Jornt Spit

Knockdown of nuclease activity in the gut enhances RNAi efficiency in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, but not in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Jornt Spit, Annelies Philips, Niels Wynant et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2017 · 167 citations · Full text

Identification, functional characterization and phylogenetic analysis of double stranded RNA degrading enzymes present in the gut of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Niels Wynant, Dulce Santos, Rik Verdonck et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2014 · 156 citations

Biology, Desert Locust, Schistocerca Gregaria +10

Functional Characterization of the Short Neuropeptide F Receptor in the Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Senne Dillen, Sven Zels, Heleen Verlinden et al. · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 66 citations · Full text

Effects of different dietary conditions on the expression of trypsin- and chymotrypsin-like protease genes in the digestive system of the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria

Jornt Spit, Sven Zels, Senne Dillen et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2014 · 44 citations · Full text

Biology, Medicine, Genetics +8

Peptidergic control of food intake and digestion in insects¹This review is part of a virtual symposium on recent advances in understanding a variety of complex regulatory processes in insect physiology and endocrinology, including development, metabolism, cold hardiness, food intake and digestion, and diuresis, through the use of omics technologies in the postgenomic era.

Jornt Spit, L. Badisco, Heleen Verlinden et al. · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 2012 · 42 citations · Full text

Entomology, Food Intake, Fmrfamide-related Peptides +19