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List of works by Ronald J Nachman

A C-terminal aldehyde analog of the insect kinins inhibits diuresis in the housefly.

scientific article published on 28 November 2006

A C-terminal aldehyde insect kinin analog enhances inhibition of weight gain and induces significant mortality in Helicoverpa zea larvae

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A brominated-fluorene insect neuropeptide analog exhibits pyrokinin/PBAN-specific toxicity for adult females of the tobacco budworm moth

scientific article published on April 2002

A comparison of the pupariation acceleration activity of pyrokinin-like peptides native to the flesh fly: Which peptide represents the primary pupariation factor?

scientific article published on 22 November 2005

A novel dihydroimidazoline, trans-Pro mimetic analog is a selective PK/PBAN agonist

scientific article published in January 2010

Active diuretic peptidomimetic insect kinin analogs that contain β-turn mimetic motif 4-aminopyroglutamate and lack native peptide bonds

scientific article published on October 5, 2011

An active insect kinin analog with 4-aminopyroglutamate, a novel cis-peptide bond, type VI beta-turn motif

scientific article published in December 2004

An amphiphilic, PK/PBAN analog is a selective pheromonotropic antagonist that penetrates the cuticle of a heliothine insect

scientific article published on 17 October 2008

An antidiuretic peptide (Tenmo-ADFb) with kinin-like diuretic activity on Malpighian tubules of the house cricket, Acheta domesticus (L.).

scientific article published in November 2007

Analogs of sulfakinin-related peptides demonstrate reduction in food intake in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, while putative antagonists increase consumption

scientific article published on 12 December 2012

Antifeedant activity and high mortality in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera: Aphidae) induced by biostable insect kinin analogs

scientific article published on 9 July 2009

Beta-amino acid analogs of an insect neuropeptide feature potent bioactivity and resistance to peptidase hydrolysis.

scientific article published in January 2007

Bioavailability of beta-amino acid and C-terminally derived PK/PBAN analogs

scientific article published on 22 May 2009

Bioavailability of insect neuropeptides: the PK/PBAN family as a case study

scientific article published on 20 February 2009

Biostable agonists that match or exceed activity of native insect kinins on recombinant arthropod GPCRs

scientific article published on 19 October 2008

Biostable and PEG polymer-conjugated insect pyrokinin analogs demonstrate antifeedant activity and induce high mortality in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera: Aphidae).

scientific article published on 15 November 2011

Biostable beta-amino acid PK/PBAN analogs: agonist and antagonist properties

scientific article published on 21 November 2008

Biostable insect kinin analogs reduce blood meal and disrupt ecdysis in the blood-gorging Chagas' disease vector, Rhodnius prolixus

scientific article published on 22 January 2016

Biostable multi-Aib analogs of tachykinin-related peptides demonstrate potent oral aphicidal activity in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera: Aphidae).

scientific article published in October 2010

CAPA-gene products in the haematophagous sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli)--vector for leishmaniasis disease

scientific article published on 21 December 2012

Characterization and distribution of NKD, a receptor for Drosophila tachykinin-related peptide 6.

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Characterization of sulfakinin and sulfakinin receptor and their roles in food intake in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

scientific article published on 21 March 2013

Chelating ability of proctolin tetrazole analogue.

scientific article published on 23 February 2006

Comparative peptidomics of four related hemipteran species: pyrokinins, myosuppressin, corazonin, adipokinetic hormone, sNPF, and periviscerokinins

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Comparative structure-activity analysis of insect kinin core analogs on recombinant kinin receptors from Southern cattle tick Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) and mosquito Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae).

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Comparison of insect kinin analogs with cis-peptide bond motif 4-aminopyroglutamate identifies optimal stereochemistry for diuretic activity.

scientific article published in January 2007

Comparison of the effects of pyrokinins and related peptides identified from arthropods on pupariation behaviour in flesh fly (Sarcophaga bullata) larvae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).

scientific article published in February 2004

Conformational aspects and hyperpotent agonists of diapause hormone for termination of pupal diapause in the corn earworm

scientific article published on 18 July 2008

Corazonin in insects

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Development of cell-based bioassay with Sf9 cells expressing TcSKR1 and TcSKR2 and differential activation by sulfated and non-sulfated SK peptides

scientific article published on 25 February 2014

Diapause hormone in the Helicoverpa/Heliothis complex: A review of gene expression, peptide structure and activity, analog and antagonist development, and the receptor

scientific article published on 29 May 2015

Diapause hormone in the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea: optimum temperature for activity, structure-activity relationships, and efficacy in accelerating flesh fly pupariation

scientific article published on 7 December 2007

Different processing of CAPA and pyrokinin precursors in the giant mealworm beetle Zophobas atratus (Tenebrionidae) and the boll weevil Anthonomus grandis grandis (Curculionidae).

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Discovery of a cholecystokinin-gastrin-like signaling system in nematodes

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Disruption of insect diapause using agonists and an antagonist of diapause hormone

scientific article published on September 22, 2011

Diuretic and myotropic activities of N-terminal truncated analogs of Musca domestica kinin neuropeptide

scientific article published in April 2002

Diverse in- and output polarities and high complexity of local synaptic and non-synaptic signaling within a chemically defined class of peptidergic Drosophila neurons

scientific article published on August 2013

Drosulfakinin activates CCKLR-17D1 and promotes larval locomotion and escape response in Drosophila

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Enhanced in vivo activity of peptidase-resistant analogs of the insect kinin neuropeptide family

scientific article published in April 2002

Enhanced oral availability/pheromonotropic activity of peptidase-resistant topical amphiphilic analogs of pyrokinin/PBAN insect neuropeptides

scientific article published in November 2002

Evaluation of a PK/PBAN analog with an (E)-alkene, trans-Pro isostere identifies the Pro orientation for activity in four diverse PK/PBAN bioassays

scientific article published on 3 May 2009

Evaluation of insect CAP2b analogs with either an (E)-alkene, trans- or a (Z)-alkene, cis-Pro isostere identifies the Pro orientation for antidiuretic activity in the stink bug.

scientific article published on 2 October 2012

Evolutionary conservation of the cholecystokinin/gastrin signaling system in nematodes

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FMRFamide related peptide ligands activate the Caenorhabditis elegans orphan GPCR Y59H11AL.1.

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Flexibility and extracellular opening determine the interaction between ligands and insect sulfakinin receptors

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

Functional analysis of synthetic insectatachykinin analogs on recombinant neurokinin receptor expressing cell lines

scientific article published on November 2002

Functional characterization of the putative orphan neuropeptide G-protein coupled receptor C26F1.6 in Caenorhabditis elegans

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Functional comparison of two evolutionary conserved insect neurokinin-like receptors

scientific article published on 4 December 2006

Functional phylogenetics reveals contributions of pleiotropic peptide action to ligand-receptor coevolution

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Identification in Drosophila melanogaster of the invertebrate G protein-coupled FMRFamide receptor

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Identification of PVK/CAP2b neuropeptides from single neurohemal organs of the stable fly and horn fly via MALDI-TOF/TOF tandem mass spectrometry.

scientific article published on 2 December 2005

Identification of kinin-related peptides in the disease vector, Rhodnius prolixus.

scientific article published on 8 October 2010

Identification of selective and non-selective, biostable beta-amino acid agonists of recombinant insect kinin receptors from the southern cattle tick Boophilus microplus and mosquito Aedes aegypti

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Identification of the first neuropeptides from the CNS of Hemiptera: CAPA peptides of the southern green stinkbug Nezara viridula (L.).

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Identification of tick periviscerokinin, the first neurohormone of Ixodidae: single cell analysis by means of MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 9 November 2005

Inhibition of PK/PBAN-mediated functions in insects: discovery of selective and non-selective inhibitors

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Insect Endocrinology. Introduction.

scientific article published in May 2009

Insect capa neuropeptides impact desiccation and cold tolerance

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Interaction of Mimetic Analogs of Insect Kinin Neuropeptides with Arthropod Receptors

scientific article published on January 1, 2010

Introduction: Invertebrate Neuropeptides XV.

scientific article published in June 2015

Introduction: Invertebrate neuropeptides XIII.

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Introduction: Invertebrate neuropeptides XIV.

scientific article published in March 2014

Invertebrate Neuropeptides VIII. Introduction

scientific article published in February 2008

Invertebrate neuropeptides IX.

scientific article published on 9 January 2009

Invertebrate neuropeptides XVII.

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Isolation, cloning, and expression mapping of a gene encoding an antidiuretic hormone and other CAPA-related peptides in the disease vector, Rhodnius prolixus

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Isolation, expression analysis, and functional characterization of the first antidiuretic hormone receptor in insects

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Leucokinin mimetic elicits aversive behavior in mosquito Aedes aegypti (L.) and inhibits the sugar taste neuron

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Ligand selectivity in tachykinin and natalisin neuropeptidergic systems of the honey bee parasitic mite Varroa destructor

scientific article published on 28 January 2016

Mass spectrometric analysis of putative capa-gene products in Musca domestica and Neobellieria bullata

scientific article published in October 2003

Mass spectrometric assignment of Leu/Ile in neuropeptides from single neurohemal organ preparations of insects

scientific article published on 21 July 2005

Metabolism of cydiastatin 4 and analogues by enzymes associated with the midgut and haemolymph of Manduca sexta larvae

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Mode of action of an insect neuropeptide leucopyrokinin (LPK) on pupariation in fleshfly (Sarcophaga bullata) larvae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).

scientific article published in October 2002

Molecular and functional characterization of the first tick CAP2b (periviscerokinin) receptor from Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae).

scientific article published on 17 September 2013

Molecular and pharmacological characterization of the Chelicerata pyrokinin receptor from the southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

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Molecular characterization of two G protein-coupled receptor splice variants as FLP2 receptors in Caenorhabditis elegans

scientific article published in May 2005

Molecular cloning and functional characterization of the diapause hormone receptor in the corn earworm Helicoverpa zea.

scientific article published on 17 November 2013

Molecular identification and expression analysis of a diapause hormone receptor in the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea.

scientific article published on 15 December 2013

Neurohormones implicated in the control of Malpighian tubule secretion in plant sucking heteropterans: The stink bugs Acrosternum hilare and Nezara viridula

scientific article published on 20 September 2009

Neuropeptides in Heteroptera: identification of allatotropin-related peptide and tachykinin-related peptides using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

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Neuropeptides of the cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter)

scientific article published on October 12, 2011

Neuropeptidomics of the mosquito Aedes aegypti

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Occurrence of insect kinins in the flesh fly, stable fly and horn fly-mass spectrometric identification from single nerves and diuretic activity

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Peptidergic control in a fruit crop pest: The spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii

scientific article published on 10 November 2017

Peptidomics of CNS-associated neurohemal systems of adult Drosophila melanogaster: a mass spectrometric survey of peptides from individual flies

scientific article published in June 2004

Peptidyl dipeptidases (Ance and Acer) of Drosophila melanogaster: major differences in the substrate specificity of two homologs of human angiotensin I-converting enzyme

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Pharmacology of stomoxytachykinin receptor depends on second messenger system.

scientific article published in January 2005

Potent activity of a PK/PBAN analog with an (E)-alkene, trans-Pro mimic identifies the Pro orientation and core conformation during interaction with HevPBANR-C receptor

scientific article published on 25 March 2009

Sex peptides and MIPs can activate the same G protein-coupled receptor

scientific article published on 27 February 2013

Signaling properties and pharmacological analysis of two sulfakinin receptors from the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

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Stereochemistry of insect kinin tetrazole analogues and their diuretic activity in crickets

scientific article published in January 2004

Structure-activity relationships for in vitro diuretic activity of CAP2b in the housefly.

scientific article published on 8 December 2006

Sulfakinin is an important regulator of digestive processes in the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria

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Synthesis of (S)-3-(1-hydroxy-p-carboran-12-yl)alanine, a novel hydrophobic tyrosine-mimetic for peptides

scientific article published in April 2002

The control of Malpighian tubule secretion in a predacious hemipteran insect, the spined soldier bug Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae)

scientific article published on November 18, 2010

The molecular characterization of the kinin transcript and the physiological effects of kinins in the blood-gorging insect, Rhodnius prolixus

scientific article published on 26 April 2013

The neuropeptidomics of Ixodes scapularis synganglion

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The pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) receptor of Heliothis virescens: identification, functional expression, and structure-activity relationships of ligand analogs

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The single kinin receptor signals to separate and independent physiological pathways in Malpighian tubules of the yellow fever mosquito

scientific article published on 10 June 2010

Toward the development of novel pest management agents based upon insect kinin neuropeptide analogues

scientific article published on April 2009

Transepithelial flux of an allatostatin and analogs across the anterior midgut of Manduca sexta larvae in vitro

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cis-peptide bond mimetic tetrazole analogs of the insect kinins identify the active conformation

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