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, +3

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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, +3

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

BiologyDesert LocustSchistocerca GregariaPhylogeneticsBiochemical Taxonomy +8

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

Senne Dillen, Sven Zels, Heleen Verlinden, +3

PLoS ONE

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, +3

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

BiologyMedicineGeneticsPathogenesisNatural Sciences +6

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, +4

Canadian Journal of Zoology

EntomologyFood IntakeFmrfamide-related PeptidesMany Regulatory PeptidesGastrointestinal Peptide Hormone +17

Sulfakinin is an important regulator of digestive processes in the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria

Sven Zels, Senne Dillen, Katleen Crabbé, +3

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

BiologyGeneticsEntomologyDigestive ProcessesDigestive Tract +3

Real-Time Monitoring of Microalgal Biomass in Pilot-Scale Photobioreactors Using Nephelometry

Eli S.J. Thoré, Floris Schoeters, Jornt Spit, +1

Processes

Real-time MonitoringEnvironmental MonitoringEngineeringAlgal BiomassAlgal Biotechnology +8

Transcriptional Analysis of The Adaptive Digestive System of The Migratory Locust in Response to Plant Defensive Protease Inhibitors

Jornt Spit, Michiel Holtof, L. Badisco, +4

Scientific Reports

Functional analysis of a pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor-like protein in insects: Silencing effects resemble the human pancreatic autodigestion phenotype

Vincent van Hoef, Bert Breugelmans, Jornt Spit, +4

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

BiologyProtein SecretionNeuropeptidesSignal TransductionMedicine +8

Growth-inhibition effects of pacifastin-like peptides on a pest insect: The desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Jornt Spit, Bert Breugelmans, Vincent van Hoef, +3

Peptides

BiologyBiochemistryPlant-insect InteractionNatural SciencesEntomology +7