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Karl J Kramer
Kansas State University
1973
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37391088Ovariole-specific Yellow-g and Yellow-g2 proteins are required for fecundity and egg chorion rigidity in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2023
37532355Functional importance of groups I and II chitinases in cuticle chitin turnover during molting in a wood-boring beetle, Monochamus alternatus.Pestic Biochem Physiol2023
35933099Temporal changes in the physical and mechanical properties of beetle elytra during maturation.Acta Biomater2022
35675426Chitin deacetylases are necessary for insect femur muscle attachment and mobility.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A2022
35641660AA15 lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase is required for efficient chitinous cuticle turnover during insect molting.Commun Biol2022
34977021Yellow-y Functions in Egg Melanization and Chorion Morphology of the Asian Tiger Mosquito, <i>Aedes albopictus</i>.Front Cell Dev Biol2021
32315743Yellow-g and Yellow-g2 proteins are required for egg desiccation resistance and temporal pigmentation in the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2020
31812474Gene functions in adult cuticle pigmentation of the yellow mealworm, Tenebrio molitor.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2020
33855470My Times with Professor Igor Kregar and some Hydrolytic Enzymes.Acta Chim Slov2019
29590098A chitinase with two catalytic domains is required for organization of the cuticular extracellular matrix of a beetle.PLoS Genet2018
29567838Group I chitin deacetylases are essential for higher order organization of chitin fibers in beetle cuticle.J Biol Chem2018
29117500Development and ultrastructure of the rigid dorsal and flexible ventral cuticles of the elytron of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2017
27720067Cuticle formation and pigmentation in beetles.Curr Opin Insect Sci2016
27816487Arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase 1 gene (TcAANAT1) is required for cuticle morphology and pigmentation of the adult red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2016
25614237Loss of function of the yellow-e gene causes dehydration-induced mortality of adult Tribolium castaneum.Dev Biol2015
25994234Cuticular protein with a low complexity sequence becomes cross-linked during insect cuticle sclerotization and is required for the adult molt.Sci Rep2015
25664770Tribolium castaneum RR-1 cuticular protein TcCPR4 is required for formation of pore canals in rigid cuticle.PLoS Genet2015
25747009Knickkopf and retroactive proteins are required for formation of laminar serosal procuticle during embryonic development of Tribolium castaneum.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2015
24680676Two essential peritrophic matrix proteins mediate matrix barrier functions in the insect midgut.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2014
25042128Two major cuticular proteins are required for assembly of horizontal laminae and vertical pore canals in rigid cuticle of Tribolium castaneum.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2014
25144557Functional specialization among members of Knickkopf family of proteins in insect cuticle organization.PLoS Genet2014
24681434A Major Facilitator Superfamily protein encoded by TcMucK gene is not required for cuticle pigmentation, growth and development in Tribolium castaneum.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2014
23382702Retroactive maintains cuticle integrity by promoting the trafficking of Knickkopf into the procuticle of Tribolium castaneum.PLoS Genet2013
22087475Proteomic and transcriptomic analyses of rigid and membranous cuticles and epidermis from the elytra and hindwings of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.J Proteome Res2012
23185457Gene families of cuticular proteins analogous to peritrophins (CPAPs) in Tribolium castaneum have diverse functions.PLoS One2012
22570623Formation of rigid, non-flight forewings (elytra) of a beetle requires two major cuticular proteins.PLoS Genet2012
22212827Genomic and proteomic studies on the effects of the insect growth regulator diflubenzuron in the model beetle species Tribolium castaneum.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2012
20920581Both UDP N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylases of Tribolium castaneum are critical for molting, survival and fecundity.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2011
21930896Knickkopf protein protects and organizes chitin in the newly synthesized insect exoskeleton.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A2011
21611131Comparative genomic analysis of chitinase and chitinase-like genes in the African malaria mosquito (Anopheles gambiae).PLoS One2011
21419847Identification and characterization of a novel chitinase-like gene cluster (AgCht5) possibly derived from tandem duplications in the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2011
21268232Efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa protoxin and protease inhibitors against coleopteran storage pests.Pest Manag Sci2011
21189044Mechanical properties of the beetle elytron, a biological composite material.Biomacromolecules2011
19897036Chymotrypsin-like peptidases from Tribolium castaneum: a role in molting revealed by RNA interference.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2010
20727898Mechanical properties of elytra from Tribolium castaneum wild-type and body color mutant strains.J Insect Physiol2010
20727410Molecular cloning of a multidomain cysteine protease and protease inhibitor precursor gene from the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) and functional expression of the cathepsin F-like cysteine protease domain.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2010
20219676Model reactions for insect cuticle sclerotization: participation of amino groups in the cross-linking of Manduca sexta cuticle protein MsCP36.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2010
20149870Identification, mRNA expression and functional analysis of several yellow family genes in Tribolium castaneum.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2010
20144715Genes encoding proteins with peritrophin A-type chitin-binding domains in Tribolium castaneum are grouped into three distinct families based on phylogeny, expression and function.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2010
19268706Analysis of functions of the chitin deacetylase gene family in Tribolium castaneum.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2009
20005109Repeated co-options of exoskeleton formation during wing-to-elytron evolution in beetles.Curr Biol2009
19366687Molecular and functional analyses of amino acid decarboxylases involved in cuticle tanning in Tribolium castaneum.J Biol Chem2009
18198843Systematic investigation of the hemolymph proteome of Manduca sexta at the fifth instar larvae stage using one- and two-dimensional proteomics platforms.J Proteome Res2008
18718535Chitin synthases are required for survival, fecundity and egg hatch in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2008
18835439Functional analysis of four neuropeptides, EH, ETH, CCAP and bursicon, and their receptors in adult ecdysis behavior of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.Mech Dev2008
18436642Functional specialization among insect chitinase family genes revealed by RNA interference.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A2008
18342252Characterization and expression of the beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase gene family of Tribolium castaneum.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2008
18342251Characterization of recombinant chitinase-like proteins of Drosophila melanogaster and Tribolium castaneum.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2008
18342250Domain organization and phylogenetic analysis of the chitinase-like family of proteins in three species of insects.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2008
18342249Domain organization and phylogenetic analysis of proteins from the chitin deacetylase gene family of Tribolium castaneum and three other species of insects.Insect Biochem Mol Biol2008
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Boston University School of Medicine
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College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University
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Oklahoma State University
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Ibaraki University, Japan Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
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Universite de Lyon, Universite Lyon 1, CNRS UMR 5242
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Baylor College of Medicine
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National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health
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