List of works by Richard Newcomb

"Super e-noses": Multi-layer perceptron classification of volatile odorants from the firing rates of cross-species olfactory receptor arrays.

scientific article published on August 2014

'Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense' is the phytoplasma associated with Australian grapevine yellows, papaya dieback and Phormium yellow leaf diseases

article published in 1998

A Mendelian trait for olfactory sensitivity affects odor experience and food selection

scientific article

A PCR-directed cell-free approach to optimize protein expression using diverse fusion tags

scientific article published on 22 June 2011

A Sex Pheromone Receptor in the Hessian Fly Mayetiola destructor (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae)

scientific article published on 07 September 2016

A conserved aspartic acid is important for agonist (VUAA1) and odorant/tuning receptor-dependent activation of the insect odorant co-receptor (Orco)

scientific article

A genomics approach reveals that aroma production in apple is controlled by ethylene predominantly at the final step in each biosynthetic pathway

scientific article published on 07 June 2007

A novel alpha-amylase gene is transiently upregulated during low temperature exposure in apple fruit.

scientific article published in March 2000

A novel fatty acyl desaturase from the pheromone glands of Ctenopseustis obliquana and C. herana with specific Z5-desaturase activity on myristic acid.

scientific article published on 11 January 2014

A novel method to study insect olfactory receptor function using HEK293 cells.

scientific article published on 29 August 2014

A preliminary investigation into a genetic basis for cis-3-hexen-1-ol odour perception: A genome-wide association approach

scholarly article

A single amino acid substitution converts a carboxylesterase to an organophosphorus hydrolase and confers insecticide resistance on a blowfly

scientific article published on July 1997

Advances in the identification and characterization of olfactory receptors in insects.

scientific article

Amplification of DNA from preserved specimens shows blowflies were preadapted for the rapid evolution of insecticide resistance.

scholarly article

An alcohol acyl transferase from apple (cv. Royal Gala), MpAAT1, produces esters involved in apple fruit flavor

scientific article published in June 2005

Analyses of expressed sequence tags from apple.

scientific article

Analysis of expressed sequence tags from Actinidia: applications of a cross species EST database for gene discovery in the areas of flavor, health, color and ripening.

scientific article

Analysis of the circadian clock gene period in the sheep blow fly Lucilia cuprina

article

Analysis of the genome of the New Zealand giant collembolan (Holacanthella duospinosa) sheds light on hexapod evolution ⬇️

scientific article published on 17 October 2017

Apple Functional Genomics

scholarly article published 2009

Application of artificial neural networks on mosquito Olfactory Receptor Neurons for an olfactory biosensor

scientific article published in January 2013

Artificial neural network prediction of specific VOCs and blended VOCs for various concentrations from the olfactory receptor firing rates of Drosophila melanogaster.

scientific article published on January 2014

Assembling large genomes: analysis of the stick insect (Clitarchus hookeri) genome reveals a high repeat content and sex-biased genes associated with reproduction.

scientific article published on 16 November 2017

Binding of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxins Cry1Ac and Cry1Ba to a 120-kDa aminopeptidase-N of Epiphyas postvittana purified from both brush border membrane vesicles and baculovirus-infected Sf9 cells.

scientific article published on November 2000

Biochemical characterisation of MdCXE1, a carboxylesterase from apple that is expressed during fruit ripening

scientific article published on 01 May 2011

Characterisation of two alcohol acyltransferases from kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) reveals distinct substrate preferences

scientific article published on 28 March 2011

Characterization of Odorant Receptors from a Non-ditrysian Moth, Eriocrania semipurpurella Sheds Light on the Origin of Sex Pheromone Receptors in Lepidoptera

scientific article published in November 2017

Crystal structure of Epiphyas postvittana takeout 1 with bound ubiquinone supports a role as ligand carriers for takeout proteins in insects

scientific article

DAD2 is an α/β hydrolase likely to be involved in the perception of the plant branching hormone, strigolactone

scientific article

DNA barcoding of the endemic New Zealand leafroller moth genera, Ctenopseustis and Planotortrix

scientific article published on 25 February 2009

DNA diagnostics of three armored scale species on kiwifruit in New Zealand.

scientific article published in December 2008

De Novo Transcriptome Analysis of the Common New Zealand Stick Insect Clitarchus hookeri (Phasmatodea) Reveals Genes Involved in Olfaction, Digestion and Sexual Reproduction

scientific article

Differential gene expression in the evolution of sex pheromone communication in New Zealand's endemic leafroller moths of the genera Ctenopseustis and Planotortrix

scientific article published on 26 January 2018

Divergent Gene Expression Following Duplication of Meiotic Genes in the Stick Insect Clitarchus hookeri

scientific article published on 7 May 2021

Divergent transcriptional responses to low temperature among populations of alpine and lowland species of New Zealand stick insects (Micrarchus)

scientific article published on 16 May 2014

Drosophila odorant receptors are novel seven transmembrane domain proteins that can signal independently of heterotrimeric G proteins

scientific article

Estimating the biodiversity of terrestrial invertebrates on a forested island using DNA barcodes and metabarcoding data

scientific article published on 08 April 2019

Evaluating a multigene environmental DNA approach for biodiversity assessment

scientific article published on 6 October 2015

Expressed sequence tags and proteomics of antennae from the tortricid moth, Epiphyas postvittana.

scientific article published on August 2008

Female-biased expression of odourant receptor genes in the adult antennae of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

scientific article published on February 2007

Flexibility of the petunia strigolactone receptor DAD2 promotes its interaction with signaling partners

scientific article published on 17 February 2020

Functional analysis of a Drosophila melanogaster olfactory receptor expressed in Sf9 cells.

scientific article published on 21 August 2006

Genetic variation in the odorant receptor OR2J3 is associated with the ability to detect the "grassy" smelling odor, cis-3-hexen-1-ol

scientific article

High-resolution crystal structure of plant carboxylesterase AeCXE1, from Actinidia eriantha, and its complex with a high-affinity inhibitor paraoxon

scientific article

Identification of Regions Associated with Variation in Sensitivity to Food-Related Odors in the Human Genome

scholarly article

Identification of Regions Associated with Variation in Sensitivity to Food-Related Odors in the Human Genome

scholarly article published in September 2013

Identification of cold-responsive genes in a New Zealand alpine stick insect using RNA-Seq

scientific article published on 27 October 2012

Identification of regions associated with variation in sensitivity to food-related odors in the human genome

scientific article published in August 2013

Impacts of DNA extraction and PCR on DNA metabarcoding estimates of soil biodiversity

article

Improving odorant chemical class prediction with multi-layer perceptrons using temporal odorant spike responses from drosophila melanogaster olfactory receptor neurons

scientific article

Insect olfaction and the evolution of receptor tuning

article by Martin N. Andersson et al published 20 May 2015 in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Insights into subunit interactions within the insect olfactory receptor complex using FRET.

scientific article published on 27 November 2012

Isolation of alpha cluster esterase genes associated with organophosphate resistance in Lucilia cuprina

scientific article published in August 1996

Ligand promiscuity within the internal cavity of Epiphyas postvittana Takeout 1 protein

scientific article

Molecular basis of female-specific odorant responses in Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 7 December 2008

Molecular cloning of an alpha-esterase gene cluster on chromosome 3r of Drosophila melanogaster

scientific article published in March 1996

Multilayer perceptron classification of unknown volatile chemicals from the firing rates of insect olfactory sensory neurons and its application to biosensor design.

scientific article published on 28 September 2012

Multiple mutations and gene duplications conferring organophosphorus insecticide resistance have been selected at the Rop-1 locus of the sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina

scientific article published in February 2005

Mutational analysis of cysteine residues of the insect odorant co-receptor (Orco) from Drosophila melanogaster reveals differential effects on agonist- and odorant-tuning receptor-dependent activation

scientific article published on 30 September 2014

New Zealand Tree and Giant Wētā (Orthoptera) Transcriptomics Reveal Divergent Selection Patterns in Metabolic Loci

article

Niche construction initiates the evolution of mutualistic interactions

scientific article published on 17 July 2014

Odor memories regulate olfactory receptor expression in the sensory periphery

scientific article published on 13 March 2014

Odorant Receptors of the New Zealand Endemic Leafroller Moth Species Planotortrix octo and P. excessana

scientific article

Odorant receptors from the light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana) recognize important volatile compounds produced by plants.

scientific article published on 17 March 2009

Patterns of mitochondrial haplotype diversity in the invasive pest Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).

scientific article

Pest Control Compounds Targeting Insect Chemoreceptors: Another Silent Spring?

article

Pheromone evolution within the genera Ctenopseustis and Planotortrix (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) inferred from a phylogeny based on cytochrome oxidase I gene variation

article

Pheromone receptor evolution in the cryptic leafroller species, Ctenopseustis obliquana and C. herana.

scientific article published on 25 September 2014

Phylogenetic Analysis of “CandidatusPhytoplasma australiense” Reveals Distinct Populations in New Zealand

article

Positive selection and comparative molecular evolution of reproductive proteins from New Zealand tree weta (Orthoptera, Hemideina).

scientific article

Positive selection in glycolysis among Australasian stick insects

scientific article

Predicting odorant chemical class from odorant descriptor values with an assembly of multi-layer perceptrons.

scientific article published in January 2011

Publisher Correction: The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

Quantifying variation in the ability of yeasts to attract Drosophila melanogaster

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Recombinant expression, detergent solubilisation and purification of insect odorant receptor subunits.

scientific article published on 13 June 2013

Selective pressures on Drosophila chemosensory receptor genes.

scientific article published on 29 May 2007

Selective sweeps at the organophosphorus insecticide resistance locus, Rop-1, have affected variation across and beyond the α-esterase gene cluster in the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina.

scientific article published on 12 January 2011

Sequence comparisons of odorant receptors among tortricid moths reveal different rates of molecular evolution among family members

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Sex pheromone evolution is associated with differential regulation of the same desaturase gene in two genera of leafroller moths

scientific article

Sucrose phosphate synthase genes in plants belong to three different families

scientific article published in March 2002

The Carboxylesterase Gene Family from Arabidopsis thaliana

article

The Context of Chemical Communication Driving a Mutualism

scientific article published on 21 September 2015

The Genomics and Population Genomics of the Light Brown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana, an Invasive Tortricid Pest of Horticulture

scientific article published on 07 March 2022

The Peripheral Olfactory Repertoire of the Lightbrown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana

scientific article published on 27 May 2015

The Squash Aspartic Proteinase Inhibitor SQAPI Is Widely Present in the Cucurbitales, Comprises a Small Multigene Family, and Is a Member of the Phytocystatin Family

article

The acetylcholinesterase gene and organophosphorus resistance in the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina.

scientific article published in June 2001

The evolution of desaturase gene regulation involved in sex pheromone production in leafroller moths of the genus planotortrix.

scientific article

The potential for the use of gene drives for pest control in New Zealand: a perspective

article

The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution

scientific article published on 5 August 2020

The tuatara genome: insights into vertebrate evolution from the sole survivor of an ancient reptilian order

scientific article published on 8 December 2019

Towards an understanding of the structural basis for insect olfaction by odorant receptors

scientific article published on 25 September 2015

Two different amino acid substitutions in the ali-esterase, E3, confer alternative types of organophosphorus insecticide resistance in the sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina

scholarly article by Peter M Campbell et al published March 1998 in Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Using artificial neural networks to classify unknown volatile chemicals from the firings of insect olfactory sensory neurons

scientific article published on January 2011

Using multilayer perceptron computation to discover ideal insect olfactory receptor combinations in the mosquito and fruit fly for an efficient electronic nose.

scientific article published in January 2015

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