Works (14)

Updated: September 12th, 2023 05:02

2023 journal article

A draft Diabrotica virgifera virgifera genome: insights into control and host plant adaption by a major maize pest insect

BMC Genomics, 24(1).

By: B. Coates*, K. Walden*, D. Lata*, N. Vellichirammal*, R. Mitchell*, M. Andersson*, R. McKay*, M. Lorenzen n ...

author keywords: Genome assembly; Host plant specialization; Differential expression
MeSH headings : Animals; Zea mays / physiology; Coleoptera / genetics; Larva / metabolism; Poaceae / genetics; Insecticides / metabolism; Pest Control, Biological; Plants, Genetically Modified / genetics; Endotoxins
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: February 13, 2023

2023 journal article

An Optimized Small-Scale Rearing System to Support Embryonic Microinjection Protocols for Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera

Insects, 14(8), 683.

By: F. Chu n, P. Wu n, S. Pinzi n, N. Grubbs n, A. Cohen n & M. Lorenzen n

author keywords: insect rearing; rootworm; molecular biology; function genomics; CRISPR
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: September 11, 2023

2021 journal article

Microinjection of Corn Planthopper, Peregrinus maidis, Embryos for CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing

Journal of Visualized Experiments, 3(169).

By: W. Klobasa n, F. Chu n, O. Huot n, N. Grubbs n, D. Rotenberg n, A. Whitfield n, M. Lorenzen n

MeSH headings : Animals; CRISPR-Cas Systems / genetics; Endonucleases / genetics; Female; Gene Editing / methods; Zea mays / chemistry
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: May 17, 2021

2020 journal article

New Technologies for Studying Negative-Strand RNA Viruses in Plant and Arthropod Hosts

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®, 33(3), 382–393.

By: T. German*, M. Lorenzen n, N. Grubbs n & A. Whitfield n

author keywords: virus-plant interactions
MeSH headings : Animals; Insect Vectors / virology; Insecta / virology; Plant Diseases / virology; Plant Viruses; Plants / virology; RNA Viruses
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 3, 2020

2019 journal article

Structural and functional insights into the Diabrotica virgifera virgifera ATP-binding cassette transporter gene family

BMC Genomics, 20(1).

By: F. Adedipe n, N. Grubbs n, B. Coates*, B. Wiegmman n & M. Lorenzen n

author keywords: ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter; Phylogenetic; Transcriptome; RNA interference (RNAi); Corn rootworm
MeSH headings : ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / genetics; Animals; Coleoptera / classification; Coleoptera / genetics; Coleoptera / growth & development; Computational Biology / methods; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Ontology; Life Cycle Stages / genetics; Molecular Sequence Annotation; Multigene Family; Phenotype; RNA Interference; Transcriptome
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: December 16, 2019

2018 journal article

Genome of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida, Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a worldwide parasite of social bee colonies, provides insights into detoxification and herbivory

GigaScience, 7(12).

By: J. Evans*, D. McKenna*, E. Scully*, S. Cook*, B. Dainat*, N. Egekwu*, N. Grubbs n, D. Lopez* ...

author keywords: Coleoptera; pollination; Apis mellifera; invasive pest; phytophagy; glycoside hydrolase; honey bee
MeSH headings : ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / classification; ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / genetics; ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / metabolism; Acetylcholinesterase / classification; Acetylcholinesterase / genetics; Acetylcholinesterase / metabolism; Animals; Bees / parasitology; Coleoptera / classification; Coleoptera / genetics; Genetic Variation; Genome; Glycoside Hydrolases / classification; Glycoside Hydrolases / genetics; Glycoside Hydrolases / metabolism; Herbivory; Insect Proteins / classification; Insect Proteins / genetics; Insect Proteins / metabolism; Insecticides / metabolism; Phylogeny; Receptors, Cell Surface / classification; Receptors, Cell Surface / genetics; Receptors, Cell Surface / metabolism; Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels / classification; Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels / genetics
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: February 11, 2019

2018 journal article

Microinjection of Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, Embryos for Germline Transformation, or CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing

Journal of Visualized Experiments, (134).

By: F. Chu n, P. Wu n, S. Pinzi n, N. Grubbs n & M. Lorenzen n

author keywords: Bioengineering; Issue 134; embryonic microinjection; functional genomics; germline transformation; transgenesis; CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing; western corn rootworm
MeSH headings : Animals; CRISPR-Cas Systems / genetics; Coleoptera; Gene Editing / methods; Germ-Line Mutation / genetics; Microinjections / methods; RNA Interference
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: October 16, 2018

2017 journal article

Agricultural production: assessment of the potential use of Cas9-mediated gene drive systems for agricultural pest control

Journal of Responsible Innovation, 5(sup1), S98–S120.

By: M. Scott n, F. Gould n, M. Lorenzen n, N. Grubbs n, O. Edwards* & D. O’Brochta*

author keywords: Gene drive; Cas9; sterile insect technique; agricultural pest insect
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Development and use of a piggyBac -based jumpstarter system in Drosophila suzukii

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 97(3), e21439.

By: F. Chu n, W. Klobasa n, N. Grubbs n & M. Lorenzen n

author keywords: germline transformation; Minos; mutagenesis; piggyBac; transgenesis
MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Genetically Modified; DNA Transposable Elements; Drosophila / genetics; Genetic Engineering / methods; Mutagenesis; Transposases
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Germline transformation of the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera

Insect Molecular Biology, 26(4), 440–452.

By: F. Chu n, W. Klobasa n, P. Wu n, S. Pinzi n, N. Grubbs n, S. Gorski n, Y. Cardoza n, M. Lorenzen n

author keywords: Minos; piggyBac; small-scale rearing; embryonic microinjection
MeSH headings : Animals; Coleoptera / genetics; Female; Gene Transfer Techniques; Luminescent Proteins; Male; Transposases
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

The ABCs of Eye Color in Tribolium castaneum: Orthologs of the Drosophila white, scarlet, and brown Genes

GENETICS, 199(3), 749-+.

By: N. Grubbs n, S. Haas*, R. Beeman* & M. Lorenzen n

author keywords: ABC transporters; eye pigmentation; evolution of development
MeSH headings : ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / genetics; Animals; Base Sequence; Drosophila Proteins / genetics; Evolution, Molecular; Eye Color / genetics; Eye Proteins / genetics; Genes, Insect; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutation; Tribolium / genetics
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

New Components of Drosophila Leg Development Identified through Genome Wide Association Studies

PLOS ONE, 8(4).

By: N. Grubbs n, M. Leach n, X. Su*, T. Petrisko*, J. Rosario n & J. Mahaffey n

MeSH headings : Animals; Cell Communication; Drosophila Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors; Drosophila Proteins / genetics; Drosophila Proteins / metabolism; Drosophila melanogaster / embryology; Drosophila melanogaster / genetics; Drosophila melanogaster / metabolism; Embryo, Nonmammalian; Extremities / embryology; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Gene Regulatory Networks; Genome-Wide Association Study; Imaginal Discs / embryology; Imaginal Discs / metabolism; Larva / genetics; Larva / growth & development; Larva / metabolism; Morphogenesis / genetics; Mutation; RNA, Small Interfering / genetics; Signal Transduction
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 review

The evolving role of the orphan nuclear receptor ftz-f1, a pair-rule segmentation gene

[Review of ]. EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT, 15(6), 406–417.

By: A. Heffer*, N. Grubbs n, J. Mahaffey n & L. Pick*

MeSH headings : Animals; Drosophila melanogaster / metabolism; Evolution, Molecular; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Insect Proteins / chemistry; Insect Proteins / genetics; Insect Proteins / metabolism; Orphan Nuclear Receptors / chemistry; Orphan Nuclear Receptors / genetics; Orphan Nuclear Receptors / metabolism; Tribolium / embryology; Tribolium / genetics; Tribolium / metabolism
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2007 journal article

The appendage role of insect disco genes and possible implications on the evolution of the maggot larval form

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 309(1), 56–69.

author keywords: drosophila; segment identity; zinc finger; appendage; limb; pattern formation
MeSH headings : Animals; Biological Evolution; Body Patterning; DNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism; Drosophila / embryology; Drosophila / growth & development; Drosophila / metabolism; Drosophila Proteins / metabolism; Head / embryology; Head / growth & development; Larva / growth & development; Larva / metabolism; Transcription Factors / metabolism; Tribolium / embryology; Tribolium / growth & development; Tribolium / metabolism
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018