Sayad Khalil

Mevalonate-farnesal biosynthesis in ticks: Comparative synganglion transcriptomics and a new perspective

PLoS One, 11(3).

Molecular traces of alternative social organization in a termite genome

Nature Communications, 5.

Polymers for the stabilization and delivery of proteins topically and per os to the insect hemocoel through conjugation with aliphatic polyethylene glycol

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 115, 58–66.

Enhanced activity of an insecticidal protein, trypsin modulating oostatic factor (TMOF), through conjugation with aliphatic polyethylene glycol

Pest Management Science, 68(1), 49–59.

First transcriptome of the testis-vas deferens-male accessory gland and proteome of the spermatophore from dermacentor variabilis (acari: ixodidae)

PLoS One, 6(9).

Full-length sequence, regulation and developmental studies of a second vitellogenin gene from the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis

Journal of Insect Physiology, 57(3), 400–408.

New approach for the study of mite reproduction: The first transcriptome analysis of a mite, Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology, 57(1), 52–61.

Neuropeptide signaling sequences identified by pyrosequencing of the American dog tick synganglion transcriptome during blood feeding and reproduction

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 40(1), 79–90.

Characterization of vitellin protein in the twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology, 55(7), 655–661.

Heme-binding storage proteins in the Chelicerata

[Review of ]. Journal of Insect Physiology, 55(4), 287–296.

Male engorgement factor: Role in stimulating engorgement to repletion in the ixodid tick, Dermacentor variabilis

Journal of Insect Physiology, 55(10), 909–918.

Hormonal regulation of metamorphosis and reproduction in ticks

[Review of ]. Frontiers in Bioscience, 13, 7250–7268.

Molecular characterization of the major hemelipoglycoprotein in ixodid ticks

Insect Molecular Biology, 17(3), 197–208.

Molecular characterization, tissue-specific expression and RNAi knockdown of the first vitellogenin receptor from a tick

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 37(4), 375–388.

Sequence and the developmental and tissue-specific regulation of the first complete vitellogenin messenger RNA from ticks responsible for heme sequestration

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 37(4), 363–374.

Role of juvenile hormone esterase and epoxide hydrolase in reproduction of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa zea

Journal of Insect Physiology, 52(7), 669–678.

In vivo role of 20-hydroxyecdysone in the regulation of the vitellogenin mRNA and egg development in the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Say)

Journal of Insect Physiology, 51(10), 1105–1116.