William G Bendena

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1 Juvenile hormone counteracts the bHLH-PAS transcription factors MET and GCE to prevent caspase-dependent programmed cell death in Drosophila. Development 2009 1.34
2 Transcriptional regulation of the insulin signaling pathway genes by starvation and 20-hydroxyecdysone in the Bombyx fat body. J Insect Physiol 2010 0.99
3 Purification and characterization of a mandibular organ protein from the American lobster, Homarus americanus: a putative farnesoic acid O-methyltransferase. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2004 0.94
4 Drosophila melanogaster flatline encodes a myotropin orthologue to Manduca sexta allatostatin. Peptides 2002 0.88
5 20-hydroxyecdysone reduces insect food consumption resulting in fat body lipolysis during molting and pupation. J Mol Cell Biol 2010 0.87
6 Isolation, cloning, and tissue expression of a putative octopamine/tyramine receptor from locust visceral muscle tissues. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 2005 0.84
7 Defining the contribution of select neuropeptides and their receptors in regulating sesquiterpenoid biosynthesis by Drosophila melanogaster ring gland/corpus allatum through RNAi analysis. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2012 0.82
8 Comparative genomic and phylogenetic analysis of vitellogenin and other large lipid transfer proteins in metazoans. FEBS Lett 2010 0.82
9 Evolution and functional divergence of enzymes involved in sesquiterpenoid hormone biosynthesis in crustaceans and insects. Peptides 2009 0.82
10 Myotropic peptides in Drosophila melanogaster and the genes that encode them. J Neurogenet 2002 0.81
11 Immunolocalization of allatostatin-like neuropeptides and their putative receptor in eyestalks of the tiger prawn, Penaeus monodon. Peptides 2003 0.80
12 Molecular cloning and characterization of an allatostatin-like receptor in the cockroach Diploptera punctata. Peptides 2007 0.80
13 The FGLamide-allatostatins influence foraging behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 2012 0.79
14 Quantification and visualization of Dippu-AST mRNA in the brain of adult Diploptera punctata: mated females vs. virgin females vs. males. J Insect Physiol 2003 0.78
15 Influence of codon usage bias on FGLamide-allatostatin mRNA secondary structure. Peptides 2010 0.77
16 Quantification of allatostatin receptor mRNA levels in the cockroach, Diploptera punctata, using real-time PCR. J Insect Physiol 2008 0.76
17 Correction: Methyl Farnesoate Plays a Dual Role in Regulating Drosophila Metamorphosis. PLoS Genet 2017 0.75
18 FGLamide Allatostatin genes in Arthropoda: introns early or late? Peptides 2009 0.75