Exploring integument transcriptomes, cuticle ultrastructure, and cuticular hydrocarbons profiles in eusocial and solitary bee species displaying heterochronic adult cuticle maturation

Revisiting the developmental and cellular role of the pigmentation gene yellow in Drosophila using a tagged allele

(2018) Hélène Hinaux et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A comprehensive omics analysis and functional survey of cuticular proteins in the brown planthopper

(2018) Peng-Lu Pan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Morphological characterization and staging of bumble bee pupae

(2018) Li Tian et al.   PeerJ

RNAi-Mediated Functional Analysis of Bursicon Genes Related to Adult Cuticle Formation and Tanning in the Honeybee, Apis mellifera

(2016) Claudinéia Pereira Costa et al.   PLoS One

Hairy and Groucho mediate the action of juvenile hormone receptor Methoprene-tolerant in gene repression

(2016) Tusar T. Saha et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Light-induced depigmentation in planarians models the pathophysiology of acute porphyrias

(2016) Bradford M Stubenhaus et al.   eLife

Chitinases and Imaginal disc growth factors organize the extracellular matrix formation at barrier tissues in insects

(2016) Yanina-Yasmin Pesch et al.   Scientific Reports

Positional cloning of a Bombyx pink-eyed white egg locus reveals the major role of cardinal in ommochrome synthesis

(2015) M Osanai-Futahashi et al.   HEREDITY

Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living

(2015) K. M. Kapheim et al.   SCIENCE

Tribolium castaneum RR-1 Cuticular Protein TcCPR4 Is Required for Formation of Pore Canals in Rigid Cuticle

(2015) Mi Young Noh et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genetic Evidence for Function of the bHLH-PAS Protein Gce/Met As a Juvenile Hormone Receptor

(2015) Marek Jindra et al.   PLoS Genetics

The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization

(2015) Ben M Sadd et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Biochemistry and biosynthesis of insect pigments

(2014) Gulsaz SHAMIM et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Exoskeleton formation in Apis mellifera: Cuticular hydrocarbons profiles and expression of desaturase and elongase genes during pupal and adult development

(2014) Tiago Falcón et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

CutProtFam-Pred: Detection and classification of putative structural cuticular proteins from sequence alone, based on profile Hidden Markov Models

(2014) Zoi S. Ioannidou et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Two major cuticular proteins are required for assembly of horizontal laminae and vertical pore canals in rigid cuticle of Tribolium castaneum

(2014) Mi Young Noh et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Chitin deacetylase family genes in the brown planthopper,Nilaparvata lugens(Hemiptera: Delphacidae)

(2014) Y. Xi et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

InParanoid 8: orthology analysis between 273 proteomes, mostly eukaryotic

(2014) Erik L.L. Sonnhammer et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Sexually Dimorphic Body Color Is Regulated by Sex-Specific Expression of Yellow Gene in Ponerine Ant, Diacamma Sp

(2014) Satoshi Miyazaki et al.   PLoS One

Functional Specialization Among Members Of Knickkopf Family Of Proteins In Insect Cuticle Organization

(2014) Sujata S. Chaudhari et al.   PLoS Genetics

Heterochrony of cuticular differentiation in eusocial corbiculate bees

(2013) Moysés Elias-Neto et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Genes involved in thoracic exoskeleton formation during the pupal-to-adult molt in a social insect model, Apis mellifera

(2013) Michelle Prioli Soares et al.   BMC GENOMICS

De novo characterization of transcriptome and gene expression dynamics in epidermis during the larval-pupal metamorphosis of common cutworm

(2013) Jun Gu et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

De novo transcript sequence reconstruction from RNA-seq using the Trinity platform for reference generation and analysis

(2013) Brian J Haas et al.   Nature Protocols

Retroactive Maintains Cuticle Integrity by Promoting the Trafficking of Knickkopf into the Procuticle of Tribolium castaneum

(2013) Sujata S. Chaudhari et al.   PLoS Genetics

Ecdysone Receptors: From the Ashburner Model to Structural Biology

(2012) Ronald J. Hill et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

One ring to rule them all: Trafficking of heme and heme synthesis intermediates in the metazoans

(2012) Iqbal Hamza et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

δ-Aminolevulinate synthase is required for apical transcellular barrier formation in the skin of the Drosophila larva

(2012) Khaleelulla Saheb Shaik et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Ecdysone-responsive transcriptional regulation determines the temporal expression of cuticular protein genes in wing discs of Bombyx mori

(2012) Md. Saheb Ali et al.   GENE

Differential gene and transcript expression analysis of RNA-seq experiments with TopHat and Cufflinks

(2012) Cole Trapnell et al.   Nature Protocols

Gene Families of Cuticular Proteins Analogous to Peritrophins (CPAPs) in Tribolium castaneum Have Diverse Functions

(2012) Sinu Jasrapuria et al.   PLoS One

Quality control and preprocessing of metagenomic datasets

(2011) R. Schmieder et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Causal involvement of mammalian-type cryptochrome in the circadian cuticle deposition rhythm in the bean bug Riptortus pedestris

(2011) T. Ikeno et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Task Group Differences in Cuticular Lipids in the Honey Bee Apis mellifera

(2011) Ricarda Kather et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

g:Profiler—a web server for functional interpretation of gene lists (2011 update)

(2011) Jüri Reimand et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The Antiquity and Evolutionary History of Social Behavior in Bees

(2011) Sophie Cardinal et al.   PLoS One

Ecdysteroid-Dependent Expression of the Tweedle and Peroxidase Genes during Adult Cuticle Formation in the Honey Bee, Apis mellifera

(2011) Michelle P. M. Soares et al.   PLoS One

Knickkopf protein protects and organizes chitin in the newly synthesized insect exoskeleton

(2011) S. S. Chaudhari et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An epidermis-specific chitin synthase CDNA in Choristoneura fumiferana: cloning, characterization, developmental and hormonal-regulated expression

(2010) Dinakar R. Ampasala et al.   ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Assembly algorithms for next-generation sequencing data

(2010) Jason R. Miller et al.   GENOMICS

Tyrosine hydroxylase is required for cuticle sclerotization and pigmentation in Tribolium castaneum

(2010) Maureen J. Gorman et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Identification of the chitin-binding proteins from the larval proteins of silkworm, Bombyx mori

(2010) Liang Tang et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Developmental characterization, function and regulation of a Laccase2 encoding gene in the honey bee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apinae)

(2010) Moysés Elias-Neto et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structural cuticular proteins from arthropods: Annotation, nomenclature, and sequence characteristics in the genomics era

(2010) Judith H. Willis   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The cuticular hydrocarbons profiles in the stingless bee Melipona marginata reflect task-related differences

(2010) M.J. Ferreira-Caliman et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Transcript assembly and quantification by RNA-Seq reveals unannotated transcripts and isoform switching during cell differentiation

(2010) Cole Trapnell et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Cuticle thickening associated with pyrethroid resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus

(2010) O R Wood et al.   Parasites & Vectors

TopHat: discovering splice junctions with RNA-Seq

(2009) Cole Trapnell et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Analysis of functions of the chitin deacetylase gene family in Tribolium castaneum

(2009) Yasuyuki Arakane et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Insect cuticular sclerotization: A review

(2009) Svend Olav Andersen   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Annotation and analysis of low-complexity protein families ofAnopheles gambiaethat are associated with cuticle

(2009) R. S. Cornman et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Molecular and Functional Analyses of Amino Acid Decarboxylases Involved in Cuticle Tanning inTribolium castaneum

(2009) Yasuyuki Arakane et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Socialized medicine: Individual and communal disease barriers in honey bees

(2009) Jay D. Evans et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Systematic and integrative analysis of large gene lists using DAVID bioinformatics resources

(2009) Da Wei Huang et al.   Nature Protocols

Complexities of cuticular pigmentation in insects

(2009) Manickam Sugumaran   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Nestmate recognition in a stingless bee: does the similarity of chemical cues determine guard acceptance?

(2008) Tulio M. Nunes et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Changes in integument structure during the imaginal molt of the honey bee

(2008) Moysés Elias-Neto et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Domain organization and phylogenetic analysis of proteins from the chitin deacetylase gene family of Tribolium castaneum and three other species of insects

(2008) Radhika Dixit et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Bioinformatics enrichment tools: paths toward the comprehensive functional analysis of large gene lists

(2008) Da Wei Huang et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Peripheral circadian clock for the cuticle deposition rhythm in Drosophila melanogaster

(2008) C. Ito et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functional specialization among insect chitinase family genes revealed by RNA interference

(2008) Q. Zhu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA