Biochemistry and biosynthesis of insect pigments

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(2016)   ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE

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(2016)   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

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(2016)   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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(2016)   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Sex-specific retinal pigmentation results in sexually dimorphic long-wavelength-sensitive photoreceptors in the eastern pale clouded yellow butterfly, Colias erate

(2013) Y. Ogawa et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Mechanism of Silver Nanoparticles Action on Insect Pigmentation Reveals Intervention of Copper Homeostasis

(2013) Najealicka Armstrong et al.   PLoS One

Transcriptome analysis reveals novel patterning and pigmentation genes underlying Heliconius butterfly wing pattern variation

(2012) Heather M Hines et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Identification of theBombyx Red EggGene Reveals Involvement of a Novel Transporter Family Gene in Late Steps of the Insect Ommochrome Biosynthesis Pathway

(2012) Mizuko Osanai-Futahashi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Papiliochrome II pigment reduces the angle dependency of structural wing colouration in nireus group papilionids

(2012) B. D. Wilts et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Redox alters yellow dragonflies into red

(2012) R. Futahashi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Light- induced electron transfer and ATP synthesis in a carotene synthesizing insect

(2012) Jean Christophe Valmalette et al.   Scientific Reports

UV Photoreceptors and UV-Yellow Wing Pigments in Heliconius Butterflies Allow a Color Signal to Serve both Mimicry and Intraspecific Communication

(2011) Seth M. Bybee et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Convergent, modular expression of ebony and tan in the mimetic wing patterns of Heliconius butterflies

(2011) Laura C. Ferguson et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

The original colours of fossil beetles

(2011) M. E. McNamara et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Fossilized Biophotonic Nanostructures Reveal the Original Colors of 47-Million-Year-Old Moths

(2011) Maria E. McNamara et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

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

Functional characterization of a UDP-glucose:flavonoid 3-O-glucosyltransferase from the seed coat of black soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.)

(2010) Nik Kovinich et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Positive selection of a duplicated UV-sensitive visual pigment coincides with wing pigment evolution in Heliconius butterflies

(2010) Adriana D. Briscoe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lateral Transfer of Genes from Fungi Underlies Carotenoid Production in Aphids

(2010) N. A. Moran et al.   SCIENCE

The molecular mechanisms of cuticular melanization: The ecdysone cascade leading to dopa decarboxylase expression in Manduca sexta

(2009) Kiyoshi Hiruma 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

Structural Studies of Pterin-Based Inhibitors of Dihydropteroate Synthase

(2009) Kirk E. Hevener et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

The Evolution of Gene Regulation Underlies a Morphological Difference between Two Drosophila Sister Species

(2008) Sangyun Jeong et al.   CELL

Identification of stage-specific larval camouflage associated genes in the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus

(2008) Ryo Futahashi et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

The multiple disguises of spiders: web colour and decorations, body colour and movement

(2008) M. Thery et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Juvenile Hormone Regulates Butterfly Larval Pattern Switches

(2008) R. Futahashi et al.   SCIENCE

Development and evolution of insect pigmentation: Genetic mechanisms and the potential consequences of pleiotropy

(2008) Patricia J. Wittkopp et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Uroleuconaphins A2a, A2b, B2a, and B2b: four yellowish pigments from the aphid Uroleucon nigrotuberculatum (Olive)

(2008) Mitsuyo Horikawa et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Gene expression underlying adaptive variation in Heliconius wing patterns: non-modular regulation of overlapping cinnabar and vermilion prepatterns

(2007) R. D Reed et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES