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3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme-A synthase from Blattella germanica. Cloning, expression, developmental pattern and tissue expression

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A role for Taiman in insect metamorphosis

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A synopsis of the spider beetles (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) of Socotra, with the description of a new genus and two new species

scientific article published in 2021

Allatostatic neuropeptides from the cockroach Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera, Blattellidae). Identification, immunolocalization and activity

scientific article published on 01 October 1994

Allatostatin gene expression in brain and midgut, and activity of synthetic allatostatins on feeding-related processes in the cockroach Blattella germanica.

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An experimental test of the role of environmental temperature variability on ectotherm molecular, physiological and life-history traits: implications for global warming.

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Antifeeding properties of myosuppressin in a generalist phytophagous leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval).

scientific article published on 11 February 2008

Beyond Drosophila: RNAi in vivo and functional genomics in insects.

scientific article published on January 2010

Biogeographic origin and thermal acclimation interact to determine survival and hsp90 expression in Drosophila species submitted to thermal stress.

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Broad complex and wing development in cockroaches

scientific article published in 2022

Broad-complex functions in postembryonic development of the cockroach Blattella germanica shed new light on the evolution of insect metamorphosis.

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Brownie, a gene involved in building complex respiratory devices in insect eggshells

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CREB-binding protein contributes to the regulation of endocrine and developmental pathways in insect hemimetabolan pre-metamorphosis

scientific article published on 16 December 2015

Chorion formation in panoistic ovaries requires windei and trimethylation of histone 3 lysine 9.

scientific article published on 18 July 2013

Comparative Transcriptomics in Two Extreme Neopterans Reveals General Trends in the Evolution of Modern Insects

scientific article published on 28 May 2018

Comparative analysis of miRNA expression during the development of insects of different metamorphosis modes and germ-band types

scientific article published on 11 October 2017

Conservation of fruitless' role as master regulator of male courtship behaviour from cockroaches to flies

scientific article published on 22 February 2011

Conserved association of Argonaute 1 and 2 proteins with miRNA and siRNA pathways throughout insect evolution, from cockroaches to flies

scientific article published on 12 April 2018

Conserved repressive function of Krüppel homolog 1 on insect metamorphosis in hemimetabolous and holometabolous species.

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Coordinated expression and activity of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase and reductase in the fat body of Blattella germanica (L.) during vitellogenesis.

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Deep sequencing of organ- and stage-specific microRNAs in the evolutionarily basal insect Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera, Blattellidae).

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Different Bla-g T cell antigens dominate responses in asthma versus rhinitis subjects

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Differential expression of two RXR/ultraspiracle isoforms during the life cycle of the hemimetabolous insect Blattella germanica (Dictyoptera, Blattellidae).

scientific article published in June 2005

Diversity of piRNA expression patterns during the ontogeny of the German cockroach

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E93-depleted adult insects preserve the prothoracic gland and molt again

scientific article published on 19 October 2020

Ecdysone signalling and ovarian development in insects: from stem cells to ovarian follicle formation.

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Effects of hypocholesterolaemic agents on the expression and activity of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase in the fat body of the German cockroach

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Expansions of key protein families in the German cockroach highlight the molecular basis of its remarkable success as a global indoor pest

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Fast induction of vitellogenin gene expression by juvenile hormone III in the cockroach Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera, Blattellidae).

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Feeding and activation of corpora allata in the cockroach Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera, Blattellidae)

scientific article published on 01 November 1997

Functional Characterization of Hypertrehalosemic Hormone Receptor in Relation to Hemolymph Trehalose and to Oxidative Stress in the Cockroach Blattella germanica

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Functions of the ecdysone receptor isoform-A in the hemimetabolous insect Blattella germanica revealed by systemic RNAi in vivo

scientific article published on 7 July 2006

Gastrin-cholecystokinin-like and neuroparsin-like immunoreactivities in the brain and retrocerebral neuroendocrine complex of the cockroach Blattella germanica

scientific article published in January 1990

Hemimetabolous genomes reveal molecular basis of termite eusociality

scientific article published on 05 February 2018

Hemimetabolous insects elucidate the origin of sexual development via alternative splicing

scientific article published on 03 September 2019

Identification and functional characterization of an ovarian aquaporin from the cockroach Blattella germanica L. (Dictyoptera, Blattellidae).

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Identification of a tachykinin-related peptide with orexigenic properties in the German cockroach.

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Identification of leucomyosuppressin in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, as an inhibitor of food intake.

scientific article published in June 2004

Identifying genes related to choriogenesis in insect panoistic ovaries by Suppression Subtractive Hybridization

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Induction of choriogenesis by 20-hydroxyecdysone in the German cockroach.

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Inhibition of vitellogenin production by allatostatin in the German cockroach

scientific article published in August 1996

Inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase lower fecundity in the German cockroach: correlation between the effects on fecundity in vivo with the inhibition of enzymatic activity in embryo cells.

scientific article published in October 2003

Initial field trials with the synthetic sex pheromone of the processionary mothThaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis and Schiff.)

scientific article published on 01 January 1983

Insect antifeedant activity of clerodane diterpenoids against larvae ofSpodoptera Littoralis (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera).

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Insect glycerol transporters evolved by functional co-option and gene replacement

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Joaquim Mateu (1921–2015), an entire life dedicated to the study of insects ⬇️

scholarly article published in July 2015

Juvenile hormone and allatostatins in the German cockroach embryo

scientific article published on 11 June 2010

Juvenile hormone signaling in short germ-band hemimetabolan embryos

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Ketomethylene and methyleneamino pseudopeptide analogues of insect allatostatins inhibit juvenile hormone and vitellogenin production in the cockroach Blattella germanica.

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Key roles of the Broad-Complex gene in insect embryogenesis

scientific article published on 18 April 2010

Krüppel homolog 1 and E93: The doorkeeper and the key to insect metamorphosis

scientific article published on 06 August 2019

Leucomyosuppressin modulates cardiac rhythm in the cockroach Blattella germanica

scientific article published on 8 September 2011

Localization of allatostatin-immunoreactive material in the central nervous system, stomatogastric nervous system, and gut of the cockroach Blattella germanica

scientific article published in January 1998

MiR-2 family regulates insect metamorphosis by controlling the juvenile hormone signaling pathway.

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MicroRNA-dependent metamorphosis in hemimetabolan insects

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MicroRNAs in metamorphic and non-metamorphic transitions in hemimetabolan insect metamorphosis.

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Mitochondrial targeting of farnesyl diphosphate synthase is a widespread phenomenon in eukaryotes.

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Molecular adaptation and resilience of the insect's nuclear receptor USP

scientific article published on 5 October 2012

Molecular basis of juvenile hormone signaling.

scientific article published on 2 September 2015

Molecular characterization of an inhibitor of apoptosis in the Egyptian armyworm, Spodoptera littoralis, and midgut cell death during metamorphosis.

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Nuclear receptor BgFTZ-F1 regulates molting and the timing of ecdysteroid production during nymphal development in the hemimetabolous insect Blattella germanica

scientific article published in November 2008

Nuclear receptor HR4 plays an essential role in the ecdysteroid-triggered gene cascade in the development of the hemimetabolous insect Blattella germanica.

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Orcokinins contribute to the regulation of vitellogenin transcription in the cockroach Blattella germanica

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Orcokinins in insects and other invertebrates.

scientific article published in November 2004

Ovarian 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase in Blattella germanica (L.): pattern of expression and critical role in embryogenesis.

scientific article published in July 2002

Persistence of double-stranded RNA in insect hemolymph as a potential determiner of RNA interference success: evidence from Manduca sexta and Blattella germanica

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Phylogenetic relationships of Dalyat mirabilis Mateu, 2002, with a revised molecular phylogeny of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

scholarly article by Ignacio Ribera published in November 2005

Quantity does matter. Juvenile hormone and the onset of vitellogenesis in the German cockroach ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2003

RNAi of ace1 and ace2 in Blattella germanica reveals their differential contribution to acetylcholinesterase activity and sensitivity to insecticides.

scientific article published on 10 November 2009

RNAi studies reveal a conserved role for RXR in molting in the cockroach Blattella germanica

scientific article published on 19 January 2006

Redundant ecdysis regulatory functions of three nuclear receptor HR3 isoforms in the direct-developing insect Blattella germanica

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Regulation of atrophin by both strands of the mir-8 precursor

scientific article published on 22 August 2013

Remodeling of the juvenile hormone pathway through caste-biased gene expression and positive selection along a gradient of termite eusociality

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Reseña bibliográfica: Friedrich G. Barth. 2002. A Spider's World. Senses and Behavior ⬇️

Role of Methoprene-tolerant (Met) in adult morphogenesis and in adult ecdysis of Blattella germanica

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Screening of antifeedant activity in brain extracts led to the identification of sulfakinin as a satiety promoter in the German cockroach. Are arthropod sulfakinins homologous to vertebrate gastrins-cholecystokinins?

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Silencing allatostatin expression using double-stranded RNA targeted to preproallatostatin mRNA in the German cockroach

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Stimulatory activity of cysteamine on juvenile hormone release in adult females of the cockroach, Blattella germanica

scientific article published in January 1989

Subtle roles of microRNAs let-7, miR-100 and miR-125 on wing morphogenesis in hemimetabolan metamorphosis

scientific article published on 24 September 2013

Super-induction of Dicer-2 expression by alien double-stranded RNAs: an evolutionary ancient response to viral infection?

scientific article published on 6 May 2012

Systemic RNAi of the cockroach vitellogenin receptor results in a phenotype similar to that of the Drosophila yolkless mutant

scientific article published in January 2006

Target of rapamycin (TOR) mediates the transduction of nutritional signals into juvenile hormone production

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Tergal and pleural structures contribute to the formation of ectopic prothoracic wings in cockroaches

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The MEKRE93 (Methoprene tolerant-Krüppel homolog 1-E93) pathway in the regulation of insect metamorphosis, and the homology of the pupal stage

scientific article published on 5 July 2014

The cDNA for leucomyosuppressin in Blattella germanica and molecular evolution of insect myosuppressins.

scientific article published in November 2004

The cockroach Blattella germanica obtains nitrogen from uric acid through a metabolic pathway shared with its bacterial endosymbiont.

scientific article published on July 2014

The evolutionary transition from subsocial to eusocial behaviour in Dictyoptera: phylogenetic evidence for modification of the "shift-in-dependent-care" hypothesis with a new subsocial cockroach

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The hormonal pathway controlling cell death during metamorphosis in a hemimetabolous insect

scientific article published on 16 July 2010

The innovation of the final moult and the origin of insect metamorphosis ⬇️

scientific article published on 26 August 2019

The molecular evolution of the allatostatin precursor in cockroaches.

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The nuclear hormone receptor BgE75 links molting and developmental progression in the direct-developing insect Blattella germanica

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The vitellogenin of the honey bee, Apis mellifera: structural analysis of the cDNA and expression studies.

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Towards understanding the molecular basis of cockroach tergal gland morphogenesis. A transcriptomic approach

scientific article published on 15 June 2015

Vitellogenin expression in queen ovaries and in larvae of both sexes of Apis mellifera.

scientific article published in August 2005

When inordinate tissue growth is beneficial: improving silk production by increasing silk gland size.

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