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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Diversity and evolution of the P450 family in arthropods	132
A review of the molecular mechanisms of acaricide resistance in mites and ticks	51
Role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in the mode of action of neonicotinoid, sulfoximine and spinosyn insecticides in Drosophila melanogaster	48
Impact of high-fat diet on lifespan, metabolism, fecundity and behavioral senescence in Drosophila	45
Mutagenesis of the orco odorant receptor co-receptor impairs olfactory function in the malaria vector Anopheles coluzzii	43
Coordinative mediation of the response to alarm pheromones by three odorant binding proteins in the green peach aphid Myzus persicae	40
Comparative analysis of the detoxification gene inventory of four major Spodoptera pest species in response to xenobiotics	39
Overexpression of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase and cytochrome P450 enzymes confers resistance to sulfoxaflor in field populations of the aphid, Myzus persicae	32
Pyrethroid metabolism by eleven Helicoverpa armigera P450s from the CYP6B and CYP9A subfamilies	32
The molecular mechanisms of insecticide resistance in aphid crop pests	31
Transgenic expression of antimicrobial peptides from black soldier fly enhance resistance against entomopathogenic bacteria in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	31
Heterogeneity of midgut cells and their differential responses to blood meal ingestion by the mosquito, Aedes aegypti	30
CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis abolishes odorant-binding protein BdorOBP56f-2 and impairs the perception of methyl eugenol in Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)	30
Regulation of antimicrobial peptides by juvenile hormone and its receptor, Methoprene-tolerant, in the mosquito Aedes aegypti	29
Gene editing reveals obligate and modulatory components of the CO2 receptor complex in the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles coluzzii	28
A novel paperclip double-stranded RNA structure demonstrates clathrin-independent uptake in the mosquito Aedes aegypti	28
Involvement of GOBP2 in the perception of a sex pheromone component in both larval and adult Spodoptera litura revealed using CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis	28
Insect alarm pheromones in response to predators: Ecological trade-offs and molecular mechanisms	24
The involvement of insulin/ToR signaling pathway in reproductive performance of Rhodnius prolixus	24
Identification and profiling of Bactrocera dorsalis microRNAs and their potential roles in regulating the developmental transitions of egg hatching, molting, pupation and adult eclosion	23
A whole transcriptomic approach provides novel insights into the molecular basis of organophosphate and pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles arabiensis from Ethiopia	23
Mechanism of threshold size assessment: Metamorphosis is triggered by the TGF-beta/Activin ligand Myoglianin	23
Comparative genomic analysis of C-type lectin-domain genes in seven holometabolous insect species	23
Contribution of odorant binding proteins to olfactory detection of (Z)-11-hexadecenal in Helicoverpa armigera	21
Involvement of CYP2 and mitochondrial clan P450s of Helicoverpa armigera in xenobiotic metabolism	20

Sex pheromone receptors of the light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana, support a second major pheromone receptor clade within the Lepidoptera	20
A haploid diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella L.) genome assembly resolves 31 chromosomes and identifies a diamide resistance mutation	20
Digestion-related proteins in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta	19
QTL mapping suggests that both cytochrome P450-mediated detoxification and target-site resistance are involved in fenbutatin oxide resistance in Tetranychus urticae	19
Synergistic resistance of Helicoverpa armigera to Bt toxins linked to cadherin and ABC transporters mutations	19
Metabolomics and transcriptomics of pheromone biosynthesis in an aggressive forest pest Ips typographus	19
A look into Colorado potato beetle lipid metabolism through the lens of lipid storage droplet proteins	18
Factors that regulate expression patterns of insulin-like peptides and their association with physiological and metabolic traits in Drosophila	18
Identification and characterization of highly active promoters from the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda	18
dHNF4 regulates lipid homeostasis and oogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster	18
Essential role for SNMP1 in detection of sex pheromones in Helicoverpa armigera	18
Structural insight into the substrate specificity of Bombyx mori β-fructofuranosidase belonging to the glycoside hydrolase family 32	18
Roles of the variable P450 substrate recognition sites SRS1 and SRS6 in esfenvalerate metabolism by CYP6AE subfamily enzymes in Helicoverpa armigera	17
Functional conservation and diversification of yellow-y in lepidopteran insects	17
Juvenile hormone biosynthetic genes are critical for regulating reproductive diapause in the cabbage beetle	16
Lipidome remodeling in aging normal and genetically obese Drosophila males	16
Over-expression in cis of the midgut P450 CYP392A16 contributes to abamectin resistance in Tetranychus urticae	16
Beyond the eye: Kynurenine pathway impairment causes midgut homeostasis dysfunction and survival and reproductive costs in blood-feeding mosquitoes	16
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	16
Systemic and mitochondrial effects of metabolic inflexibility induced by high fat diet in Drosophila melanogaster	16
Juvenile hormone mediates lipid storage in the oocytes of Dipetalogaster maxima	15
The short neuropeptide F receptor regulates olfaction-mediated foraging behavior in the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)	15
Knockout of the odorant receptor co-receptor, orco, impairs feeding, mating and egg-laying behavior in the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda	15
Aphid estrogen-related receptor controls glycolytic gene expression and fecundity	15
Characterization of calcium signaling proteins from the fat body of the Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): Implications for diapause and lipid metabolism	15
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	15
A history of the genetic and molecular identification of genes and their functions controlling insect sex determination	15
Involvement of clathrin-dependent endocytosis in cellular dsRNA uptake in aphids	15
A defect in purine nucleotide metabolism in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, causes a translucent larval integument and male infertility	15
Blood meal drives de novo lipogenesis in the fat body of Rhodnius prolixus	15
Mechanisms of DEET gustation in Drosophila	14
Histamine gustatory aversion in Drosophila melanogaster	14
Temporal analysis of microRNAs associated with wing development in the English grain aphid, Sitobion avenae (F.) (Homoptera: Aphidiae)	14
BdorOBP69a is involved in the perception of the phenylpropanoid compound methyl eugenol in oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) males	14
Comparison of functions of pheromone receptor repertoires in Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa assulta using a Drosophila expression system	14
Overexpression of the UDP-glycosyltransferase UGT34A23 confers resistance to the diamide insecticide chlorantraniliprole in the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta	14
A H258Y mutation in subunit B of the succinate dehydrogenase complex of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae confers resistance to cyenopyrafen and pyflubumide, but likely reinforces cyflumetofen bindi	14
Diverse roles of phosphatidate phosphatases in insect development and metabolism	14
20-hydroxyecdysone regulates expression of methioninesulfoxide reductases through transcription factor FOXO in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum	13
Involvement of Methoprene-tolerant and Krüppel homolog 1 in juvenile hormone-signaling regulating the maturation of male accessory glands in the moth Agrotis ipsilon	13
Role of neuronal and non-neuronal acetylcholine signaling in Drosophila humoral immunity	13
MicroRNA let-7-5p targets the juvenile hormone primary response gene Krüppel homolog 1 and regulates reproductive diapause in Galeruca daurica	13
Single amino acid variations drive functional divergence of cytochrome P450s in Helicoverpa species	13
Ancient origin and conserved gene function in terpene pheromone and defense evolution of stink bugs and hemipteran insects	12
The cytochrome P450 CYP325A is a major driver of pyrethroid resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus in Central Africa	12
Krüppel homolog 1 regulates photoperiodic reproductive plasticity in the cabbage beetle Colaphellus bowringi	12
Common substitution mutation F348Y of acetylcholinesterase gene contributes to organophosphate and carbamate resistance in Cimex lectularius and C. hemipterus	12
Twenty-hydroxyecdysone produced by dephosphorylation and ecdysteroidogenesis regulates early embryonic development in the silkmoth, Bombyx mori	12
Bt Cry1Ac resistance in Trichoplusia ni is conferred by multi-gene mutations	12
Juvenile hormone induces methoprene-tolerant 1 phosphorylation to increase interaction with Taiman in Helicoverpa armigera	12

MicroRNA miR-8 promotes cell growth of corpus allatum and juvenile hormone biosynthesis independent of insulin/IGF signaling in Drosophila melanogaster	12
Knockouts of positive and negative elements of the circadian clock disrupt photoperiodic diapause induction in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	12
Chronic exposure to field-realistic doses of imidacloprid resulted in biphasic negative effects on honey bee physiology	12
Involvement of the transcription factor E75 in adult cuticular formation in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum	12
Changes in composition and levels of hemolymph proteins during metamorphosis of Manduca sexta	12
Orcokinin neuropeptides regulate reproduction in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster	12
Cathepsins L and B in Dysdercus peruvianus, Rhodnius prolixus, and Mahanarva fimbriolata. Looking for enzyme adaptations to digestion	12
Juvenile hormone as a causal factor for maternal regulation of diapause in a wasp	12
Wolbachia increase germ cell mitosis to enhance the fecundity of Laodelphax striatellus	12
Silk of the common clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella, a cosmopolitan pest belonging to the basal ditrysian moth line	11
SYNCAS: Efficient CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing in difficult to transform arthropods	11
Role of microRNAs in insect-baculovirus interactions	11
A knockout screen of genes expressed specifically in Ae. aegypti pupae reveals a critical role for stretchin in mosquito flight	11
Identification of putative muscarinic acetylcholine receptor genes in Bactrocera dorsalis and functional analysis of Bdor-mAChR-B	11
Progress in the characterization of insulin-like peptides in aphids: Immunohistochemical mapping of ILP4	11
Sage controls silk gland development by regulating Dfd in Bombyx mori	11
Choline transporter-like protein 2 interacts with chitin synthase 1 and is involved in insect cuticle development	11
BmHen1 is essential for eupyrene sperm development in Bombyx mori but PIWI proteins are not	10
A nuclear receptor HR4 is essential for the formation of epidermal cuticle in the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria	10
Broad complex and wing development in cockroaches	10
SfABCC2 transporter extracellular loops 2 and 4 are responsible for the Cry1Fa insecticidal specificity against Spodoptera frugiperda	10
SERCA interacts with chitin synthase and participates in cuticular chitin biogenesis in Drosophila	10
The draft genome of the Asian corn borer yields insights into ecological adaptation of a devastating maize pest	10
TRPV channel nanchung and TRPA channel water witch form insecticide-activated complexes	10
Doublesex regulates male-specific differentiation during distinct developmental time windows in a parasitoid wasp	10
BmGr4 responds to sucrose and glucose and expresses in tachykinin-related peptide-secreting enteroendocrine cells	10
Cleavage activation and functional comparison of Manduca sexta serine protease homologs SPH1a, SPH1b, SPH4, and SPH101 in conjunction with SPH2	10
Baculovirus infection affects caterpillar chemoperception	10
The genome of the black cutworm Agrotis ipsilon	10
Sex-biased proteomic response to tomato spotted wilt virus infection of the salivary glands of Frankliniella occidentalis, the western flower thrips	10
Changes in antennal gene expression underlying sensory system maturation in Rhodnius prolixus	10
Omics-based analysis of honey bee (Apis mellifera) response to Varroa sp. parasitisation and associated factors reveals changes impairing winter bee generation	10