Drosophila neuropeptides in regulation of physiology and behavior

DR Nässel, ÅME Winther - Progress in neurobiology, 2010 - Elsevier
Studies of neuropeptide and peptide hormone signaling are coming of age in Drosophila
due to rapid developments in molecular genetics approaches that overcome the difficulties …

Regulation of feeding and metabolism by neuropeptide F and short neuropeptide F in invertebrates

M Fadda, I Hasakiogullari, L Temmerman… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Numerous neuropeptide systems have been implicated to coordinately control energy
homeostasis, both centrally and peripherally. However, the vertebrate neuropeptide Y (NPY) …

Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

M Gulia-Nuss, AB Nuss, JM Meyer… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Ticks transmit more pathogens to humans and animals than any other arthropod. We
describe the 2.1 Gbp nuclear genome of the tick, Ixodes scapularis (Say), which vectors …

Neuropeptide precursor gene discovery in the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius prolixus

S Ons, M Sterkel, L Diambra, H Urlaub… - Insect molecular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We show a straightforward workflow combining homology search in Rhodnius prolixus
genome sequence with cloning by rapid amplification of cDNA ends and mass spectrometry …

Crustacean neuroendocrine systems and their signaling agents

AE Christie - Cell and tissue research, 2011 - Springer
Decapod crustaceans have long served as important models for the study of
neuroendocrine signaling. For example, the process of neurosecretion was first formally …

In silico cloning of genes encoding neuropeptides, neurohormones and their putative G-protein coupled receptors in a spider mite

JA Veenstra, S Rombauts, M Grbić - Insect Biochemistry and Molecular …, 2012 - Elsevier
The genome of the spider mite was prospected for the presence of genes coding
neuropeptides, neurohormones and their putative G-protein coupled receptors. Fifty one …

Ancestral reconstruction of tick lineages

BJ Mans, MH De Castro, R Pienaar, D De Klerk… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ancestral reconstruction in its fullest sense aims to describe the complete evolutionary
history of a lineage. This depends on accurate phylogenies and an understanding of the key …

Does corazonin signal nutritional stress in insects?

JA Veenstra - Insect biochemistry and molecular biology, 2009 - Elsevier
The undecapeptide corazonin, initially discovered from the American cockroach as a strong
cardioaccelerator, is now known to be ubiquitously present in arthropods, although it is …

[HTML][HTML] Putative target sites in synganglion for novel ixodid tick control strategies

J Waldman, GM Klafke, L Tirloni, C Logullo… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2023 - Elsevier
Acaricide resistance is a global problem that has impacts worldwide. Tick populations with
broad resistance to all commercially available acaricides have been reported. Since …

Transcriptome analysis of the synganglion from the honey bee mite, Varroa destructor and RNAi knockdown of neural peptide targets

EM Campbell, GE Budge, M Watkins… - Insect biochemistry and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Varroa mites (Varroa destructor) and the viruses that they transmit are one of the major
contributing factors to the global honey bee crisis. Gene products within the nervous system …