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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

Epoxidation of juvenile hormone was a key innovation improving insect reproductive fitness.

Marcela Nouzova, Marten J Edwards, Veronika Michalkova, Cesar E Ramirez, Marnie Ruiz, Maria Areiza, Matthew DeGennaro, Francisco Fernandez-Lima, René Feyereisen, Marek Jindra and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Artificial light at night (ALAN) negatively affects expression of transcripts involved in biosynthesis of molting and juvenile hormones in Bombyx mori.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2026
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  4. MET goes to the membrane-A new place for the "old" juvenile hormone receptor.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Marcela NouzovaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Biomolecular Science Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199.ORCID 0000-0002-4562-1383
Marten J EdwardsDepartment of Biology, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 18104.
Veronika MichalkovaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Biomolecular Science Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199.
Cesar E RamirezDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199.
Marnie RuizDepartment of Biological Sciences, Biomolecular Science Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199.ORCID 0000-0001-9992-2627
Maria AreizaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Biomolecular Science Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199.
Matthew DeGennaroDepartment of Biological Sciences, Biomolecular Science Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199.ORCID 0000-0003-3837-4430
Francisco Fernandez-LimaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199.ORCID 0000-0002-1283-4390
René FeyereisenDepartment of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent B-9000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9560-571X
Marek JindraInstitute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences Ceske Budejovice 37005, Czech Republic jindra@entu.cas.cz noriegaf@fiu.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2196-9924
Fernando G NoriegaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Biomolecular Science Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199; jindra@entu.cas.cz noriegaf@fiu.edu.
Florida International University · USCzech Academy of Sciences · CZMuhlenberg College · USUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

Role of miRNAs on the regulation of juvenile hormone synthesis in mosquitoesR21AI153689 · NIAID · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI NOUZOVA, MARCELA · 2020 to 2021
$369k
How can mosquitoes develop and reproduce in the complete absence of juvenile hormone?R21AI167849 · NIAID · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI FERNANDEZ-LIMA, FRANCISCO · 2022 to 2023
$369k
Identifying mosquito receptors that detect human odorK22AI112585 · NIAID · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI DEGENNARO, MATTHEW · 2015 to 2016
$268k
NCEZID CDC HHS U01 CK000510NIAID NIH HHS K22 AI112585NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI153689NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI167849
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methyl farnesoate (MF) plays hormonal regulatory roles in crustaceans. An epoxidated form of MF, known as juvenile hormone (JH), controls metamorphosis and stimulates reproduction in insects. To address the evolutionary significance of MF epoxidation, we generated mosquitoes completely lacking either of the two enzymes that catalyze the last steps of MF/JH biosynthesis and epoxidation, respectively: the JH acid methyltransferase (JHAMT) and the P450 epoxidase CYP15 (EPOX).

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularGenetic FitnessAedesAnimalsFatty Acids, UnsaturatedFemaleJuvenile HormonesMaleMetamorphosis, BiologicalReproductionSesquiterpenesSexual Behavior, AnimalFatty Acids, UnsaturatedJuvenile Hormonesmethyl farnesoateSesquiterpenesAedes aegypticorpora allatajuvenile hormonemethyl farnesoatereproduction

Identifiers

PMID34697248
PMCPMC8609300
OpenAlexW3209884894

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