Publications of David G. Heckel

Richards, S.; Gibbs , R. A.; Gerado, N. M.; Heckel, D. G.: Genome sequence of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. PLoS Biology 8 (2), e1000313 (2010)

Sehlmeyer, S.; Wang, L.; Langel, D.; Heckel, D. G.; Mohagheghi, H.; Petschenka, G.; Ober, D.: Flavin-dependent monooxygenases as a detoxification mechanism in insects: new insights from the Arctiids (Lepidoptera). PLoS One 5 (5), e10435 (2010)

Tay, W. T.; Behere, G. T.; Batterham, P.; Heckel, D. G.: Generation of microsatellite repeat families by RTE retrotransposons in lepidopteran genomes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10, 144 (2010)

Vogel, H.; Heidel, A. J.; Heckel, D. G.; Groot, A. T.: Transcriptome analysis of the sex pheromone gland of the noctuid moth Heliothis virescens. BMC Genomics 11, 29 (2010)

Dabrowska, P.; Freitak, D.; Vogel, H.; Heckel, D. G.; Boland, W.: The phytohormone precursor OPDA is isomerized in the insect gut by a single, specific glutathione transferase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106 (38), pp. 16304 - 16309 (2009)

Freitak, D.; Heckel, D. G.; Vogel, H.: Dietary-dependent trans-generational immune priming in an insect herbivore. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 (1667), pp. 2617 - 2624 (2009)

Freitak, D.; Heckel, D. G.; Vogel, H.: Bacterial feeding induces changes in immune-related gene expression and has trans-generational impacts in the cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni). Frontiers in Zoology 6, 7 (2009)

Hölscher, D.; Shroff, R.; Knop, K.; Gottschaldt, M.; Crecelius, A.; Schneider, B.; Heckel, D. G.; Schubert, U. S.; Svatos, A.: Matrix-free UV-laser desorption/ionization (LDI) mass spectrometric imaging at the single-cell level: Distribution of secondary metabolites of Arabidopsis thaliana and Hypericum species. The Plant Journal 60 (5), pp. 907 - 918 (2009)

Kaiser, T. S.; Heckel, D. G.: Isolation of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the marine midge Clunio marinus (Chironomidae, Diptera) and their efficient characterization by heteroduplex analysis. Molecular Ecology Resources 9 (1), pp. 195 - 198 (2009)

Liu, Z.-D.; Gong, P.-Y.; Heckel, D. G.; Wei, W.; Sun, J.; Li, D.: Effects of larval host plants on over-wintering physiological dynamics and survival of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 55 (1), pp. 1 - 9 (2009)

Papanicolaou, A.; Stierli, R.; ffrench-Constant, R. H.; Heckel, D. G.: Next generation transcriptomes for next generation genomes using est2assembly. BMC Bioinformatics 10, 447 (2009)

Pauchet, Y.; Freitak, D.; Heidel-Fischer, H. M.; Heckel, D. G.; Vogel, H.: Immunity or digestion: glucanase activity in a glucan-binding protein family from lepidoptera. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 284 (4), pp. 2214 - 2224 (2009)

Pauchet, Y.; Muck, A.; Svatos, A.; Heckel, D. G.: Chromatographic and electrophoretic resolution of proteins and protein complexes from the larval midgut microvilli of Manduca sexta. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 39 (7), pp. 467 - 474 (2009)

Schöfl, G.; Heckel, D. G.; Groot, A. T.: Time-shifted reproductive behaviours among fall armyworm (Noctuidae: Spodoptera frugiperda) host strains: evidence for differing modes of inheritance. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22, pp. 1447 - 1459 (2009)

Baxter, S. W.; Zhao, J. Z.; Shelton, A. M.; Vogel, H.; Heckel, D. G.: Genetic mapping of Bt-toxin binding proteins in a Cry1A-toxin resistant strain of diamondback moth Plutella xylostella. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 38 (2), pp. 125 - 135 (2008)

Clark, R.; Brown, S. M.; Collins, S. C.; Jiggins, C. D.; Heckel, D. G.; Vogler, A. P.: Colour pattern specification in the Mocker swallowtail Papilio dardanus: the transcription factor invected is a candidate for the mimicry locus H. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 275 (1639), pp. 1181 - 1188 (2008)

Fischer, H. M.; Wheat, C. W.; Heckel, D. G.; Vogel, H.: Evolutionary origins of a novel host plant detoxification gene in butterflies. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25 (5), pp. 809 - 820 (2008)

Groot, A. T.; Marr, M.; Schöfl, G.; Lorenz, S.; Svatos, A.; Heckel, D. G.: Host strain specific sex pheromone variation in Spodoptera frugiperda. Frontiers in Zoology 5, 20 (2008)

Joußen, N.; Heckel, D. G.; Haas, M.; Schuphan, I.; Schmidt, B.: Metabolism of imidacloprid and DDT by P450 CYP6G1 expressed in cell cultures of Nicotiana tabacum suggests detoxification of these insecticides in Cyp6g1-overexpressing strains of Drosophila melanogaster, leading to resistance. Pest Management Science 64 (1), pp. 65 - 73 (2008)

Pauchet, Y.; Muck, A.; Svatos, A.; Heckel, D. G.; Preiss, S.: Mapping the larval midgut lumen proteome of Helicoverpa armigera, a generalist herbivorous insect. Journal of Proteome Research 7 (4), pp. 1629 - 1639 (2008)