Multiple roles for laccase2 in butterfly wing pigmentation, scale development, and cuticle tanning

Parallel evolution of ancient, pleiotropic enhancers underlies butterfly wing pattern mimicry

(2019) James J. Lewis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Melanin Pathway Genes Regulate Color and Morphology of Butterfly Wing Scales

(2018) Yuji Matsuoka et al.   Cell Reports

Genetic Basis of Melanin Pigmentation in Butterfly Wings

(2017) Linlin Zhang et al.   GENETICS

Suppression of Laccase 2 severely impairs cuticle tanning and pathogen resistance during the pupal metamorphosis of Anopheles sinensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

(2017) Ming-Hui Du et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Macroevolutionary shifts ofWntAfunction potentiate butterfly wing-pattern diversity

(2017) Anyi Mazo-Vargas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Single master regulatory gene coordinates the evolution and development of butterfly color and iridescence

(2017) Linlin Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genetic Basis of Melanin Pigmentation in Butterfly Wings

(2017) Linlin Zhang et al.   GENETICS

Outbred genome sequencing and CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in butterflies

(2015) Xueyan Li et al.   Nature Communications

The genetic control of aposematic black pigmentation in hemimetabolous insects: insights fromOncopeltus fasciatus

(2014) Jin Liu et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Laccase2 is required for sclerotization and pigmentation of Aedes albopictus eggshell

(2013) Xiansheng Wu et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Megalin-dependent Yellow endocytosis restricts melanization in the Drosophila cuticle

(2010) F. Riedel et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Caterpillar color patterns are determined by a two-phase melanin gene prepatterning process: new evidence from tan and laccase2

(2010) Ryo Futahashi et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Recent advances in understanding mechanisms of insect cuticle differentiation

(2010) Bernard Moussian   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

Laccase2 is required for cuticular pigmentation in stinkbugs

(2010) Ryo Futahashi et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

RNA interference in Lepidoptera: An overview of successful and unsuccessful studies and implications for experimental design

(2010) Olle Terenius et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Cloning and RNAi-mediated functional characterization of MaLac2 of the pine sawyer, Monochamus alternatus

(2008) B.-L. Niu et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY