Unraveling the role of male reproductive tract and haemolymph in cantharidin-exuding Lydus trimaculatus and Mylabris variabilis (Coleoptera: Meloidae): a comparative transcriptomics approach

Transcriptomic analysis of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen spermathecae reveals genes that may be involved in sperm storage after mating

(2021) Juliana Rangel et al.   PLoS One

Anticancer Attributes of Cantharidin: Involved Molecular Mechanisms and Pathways

(2020) Faiza Naz et al.   MOLECULES

Physiological costs of chemical defence: repeated reflex bleeding weakens the immune system and postpones reproduction in a ladybird beetle

(2020) Michal Knapp et al.   Scientific Reports

Diverse roles of phosphatidate phosphatases in insect development and metabolism

(2020) Michael Lehmann   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Tissue-specific profiling of membrane proteins in the salicin sequestering juveniles of the herbivorous leaf beetle, Chrysomela populi

(2019) Lydia Schmidt et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Differentially and Co-expressed Genes in Embryo, Germ-Line and Somatic Tissues of Tribolium castaneum

(2019) Sher Afzal Khan et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Cantharidin content in two Mediterranean species of blister beetles, Lydus trimaculatus and Mylabris variabilis (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

(2019) Silvia Gisondi et al.   ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Insect ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters: Roles in Xenobiotic Detoxification and Bt Insecticidal Activity

(2019) Chao Wu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Maleness-on-the-Y (MoY) orchestrates male sex determination in major agricultural fruit fly pests

(2019) Angela Meccariello et al.   SCIENCE

Cloning, Expression and Effects of P. americana Thymosin on Wound Healing

(2019) Jie Jing et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Efficacy and Safety of Topical Cantharidin Treatment for Molluscum Contagiosum and Warts: A Systematic Review

(2018) Paras P. Vakharia et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DERMATOLOGY

Characterized cantharidin distribution and related gene expression patterns in tissues of blister beetles, Epicauta chinensis

(2017) Ming Jiang et al.   Insect Science

The Potential Organ Involved in Cantharidin Biosynthesis in Epicauta chinensis Laporte (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

(2017) Ming Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

BUSCO Applications from Quality Assessments to Gene Prediction and Phylogenomics

(2017) Robert M Waterhouse et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Transcriptional profile and differential fitness in a specialist milkweed insect across host plants varying in toxicity

(2017) Stephanie S. L. Birnbaum et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Cantharidin is conserved across phylogeographic lineages and present in both morphs of Iberian Berberomeloe blister beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae)

(2017) Carolina Bravo et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Characterization of Juvenile Hormone Related Genes Regulating Cantharidin Biosynthesis in Epicauta chinensis

(2017) Ming Jiang et al.   Scientific Reports

Transcriptome profiling of the spermatheca identifies genes potentially involved in the long-term sperm storage of ant queens

(2017) Ayako Gotoh et al.   Scientific Reports

The inducible blockage of RNAi reveals a role for polyunsaturated fatty acids in the regulation of dsRNA-endocytic capacity in Bactrocera dorsalis

(2017) Xiaolong Dong et al.   Scientific Reports

The effect of insecticide synergist treatment on genome-wide gene expression in a polyphagous pest

(2017) Simon Snoeck et al.   Scientific Reports

Plasticity of Cell Migration In Vivo and In Silico

(2016) Veronika te Boekhorst et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Insect immunology and hematopoiesis

(2016) Julián F. Hillyer   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Novel factors of Anopheles gambiae haemocyte immune response to Plasmodium berghei infection

(2016) Fabrizio Lombardo et al.   Parasites & Vectors

De Novo Transcriptome and Expression Profile Analysis to Reveal Genes and Pathways Potentially Involved in Cantharidin Biosynthesis in the Blister Beetle Mylabris cichorii

(2016) Yi Huang et al.   PLoS One

Juvenile Hormone Is Required in Adult Males for Drosophila Courtship

(2016) Thilini P. Wijesekera et al.   PLoS One

Novel family of terpene synthases evolved fromtrans-isoprenyl diphosphate synthases in a flea beetle

(2016) Franziska Beran et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Annocript: a flexible pipeline for the annotation of transcriptomes able to identify putative long noncoding RNAs

(2015) F. Musacchia et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

3-hydroxy-3-methyl glutaryl coenzyme A reductase: an essential actor in the biosynthesis of cantharidin in the blister beetleEpicauta chinensisLaporte

(2015) S. Lü et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data

(2014) Anthony M. Bolger et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

We can't all be supermodels: the value of comparative transcriptomics to the study of non-model insects

(2014) Sara J. Oppenheim et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Transcriptome-Based Identification of ABC Transporters in the Western Tarnished Plant Bug Lygus hesperus

(2014) J. Joe Hull et al.   PLoS One

Rho GAPs and GEFs

(2014) Jaap D van Buul et al.   Cell Adhesion & Migration

Functional analysis of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter gene family of Tribolium castaneum

(2013) Gunnar Broehan et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Cantharidin-Based Small Molecules as Potential Therapeutic Agents

(2013) Carlos E. Puerto Galvis et al.   Chemical Biology & Drug Design

Cantharidin as an Antitumor Agent: A Retrospective Review

(2013) L.P. Deng et al.   CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

The ABC gene family in arthropods: Comparative genomics and role in insecticide transport and resistance

(2013) Wannes Dermauw et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Mechanisms of macroevolution: polyphagous plasticity in butterfly larvae revealed by RNA-Seq

(2013) Maria de la Paz Celorio-Mancera et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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

Phosphoinositides: Tiny Lipids With Giant Impact on Cell Regulation

(2013) Tamas Balla   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Next Generation Sequencing Based Transcriptome Analysis of Septic-Injury Responsive Genes in the Beetle Tribolium castaneum

(2013) Boran Altincicek et al.   PLoS One

β-Thymosins and Hemocyte Homeostasis in a Crustacean

(2013) Netnapa Saelee et al.   PLoS One

ABC transporter functions as a pacemaker for sequestration of plant glucosides in leaf beetles

(2013) Anja S Strauss et al.   eLife

The Effects of Cantharidin and Cantharidin Derivates on Tumour Cells

(2012) Dongwu Liu et al.   Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Bioactive component, cantharidin from Mylabris cichorii and its antitumor activity against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma

(2012) Akalesh Kumar Verma et al.   CELL BIOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY

A Screen for Genes Expressed in the Olfactory Organs of Drosophila melanogaster Identifies Genes Involved in Olfactory Behaviour

(2012) Narelle E. Tunstall et al.   PLoS One

A link between host plant adaptation and pesticide resistance in the polyphagous spider mite Tetranychus urticae

(2012) W. Dermauw et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

RSEM: accurate transcript quantification from RNA-Seq data with or without a reference genome

(2011) Bo Li et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

ABC transporters, mechanisms and biology: an overview

(2011) I. Barry Holland   Essays in Biochemistry

The Drosophila Toll Signaling Pathway

(2011) S. Valanne et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

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

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

First Transcriptome of the Testis-Vas Deferens-Male Accessory Gland and Proteome of the Spermatophore from Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)

(2011) Daniel E. Sonenshine et al.   PLoS One

Structural Diversity of PDZ-Lipid Interactions

(2010) Rodrigo Gallardo et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Role and Importance of Phenoloxidase in Insect Hemostasis

(2010) Ioannis Eleftherianos et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Translation of the phosphoinositide code by PI effectors

(2010) Tatiana G Kutateladze   Nature Chemical Biology

Proteolytic cascades and their involvement in invertebrate immunity

(2010) Lage Cerenius et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

edgeR: a Bioconductor package for differential expression analysis of digital gene expression data

(2009) M. D. Robinson et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Plant chemistry and insect sequestration

(2009) Sebastian E. W. Opitz et al.   CHEMOECOLOGY

Cantharidin and demethylcantharidin (palasonin) content of blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from southern Africa

(2009) Dietrich Mebs et al.   TOXICON

Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome

(2009) Ben Langmead et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Phylogeny and evolutionary history of the blister beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae)

(2008) Marco A. Bologna et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Beetle immunity: Identification of immune-inducible genes from the model insect Tribolium castaneum

(2007) Boran Altincicek et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY