Publications of David G. Heckel

Vogel, H.; Shukla, S.; Engl, T.; Weiss, B.; Fischer, R.; Steiger, S.; Heckel, D. G.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Vilcinskas, A.: The digestive and defensive basis of carcass utilization by the burying beetle and its microbiota. Nature Communications 8, 15186 (2017)

Zalucki, M. P.; Zalucki, J. M.; Perkins, L. E.; Schramm, K.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Gershenzon, J.; Heckel, D. G.: A generalist herbivore copes with specialized plant defence: the effects of induction and feeding by Helicoverpa armigera. Journal of Chemical Ecology 43 (6), pp. 608 - 616 (2017)

Zhang, J.; Khan, S. A.; Heckel, D. G.; Bock, R.: Next-generation insect-resistant plants: RNAi-mediated crop protection. Trends in Biotechnology 35 (9), pp. 871 - 882 (2017)

Barthel, A.; Vogel, H.; Pauchet, Y.; Pauls, G.; Kunert, G.; Groot, A. T.; Boland, W.; Heckel, D. G.; Heidel-Fischer, H. M.: Immune modulation enables a specialist insect to benefit from antibacterial withanolides in its host plant. Nature Communications 7, 12530 (2016)

Beran, F.; Rahfeld, P.; Luck, K.; Nagel, R.; Vogel, H.; Wielsch, N.; Irmisch, S.; Ramasamy, S.; Gershenzon, J.; Heckel, D. G. et al.; Köllner, T. G.: Novel family of terpene synthases evolved from trans-isoprenyl diphosphate synthases in a flea beetle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113 (11), pp. 2922 - 2927 (2016)

Bretschneider, A.; Heckel, D. G.; Pauchet, Y.: Three toxins, two receptors, one mechanism: Mode of action of Cry1A toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis in Heliothis virescens. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 76, pp. 109 - 117 (2016)

Bretschneider, A.; Heckel, D. G.; Vogel, H.: Know your ABCs: Characterization and gene expression dynamics of ABC transporters in the polyphagous herbivore Helicoverpa armigera. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 72, pp. 1 - 9 (2016)

Groot, A. T.; Dekker, T.; Heckel, D. G.: Genetic basis of pheromone evolution in moths. Annual Review of Entomology 61, pp. 99 - 117 (2016)

Heckel, D. G.: A return to the pore – dissecting Bacillus thuringiensis toxin mode of action via voltage clamp experiments (commentary). The FEBS Journal 283 (24), pp. 4458 - 4461 (2016)

Jacobs, C.; Steiger, S.; Heckel, D. G.; Wielsch, N.; Vilcinskas, A.; Vogel, H.: Sex, offspring and carcass determine antimicrobial peptide expression in the burying beetle. Scientific Reports 6, 25409 (2016)

Kanost, M. R.; Arrese, E. L.; Cao, X.; Chen, Y.-R.; Chellapilla, S.; Goldsmith, M.; Grosse-Wilde, E.; Heckel, D. G.; Herndon, N.; Jiang, H. et al.; Papanicolaou, A.; Qu, J.; Soulages, J. L.; Vogel, H.; Walters, J.; Waterhouse, R. M.; Ahn, S.-J.; Almeida, F. C.; An, C.; Aqrawi, P.; Bretschneider, A.; Bryant, W. B.; Bucks, S.; Chao, H.; Chevignon, G.; Christen, J. M.; Clarke, D. F.; Dittmer, N. T.; Ferguson, L. C.F.; Garavelou, S.; Gordon, K. H.J.; Gunaratna, R. T.; Han, Y.; Hauser, F.; He, Y.; Heidel-Fischer, H. M.; Hirsh, A.; Hu, Y.; Jiang, H.; Kalra, D.; Klinner, C.; König, C.; Kovar, C.; Kroll, A. R.; Kuwar, S.; Lee, S. L.; Lehman, R.; Li, K.; Li, Z.; Liang, H.; Lovelace, S.; Lu, Z.; Mansfield, J. H.; McCulloch, K. J.; Mathew, T.; Morton, B.; Muzny, D. M.; Neunemann, D.; Ongeri, F.; Pauchet, Y.; Pu, L.-L.; Pyrousis, I.; Rao, X.-J.; Redding, A.; Roesel, C.; Sanchez-Gracia, A.; Schaack, S.; Shukla, A.; Tetreau, G.; Wang, Y.; Xiong, G.-H.; Traut, W.; Walsh, T. K.; Worley, K. C.; Wu, D.; Wu, W.; Wu, Y.-Q.; Zhang, X.; Zou, Z.; Zucker, H.; Briscoe, A. D.; Burmester, T.; Clem, R.; Feyereisen, R.; Grimmelikhuijzen, C. J.P.; Hamodrakas, S. J.; Hansson, B. S.; Huguet, E.; Jermiin, L. S.; Lan, Q.; Lehman, H. K.; Lorenzen, M.; Merzendorfer, H.; Michalopoulos, I.; Morton, D. B.; Muthukrishnan, S.; Oakeshott, J. G.; Palmer, W.; Park, Y.; Passarelli, A. L.; Rozas, J.; Schwartz, L. M.; Smith, W.; Southgate, A.; Vilcinskas, A.; Vogt, R.; Wang, P.; Werren, J.; Yu, X.-Q.; Zhou, J.-J.; Brown, S. J.; Scherer, S. E.; Richards, S.; Blissard, G. W.: Multifaceted biological insights from a draft genome sequence of the tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 76, pp. 118 - 147 (2016)

Kirsch, R.; Heckel, D. G.; Pauchet, Y.: How the rice weevil breaks down the pectin network: Enzymatic synergism and sub-functionalization. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 71, pp. 72 - 82 (2016)

Kost, S.; Heckel, D. G.; Yoshido, A.; Marec, F.; Groot, A. T.: A Z-linked sterility locus causes sexual abstinence in hybrid females and facilitates speciation in Spodoptera frugiperda. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution 70 (6), pp. 1418 - 1427 (2016)

Koutroumpa, F.; Groot, A. T.; Dekker, T.; Heckel, D. G.: Genetic mapping of male pheromone response in the European corn borer identifies candidate genes regulating neurogenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113 (42), pp. E6401 - E6408 (2016)

Krempl, C.; Heidel-Fischer, H. M.; Jimenez-Aleman, G. H.; Reichelt, M.; Menezes, R. C.; Boland, W.; Vogel, H.; Heckel, D. G.; Joussen, N.: Gossypol toxicity and detoxification in Helicoverpa armigera and Heliothis virescens. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 78, pp. 69 - 77 (2016)

Krempl, C.; Sporer, T.; Reichelt, M.; Ahn, S.-J.; Heidel-Fischer, H. M.; Vogel, H.; Heckel, D. G.; Joußen, N.: Potential detoxification of gossypol by UDP-glycosyltransferases in the two Heliothine moth species Helicoverpa armigera and Heliothis virescens. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 71, pp. 49 - 57 (2016)

Pauchet, Y.; Bretschneider, A.; Augustin, S.; Heckel, D. G.: A P-glycoprotein is linked to resistance to the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa toxin in a leaf beetle. Toxins 8 (12), 362 (2016)

Roy, A.; Walker III, W. B.; Vogel, H.; Kushwaha, S. K.; Chattington, S.; Larsson, M. C.; Anderson, P.; Heckel, D. G.; Schlyter, F.: Data set for diet specific differential gene expression analysis in three Spodoptera moths. Data in Brief 8, pp. 448 - 455 (2016)

Roy, A.; Walker, W. B.; Vogel, H.; Chattington, S.; Larsson, M. C.; Anderson, P.; Heckel, D. G.; Schlyter, F.: Diet dependent metabolic responses in three generalist insect herbivores Spodoptera spp. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 71, pp. 91 - 105 (2016)

Shelomi, M.; Danchin, E. G. J.; Heckel, D. G.; Wipfler, B.; Bradler, S.; Zhou, X.; Pauchet, Y.: Horizontal gene transfer of pectinases from bacteria preceded the diversification of stick and leaf insects. Scientific Reports 6, 26388 (2016)