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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

1. Identification and Biosynthetic Studies of the Hydrocarbon Sex Pheromone in Utetheisa ornatrix
   Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 1336–1345, 2007
2. Role of extracellular domains in PBAN/pyrokinin GPCRs from insects using chimera receptors
   Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 296–306, 2007
3. Molecular modeling of the binding of pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide to its receptor
   Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 53, no. 8, pp. 803–818, 2007
4. Cuticular lipid mass and desiccation rates in Glossina pallidipes: interpopulation variation
   Physiological Entomology, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 287–293, 2007
5. Role of Extracellular Ca2+ and Calcium Channel Activated by a G Protein-Coupled Receptor Regulating Pheromone Production in Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
   Annals of the Entomological Society of America, vol. 99, no. 5, p. 905, 2006
6. EFFECT OF PBAN ON PHEROMONE PRODUCTION BY MATED Heliothis virescens AND Heliothis subflexa FEMALES
   Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 15–28, 2005
7. Pheromone biosynthetic pathways in the mothsHeliothis subflexa andHeliothis virescens
   Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 53–58, 2005
8. PBAN stimulation of pheromone biosynthesis by inducing calcium influx in pheromone glands of Helicoverpa zea
   Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 555–560, 2004
9. The identification of an age- and female-specific putative PBAN membrane-receptor protein in pheromone glands of Helicoverpa armigera: possible up-regulation by Juvenile Hormone
   Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 371–380, 2003
10. Sex pheromone biosynthetic pathway for disparlure in the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 100, no. 3, pp. 809–814, 2003
11. Identification of a G protein-coupled receptor for pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide from pheromone glands of the moth Helicoverpa zea
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 100, no. 17, pp. 9721–9726, 2003
12. Pheromone biosynthetic pathways in the moths Helicoverpa zea and Helicoverpa assulta
    Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol. 32, no. 11, pp. 1353–1359, 2002
13. Prostaglandin biosynthesis by fat body from true armyworms, Pseudaletia unipuncta
    Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol. 31, no. 4-5, pp. 435–444, 2001
14. Pyrokinin/PBAN-like peptides in the central nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster
    Cell and Tissue Research, vol. 306, no. 3, pp. 459–465, 2001
15. Sex pheromone levels in pheromone glands and identification of the pheromone and hydrocarbons in the hemolymph of the mothScoliopteryx libatrix L. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
    Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 35–43, 2001
16. Identification of cuticular hydrocarbons and the alkene precursor to the pheromone in hemolymph of the female gypsy moth,Lymantria dispar
    Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 108–115, 2000
17. Prostaglandin production in response to a bacterial infection in true armyworm larvae
    Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 225–232, 1999
18. Hydrocarbon profiles of diapausing and reproductive adult face flies (Musca autumnalis)
    Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 206–214, 1998
19. Identification of Soluble Binding Proteins for an Insect Neuropeptide
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 238, no. 3, pp. 925–930, 1997
20. Biosynthetic pathway for producing the sex pheromone component ( Z,E )-9,12-tetradecadienyl acetate in moths involves a ? 12 desaturase
    Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (CMLS), vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 501–505, 1997
21. Eicosanoids mediate microaggregation and nodulation responses to bacterial infections in black cutworms, Agrotis ipsilon, and true armyworms, Pseudaletia unipuncta
    Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 125–133, 1997
22. Biosynthetic enzymes regulating ratios of sex pheromone components in female redbanded leafroller moths
    Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 461–466, 1996
23. Characterization of PBAN and PBAN-encoding gene neuropeptides in the central nervous system of the corn earworm moth, Helicoverpa zea
    Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 257–266, 1996
24. Signal transduction in the stimulation of sex pheromone biosynthesis in moths
    Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, vol. 33, no. 3-4, pp. 245–258, 1996
25. Evidence for the presence of a pheromonotropic factor in hemolymph and regulation of sex pheromone production in Helicoverpa zea
    Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 501–508, 1995
26. Sex pheromone component ratio in the cabbage looper moth altered by a mutation affecting the fatty acid chain-shortening reactions in the pheromone biosynthetic pathway
    Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 373–381, 1994
27. Control of sex pheromone biosynthesis in the moth Mamestra brassicae by the pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide
    Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 203–211, 1994
28. Action of PBAN and related peptides on pheromone biosynthesis in isolated pheromone glands of the redbanded leafroller moth, Argyrotaenia velutinana
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Endocrinology, vol. 108, no. 2, pp. 153–160, 1994
29. Stimulation of Pheromone Biosynthesis in the Moth Helicoverpa zea: Action of a Brain Hormone on Pheromone Glands Involves Ca2+ and cAMP as Second Messengers
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 88, no. 19, pp. 8621–8625, 1991
30. A new component of the female sex pheromone ofBlattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae) and interaction with other pheromone components
    Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 1997–2008, 1990
31. Structural correlation between cuticular hydrocarbons and female contact sex pheromone of German cockroachBlattella germanica (L.)
    Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 939–949, 1989
32. In vitro inhibition of prostaglandin H synthase by compounds from the exocrine secretions of lace bugs
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Comparative Pharmacology, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 253–255, 1989
33. Tissue and chain length specificity of the fatty acyl-CoA elongation system in the American cockroach
    Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, vol. 267, no. 2, pp. 551–557, 1988
34. De novo biosynthesis of arachidonic acid and 5,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid in the cricket Teleogryllus commodus
    Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism, vol. 963, no. 1, pp. 21–27, 1988
35. De novo biosynthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the cockroach Periplaneta americana
    Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, vol. 255, no. 1, pp. 184–193, 1987
36. Prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors in insect defensive secretions
    Naturwissenschaften, vol. 73, no. 12, pp. 735–737, 1986
37. De novo biosynthesis of prostaglandins by the australian field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Comparative Pharmacology, vol. 85, no. 2, pp. 303–307, 1986
38. Exposure to ethylene changes nymphal growth rate and female longevity in the grasshopper Melanoplus sanguinipes
    Naturwissenschaften, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 45–46, 1982