Insect Molecular Biology

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Opsin diversity and evolution in the Elateroidea superfamily: Insights from transcriptome data	23
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Genomic regions underlying the species‐specific mating songs of green lacewings	16
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Inhibition of mevalonate pathway by macrophage‐specific delivery of atorvastatin prevents their pro‐inflammatory polarisation	14
Ligand binding properties of three odorant‐binding proteins in striped flea beetle Phyllotreta striolata towards two phthalate esters	13
An association between Dnmt1 and Wnt in the production of oocytes in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci	12
Structural and functional insights into the ATP‐binding cassette transporter family in the corn planthopper, Peregrinus maidis	12
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Ame‐miR‐1‐3p of bee venom reduced cell viability through the AZIN1/OAZ1‐ODC1‐polyamines pathway and enhanced the defense ability of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)	12
Identification and functional analysis of carbonyl reductases related to tetrahydrobiopterin synthesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	11
Constitutively expressed small heat shock protein LsHsp21.5 not only enhances heat tolerance but also helps to maintain reproduction in female Laodelphax striatellus	11
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Studying the role of Bombyx mori molybdenum cofactor sulfurase in Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection	11
Neuronal calcium sensor 2 is key to moulting and oocyte development in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens	11
The cGMP‐dependent protein kinase gene can regulate trail‐following behaviour and locomotion in the termite Reticulitermes chinensis Snyder	11
On how to identify a seminal fluid protein: A commentary on Hurtado et al.	11
A teratocyte‐specific serpin from the endoparasitoid wasp Cotesia vestalis inhibits the prophenoloxidase‐activating system of its host Plutella xylostella	10
Dual function of the transcription factor Ftz‐f1 on oviposition in the cockroach Blattella germanica	10
A classic screening marker does not affect antennal electrophysiology but strongly regulates reproductive behaviours in Bactrocera dorsalis	10

LincRNA_XR209691.3 could promote Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus replication by interacting with BmHSP70	9
Cellular Lnc_209997 suppresses Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus replication by targeting miR‐275‐5p in B. mori	8
An NF‐κB‐regulated cytokine enhances the antiviral resistance of silkworm, Bombyx mori	8
Social environment affects sensory gene expression in ant larvae	8
Tyrosine transfer RNA levels and modifications during blood‐feeding and vitellogenesis in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti	8
A sex‐specific homologue of waprin is essential for embryonic development in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum	8
Knockdown of the ecdysone receptor disrupts development and causes mortality in the melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae	8
The Rpfor gene modulates the locomotory activity and host‐seeking behaviour of Rhodnius prolixus	8
Reminiscences on the honeybee genome project and the rise of epigenetic concepts in insect science	8
CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated methoprene‐tolerant 1 knockout results in precocious metamorphosis of beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) only at the late larval stage	8
Role of arylalkylamine N‐acetyltransferase 7 in reproduction and limb pigmentation of Aedes aegypti	7
Towards disrupting Varroa –honey bee chemosensing: A focus on a Niemann‐Pick type C2 transcript	7
Silencing of an odorant binding protein (SaveOBP10) involved in the behavioural shift of the wheat aphid Sitobion avenae (Fabricius)	7
A role for DNA methylation in bumblebee morphogenesis hints at female‐specific developmental erasure	7
A critical role for the nuclear protein Akirin in larval development in Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata	7
Dynamic development of AT‐rich heterochromatin has followed diversification and genome expansion of psammophilous Mycetophylax (Formicidae: Attini: Attina)	7
Gene expression profiles of chemosensory genes of termite soldier and worker antennae	7
Mechanism of starvation induced autophagy and apoptosis in the midgut of silkworm, Bombyx mori, based on calcium homeostasis	7
Post‐mating gene expression of Mexican fruit fly females: disentangling the effects of the male accessory glands	7
Molecular identification of carboxylesterase genes and their potential roles in the insecticides susceptibility of Grapholita molesta	7
Drivers of genomic diversity and phenotypic development in early phases of domestication in Hermetia illucens	7
Dimmed gene knockout shortens larval growth and reduces silk yield in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	7
Myofilaments promote wing expansion and maintain genitalia morphology in the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana	7
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Ame‐miR‐980‐3p participates in autophagy‐mediated midgut remodelling in Apis mellifera via targeting Atg2B	6
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Convivina is a specialised core gut symbiont of the invasive hornet Vespa velutina	6
Role of TRPV channels in texture discrimination during Bactrocera dorsalis egg‐laying behaviour	6
Identification of new Anopheles gambiae transcriptional enhancers using a cross‐species prediction approach	6
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Full‐length transcriptome‐referenced analysis reveals developmental and olfactory regulatory genes in Dermestes frischii	6
Genome‐wide identification of PAR domain protein 1 (PDP1) targets through ChIP‐seq reveals the regulation of diapause‐specific characteristics in Culex pipiens	6
Using citizen science data to assess the population genetic structure of the common yellowjacket wasp, Vespula vulgaris	6
The influence of first desaturase subfamily genes on fatty acid synthesis, desiccation tolerance and inter‐caste nutrient transfer in the termite Coptotermes formosanus	6
The JNK signalling pathway gene BmJun is involved in the regulation of egg quality and production in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	6
Microbiota and pathogens in an invasive bee: Megachile sculpturalis from native and invaded regions	6
Sublethal chlorantraniliprole exposure induces autophagy and apoptosis through disrupting calcium homeostasis in the silkworm Bombyx mori	6
Cuticular protein genes involve heat acclimation of insect larvae under global warming	6
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NPF and sNPF can regulate the feeding behaviour and affect the growth and antioxidant levels of the rice brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens	6
CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated Nap knockout affects female reproduction and egg shape in Bombyx mori	5
Effects of poly (ADP‐ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) on silk proteins in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	5
Octopamine terminates sex pheromone biosynthesis by suppressing PBAN signal in moths	5
Wood feeding and social living: Draft genome of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes lucifugus (Blattodea; Termitoidae)	5
Insulin reduces the transmission potential of chikungunya virus and activates the toll pathway in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes	5
Bombyx moriRPL13 participates in UV‐induced DNA damage repair of B. mori nucleopolyhedrovirus through interaction with Bm65	5
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The RNA interference response to alphanodavirus replication in Phlebotomus papatasi sand fly cells	5
Eukaryotic initiation factor 6 modulates the metamorphosis and reproduction of Tribolium castaneum	5

Isolation, purification and biochemical characterization of Conopomorpha cramerella farnesol dehydrogenase	5
The miR‐282‐5p regulates larval moulting process by targeting chitinase 5 in Bombyx mori	4
Characterisation of the bacteriomes harboured by major wireworm pest species in the Canadian Prairies	4
Juvenile hormone regulates the reproductive diapause through Methoprene‐tolerant gene in Galeruca daurica	4
The interaction between the Dbf4 ortholog Chiffon and Gcn5 is conserved in Dipteran insect species	4
Generating and testing the efficacy of transgenic Cas9 in Tribolium castaneum	4
Acetylcholine titre regulation by non‐neuronal acetylcholinesterase 1 and its putative roles in honey bee physiology	4
The DOMON domain protein LmKnk contributes to correct chitin content, pore canal formation and lipid deposition in the cuticle of Locusta migratoria during moulting	4
Octopamine receptor genes are involved in the starvation response ofRhopalosiphum padi(Hemiptera: Aphididae)	4
Alpha‐mannosidase‐2 modulates arbovirus infection in a pathogen‐ and Wolbachia‐specific manner in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes	4
ATPase subunits of the 26S proteasome are important for oocyte maturation in the brown planthopper	4
Prostaglandin E2 mediates chorion formation of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, at late oogenesis	4
Dissecting roles of pannier splice variants during pupal and adult morphogenesis in Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata	4
A parasitoid regulates 20E synthesis and antibacterial activity of the host for development by inducing host nitric oxide production	4
Genomic architecture and sexually dimorphic expression underlying immunity in the red mason bee, Osmia bicornis	4
Genome assembly and transcriptomic analysis to elucidate the ability of Nasonovia ribisnigri to break host plant resistance	4
Alternative double strand break repair pathways shape the evolution of high recombination in the honey bee, Apis mellifera	4
Non‐CG DNA methylation marks the transition from pupa to adult in Helicoverpa armigera	4
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CRISPR/Cas9‐based functional characterization of the pigmentation gene ebony in Plutella xylostella	4
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Analyses of ecdysteroid transporters in the fat body ofTribolium castaneum	4
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Circadian clock regulates developmental time through ecdysone and juvenile hormones in Bombyx mori	4
A C2H2 zinc finger transcription factor of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci interacts with the capsid proteins of begomoviruses and inhibits virus retention	4
Identification and profiling of Sogatella furciferamicroRNAs and their potential roles in regulating the developmental transitions of nymph–adult	4
Genome editing efficiency of four Drosophila suzukii endogenous U6 promoters	3
Chilo suppressalis heat shock proteins are regulated by heat shock factor 1 during heat stress	3
The hAT family hopper transposon exists as highly similar yet discontinuous elements in the Bactrocera tephritid fly genus	3
Regulatory function of the trehalose‐6‐phosphate synthase gene TPS3 on chitin metabolism in brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens	3
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The octopamine receptor, OA2B2, modulates stress resistance and reproduction in Nilaparvata lugens Stål (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)	3
Bmo‐miR‐6498‐5p suppresses Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection by down‐regulating BmPLPP2 to modulate pyridoxal phosphate content in B. mori	3
DNA methylase 1 influences temperature responses and development in the invasive pest Tuta absoluta	3
Function and evolution of the aquaporin IsAQP1 in the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis	3
Suppressing the expression of glutathione S‐transferase gene GSTd10 increases the sensitivity of Zeugodacus cucurbitae against β‐cypermethrin	3
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The Hox gene Abdominal‐B regulates the appendage development during the embryogenesis of scorpionflies	3
Protein kinase C signalling involved in prothoracicotropic hormone‐stimulated prothoracic glands in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	3
CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated genome editing of Frankliniella occidentalis, the western flower thrips, via embryonic microinjection	3
Agricultural insect pests as models for studying stress‐induced evolutionary processes	3
Uric acid metabolism promotes apoptosis against Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus in silkworm, Bombyx mori	3
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Why do viruses make aphids winged?	3
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Evolution of m6A‐related genes in insects and the function of METTL3 in silkworm embryonic development	3
The potential pigmentation‐related genes in spider mites revealed by comparative transcriptomes of the red form of Tetranychus urticae	3
Role of Atg3, Atg5 and Atg12 in the crosstalk between apoptosis and autophagy in the posterior silk gland of Bombyx mori	3
Genetic modification of the ant Lasius niger using CRISPR‐Cas9 technology	2
Transcriptome‐wide analysis uncovers regulatory elements of the antennal transcriptome repertoire of bumblebee at different life stages	2
Erratum: Mating‐based regulation and ligand binding of an odorant‐binding protein support the inverse sexual communication of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)	2
Identification of Spodoptera frugiperda importin alphas that facilitate the nuclear import of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus DNA po	2
Quantitative trait loci underlying a speciation phenotype	2
Cell lineage analysis reveals signal tracing and compartment characterisation in Drosophila haltere	2
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The composition and function of bacterial communities in Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) changed dramatically with infected fungi: A new potential to culture Cordyceps cicad	2
Foraging in the darkness: Highly selective tuning of below‐ground larval olfaction to Brassicaceae volatiles in striped flea beetle	2
Metabolic gatekeepers: Dynamic roles of sugar transporters in insect metabolism and physiology	2
Transcriptomic and proteomic elucidation of Z chromosome dosage compensation in Helicoverpa armigera	2
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The role of epigenetics in insects in changing environments	2
Transcriptome analysis of Apis mellifera antennae reveals molecular divergence underlying the division of labour in worker bees	2
Enhanced locomotor behaviour is mediated by activation of tyrosine hydroxylase in the silkworm brain	2
Constitutively‐expressed and induced immune effectors in the house fly (Musca domestica) and the transcription factors that may regulate them	2
Spraying dsRNA with chitosan formulation improves control of the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, in a greenhouse	2
Insecticide resistance management scenarios differ for RNA‐based sprays and traits	2
Mapping and quantification of cryptochrome expression in the brain of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum	2
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The expression of Catsup in the hindgut is essential for zinc homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster	2
Functional analysis of a putative Bombyx mori cypovirus miRNA BmCPV‐miR‐10 and its effect on virus replication	2
Silencing of the immune gene BmPGRP‐L4 in the midgut affects the growth of silkworm (Bombyx mori) larvae	2
Evidence of a shared binding site for Bacillus thuringiensisCry1Ac and Cry2Aa toxins in Cnaphalocrocis medinalis cadherin	2
lnc94638 is a testis‐specific long non‐coding RNA involved in spermatozoa formation in Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett)	2
Spatial control of gene expression in flies using bacterially derived binary transactivation systems	2
Efficient CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated genome editing in the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis	2
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GASZ is indispensable for gametogenesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	1
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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	1
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Identification of a serine protease involved in spinosad degradation in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti	1
Knockdown of CYP9A9 increases the susceptibility to lufenuron, methoxyfenozide and a mixture of both in Spodoptera exigua	1
The molecular mechanisms of defensive‐grade organic acid biosynthesis in ground beetles	1
Mechanism of programmed cell death in the posterior silk gland of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, during pupation based on Ca2+ homeostasis	1
Comparative transcriptome and proteome reveal synergistic functions of differentially expressed genes and proteins implicated in an over‐dominant silkworm heterosis of increased silk yield	1
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Farnesyl/geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthases regulate the biosynthesis of alarm pheromone in a unique manner in the vetch aphid Megoura viciae	1
Association of endoplasmic reticulum associated degradation (ERAD) with the transmission of Liberibacter solanacearum by its psyllid vector	1
Ecdysone‐induced microRNA miR‐276a‐3p controls developmental growth by targeting the insulin‐like receptor in Drosophila	1
Recent advances in understanding of the mechanisms of RNA interference in insects	1
GC–MS‐based metabonomic analysis of silkworm haemolymph reveals four‐stage metabolic responses to nucleopolyhedrovirus infection	1
Characterization of the mitochondrial genomes ofBradysia hygida,Phytosciara flavipesandTrichosia splendens(Diptera: Sciaridae) and novel insights on the control region of sciarid	1
Amsp3 may act upstream of Amdnmt3 in female caste differentiation in the honeybee (Apis mellifera)	1
Characterization of the UDP‐glycosyltransferase UGT33D1 in silkworm Bombyx mori	1
Effect of salivary CYP4EM1 and CYP4EM2 gene silencing on the life span of Chagas disease vector Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) exposed to sublethal dose of d	1
Juvenile hormone inhibits adult cuticle formation in Drosophila melanogaster through Kr‐h1/Dnmt2‐mediated DNA methylation of Acp65A promoter	1
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Effective target genes for RNA interference‐based management of the cabbage stem flea beetle	1
Two atypical gram‐negative bacteria‐binding proteins are involved in the antibacterial response in the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum)	1
Knockout of nuclear receptor HR38 gene impairs pupal–adult development in silkworm Bombyx mori	1
Characterisation of the myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) gene of Locusta migratoria and the encoded MLCK	1
Functional exploration of the Sex combs reduced gene in Gryllus bimaculatus	1
Detection of alternative splicing in western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) in association with eCry3.1Ab resistance using RNA	1