| The genome of a lepidopteran model insect, the silkworm Bombyx mori International Silkworm Genome Consortium Insect biochemistry and molecular biology 38 (12), 1036-1045, 2008 | 701 | 2008 |
| Ecdysone Control of Developmental Transitions: Lessons from Drosophila Research N Yamanaka, KF Rewitz, MB O'Connor Annual Review of Entomology 58 (1), 497-516, 2013 | 601 | 2013 |
| The insect neuropeptide PTTH activates receptor tyrosine kinase torso to initiate metamorphosis KF Rewitz, N Yamanaka, LI Gilbert, MB O'Connor Science 326 (5958), 1403-1405, 2009 | 339 | 2009 |
| The unique evolution of neuropeptide genes in the silkworm Bombyx mori L Roller, N Yamanaka, K Watanabe, I Daubnerová, D Žitňan, H Kataoka, ... Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 38 (12), 1147-1157, 2008 | 270 | 2008 |
| A Fat Body-Derived IGF-like Peptide Regulates Postfeeding Growth in Drosophila N Okamoto, N Yamanaka, Y Yagi, Y Nishida, H Kataoka, MB O'Connor, ... Developmental Cell 17 (6), 885-891, 2009 | 265 | 2009 |
| Neuropeptide receptor transcriptome reveals unidentified neuroendocrine pathways N Yamanaka, S Yamamoto, D Žitňan, K Watanabe, T Kawada, H Satake, ... PloS one 3 (8), e3048, 2008 | 227 | 2008 |
| MIPs are ancestral ligands for the sex peptide receptor YJ Kim, K Bartalska, N Audsley, N Yamanaka, N Yapici, JY Lee, YC Kim, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (14), 6520-6525, 2010 | 171 | 2010 |
| Developmental checkpoints and feedback circuits time insect maturation. KF Rewitz, N Yamanaka, MB O'Connor Current Topics in Developmental Biology 103, 1-33, 2013 | 145 | 2013 |
| Vesicle-mediated steroid hormone secretion in Drosophila melanogaster N Yamanaka, G Marqués, MB O’Connor Cell 163 (4), 907-919, 2015 | 133 | 2015 |
| Bombyx prothoracicostatic peptides activate the sex peptide receptor to regulate ecdysteroid biosynthesis N Yamanaka, YJ Hua, L Roller, I Spalovská-Valachová, A Mizoguchi, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (5), 2060-2065, 2010 | 122 | 2010 |
| Steroid Hormone Inactivation Is Required during the Juvenile-Adult Transition in Drosophila KF Rewitz, N Yamanaka, MB O'Connor Developmental Cell 19 (6), 895-902, 2010 | 113 | 2010 |
| A membrane transporter is required for steroid hormone uptake in Drosophila N Okamoto, R Viswanatha, R Bittar, Z Li, S Haga-Yamanaka, N Perrimon, ... Developmental cell 47 (3), 294-305. e7, 2018 | 108 | 2018 |
| Neuroendocrine control of Drosophila larval light preference N Yamanaka, NM Romero, FA Martin, KF Rewitz, M Sun, MB O’Connor, ... Science 341 (6150), 1113-1116, 2013 | 108 | 2013 |
| An ecdysteroid‐inducible insulin‐like growth factor‐like peptide regulates adult development of the silkmoth Bombyx mori N Okamoto, N Yamanaka, H Satake, H Saegusa, H Kataoka, A Mizoguchi The FEBS journal 276 (5), 1221-1232, 2009 | 108 | 2009 |
| Identification of a novel prothoracicostatic hormone and its receptor in the silkworm Bombyx mori N Yamanaka, YJ Hua, A Mizoguchi, K Watanabe, R Niwa, Y Tanaka, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 280 (15), 14684-14690, 2005 | 100 | 2005 |
| Regulation of insect steroid hormone biosynthesis by innervating peptidergic neurons N Yamanaka, D Žitňan, YJ Kim, ME Adams, YJ Hua, Y Suzuki, M Suzuki, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (23), 8622-8627, 2006 | 93 | 2006 |
| The insect prothoracic gland as a model for steroid hormone biosynthesis and regulation Q Ou, J Zeng, N Yamanaka, C Brakken-Thal, MB O’Connor, K King-Jones Cell reports 16 (1), 247-262, 2016 | 91 | 2016 |
| Nutrition-dependent control of insect development by insulin-like peptides N Okamoto, N Yamanaka Current Opinion in Insect Science 11, 21-30, 2015 | 83 | 2015 |
| A Drosophila genome-wide screen identifies regulators of steroid hormone production and developmental timing ET Danielsen, ME Moeller, N Yamanaka, Q Ou, JM Laursen, ... Developmental cell 37 (6), 558-570, 2016 | 82 | 2016 |
| Nutrient-dependent endocycling in steroidogenic tissue dictates timing of metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster Y Ohhara, S Kobayashi, N Yamanaka PLoS genetics 13 (1), e1006583, 2017 | 80 | 2017 |
Michael O'Connor PhDUniversity of MinnesotaVerified email at umn.edu
