RNAi-based functional genomics in Tribolium castaneum and possible application for controlling insect pests

A context-dependent combination of Wnt receptors controls axis elongation and leg development in a short germ insect

(2011) A. Beermann et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Functions of duplicated genes encoding CCAP receptors in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

(2011) Bin Li et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

RNA Interference of Four Genes in Adult Bactrocera dorsalis by Feeding Their dsRNAs

(2011) Xiaoxue Li 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

Apparent role of Tribolium orthodenticle in anteroposterior blastoderm patterning largely reflects novel functions in dorsoventral axis formation and cell survival

(2010) K. Kotkamp et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Functional characterization of bursicon receptor and genome-wide analysis for identification of genes affected by bursicon receptor RNAi

(2010) Hua Bai et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

JAK-STAT signalling is required throughout telotrophic oogenesis and short-germ embryogenesis of the beetle Tribolium

(2010) Daniel Bäumer et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

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

Identification, mRNA expression and functional analysis of several yellow family genes in Tribolium castaneum

(2010) Yasuyuki Arakane et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Genes encoding proteins with peritrophin A-type chitin-binding domains in Tribolium castaneum are grouped into three distinct families based on phylogeny, expression and function

(2010) Sinu Jasrapuria et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A gut-specific chitinase gene essential for regulation of chitin content of peritrophic matrix and growth of Ostrinia nubilalis larvae

(2010) Chitvan Khajuria et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Both UDP N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylases of Tribolium castaneum are critical for molting, survival and fecundity

(2010) Yasuyuki Arakane et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Feeding-based RNA interference of atrehalose phosphate synthasegene in the brown planthopper,Nilaparvata lugens

(2010) J. Chen et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The function of nuclear receptors in regulation of female reproduction and embryogenesis in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

(2010) Jingjing Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Large-scale insertional mutagenesis of a coleopteran stored grain pest, the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, identifies embryonic lethal mutations and enhancer traps

(2009) Jochen Trauner et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Insect chitinase and chitinase-like proteins

(2009) Yasuyuki Arakane et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Repeated Co-options of Exoskeleton Formation during Wing-to-Elytron Evolution in Beetles

(2009) Yoshinori Tomoyasu et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Functions of ion transport peptide and ion transport peptide-like in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

(2009) Khurshida Begum et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Yasuyuki Arakane et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND 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

Downregulation of a Chitin Deacetylase-Like Protein in Response to Baculovirus Infection and Its Application for Improving Baculovirus Infectivity

(2009) A. K. Jakubowska et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Developmental Control of a Lepidopteran Pest Spodoptera exigua by Ingestion of Bacteria Expressing dsRNA of a Non-Midgut Gene

(2009) Honggang Tian et al.   PLoS One

Multiple Wnt Genes Are Required for Segmentation in the Short-Germ Embryo of Tribolium castaneum

(2008) Renata Bolognesi et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

RNA interference in the termite Reticulitermes flavipes through ingestion of double-stranded RNA

(2008) Xuguo Zhou et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Chitin synthases are required for survival, fecundity and egg hatch in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

(2008) Yasuyuki Arakane et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

RNA interference-mediated knockdown of a cytochrome P450, CYP6BG1, from the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, reduces larval resistance to permethrin

(2008) Ma. Anita M. Bautista et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Prolonged gene knockdown in the tsetse flyGlossinaby feeding double stranded RNA

(2008) D. P. Walshe et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Functional analysis of four neuropeptides, EH, ETH, CCAP and bursicon, and their receptors in adult ecdysis behavior of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

(2008) Yasuyuki Arakane et al.   MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT

The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum

(2008) Stephen Richards et al.   NATURE

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

Exploring systemic RNA interference in insects: a genome-wide survey for RNAi genes in Tribolium

(2008) Yoshinori Tomoyasu et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Characterization and expression of the β-N-acetylhexosaminidase gene family of Tribolium castaneum

(2007) David G. Hogenkamp et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY