characterization of insulin-like peptides in aphids: Immunohistochemical mapping of ILP4	10
A history of the genetic and molecular identification of genes and their functions controlling insect sex determination	10
The cytochrome P450 CYP325A is a major driver of pyrethroid resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus in Central Africa	10
The short neuropeptide F receptor regulates olfaction-mediated foraging behavior in the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)	10
Characterization of calcium signaling proteins from the fat body of the Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): Implications for diapause and lipid metabolism	10
Baculovirus infection affects caterpillar chemoperception	10
Bt Cry1Ac resistance in Trichoplusia ni is conferred by multi-gene mutations	10
Oligomerization is a key step for Bacillus thuringiensis Cyt1Aa insecticidal activity but not for toxicity against red blood cells	10
A knockout screen of genes expressed specifically in Ae. aegypti pupae reveals a critical role for stretchin in mosquito flight	10
Wolbachia increase germ cell mitosis to enhance the fecundity of Laodelphax striatellus	10
Spatial and temporal control of gene manipulation in Drosophila via drug-activated Cas9 nucleases	10