Alan D. Shirras

2.3k total citations
45 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Alan D. Shirras is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan D. Shirras has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Alan D. Shirras's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (28 papers), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (11 papers) and Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides (11 papers). Alan D. Shirras is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (28 papers), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (11 papers) and Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides (11 papers). Alan D. Shirras collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Alan D. Shirras's co-authors include R. Elwyn Isaac, R. Elwyn Isaac, David Coates, Christine A. Taylor, Mary Bownes, Richard J. Siviter, Amy E. Leedale, Chenxi Li, Susumu Hirose and Shigeo Hayashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alan D. Shirras

45 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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R. Elwyn Isaac United Kingdom

Dick J. Van der Horst Netherlands

Matthew DeGennaro United States

Claudio W. Pikielny United States

Elke Clynen Belgium

Pablo Cabrero United Kingdom

Takashi Koyama Denmark

Theodore R. F. Wright United States

Martha A. O’Brien United States

R. Elwyn Isaac United Kingdom

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20 of 20 papers shown

Brown, Casey, et al.. (2022). Reduced Insulin Signaling Targeted to Serotonergic Neurons but Not Other Neuronal Subtypes Extends Lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 14. 893444–893444. 3 indexed citations

Hodges, Matt, et al.. (2019). Loss of angiotensin-converting enzyme-related (ACER) peptidase disrupts behavioural and metabolic responses to diet in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222(Pt 8). 10 indexed citations

Pál, Margit, et al.. (2012). lemmingA encodes the Apc11 subunit of the APC/C in Drosophila melanogaster that forms a ternary complex with the E2-C type ubiquitin conjugating enzyme, Vihar and Morula/Apc2. Cell Division. 7(1). 9–9. 8 indexed citations

Bland, Nicholas D., et al.. (2008). Locomotor and geotactic behavior of Drosophila melanogaster over-expressing neprilysin 2. Peptides. 30(3). 571–574. 24 indexed citations

Isaac, R. Elwyn, Nicholas D. Bland, & Alan D. Shirras. (2008). Neuropeptidases and the metabolic inactivation of insect neuropeptides. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 162(1). 8–17. 47 indexed citations

Isaac, R. Elwyn, Nazarius S. Lamango, Uma V. Ekbote, et al.. (2006). Angiotensin-converting enzyme as a target for the development of novel insect growth regulators. Peptides. 28(1). 153–162. 36 indexed citations

Walker, Michael J., Jeff N. Keen, Neil Audsley, et al.. (2006). Proteomic identification of Drosophila melanogaster male accessory gland proteins, including a pro-cathepsin and a soluble γ-glutamyl transpeptidase. Proteome Science. 4(1). 9–9. 70 indexed citations

Smith, Judith A., et al.. (2005). The angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene family of Anopheles gambiae. BMC Genomics. 6(1). 172–172. 26 indexed citations

Taylor, Christine A., Åsa M.E. Winther, Richard J. Siviter, et al.. (2004). Identification of a proctolin preprohormone gene ( Proct ) of Drosophila melanogaster : Expression and predicted prohormone processing. Journal of Neurobiology. 58(3). 379–391. 44 indexed citations

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Isaac, R. Elwyn, et al.. (2003). The drosophila angiotensin-converting enzyme homologue Ance is required for spermiogenesis. Developmental Biology. 254(2). 238–247. 56 indexed citations

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Siviter, Richard J., Ronald J. Nachman, M. Paulina Dani, et al.. (2002). Peptidyl dipeptidases (Ance and Acer) of Drosophila melanogaster: major differences in the substrate specificity of two homologs of human angiotensin I-converting enzyme. Peptides. 23(11). 2025–2034. 29 indexed citations

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Wilson, Claire, Alan D. Shirras, & R. Elwyn Isaac. (2002). Extracellular peptidases of imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster. Peptides. 23(11). 2007–2014. 17 indexed citations

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Isaac, R. Elwyn, Edward T. Parkin, Jeffrey N. Keen, et al.. (2002). Inactivation of a tachykinin-related peptide: identification of four neuropeptide-degrading enzymes in neuronal membranes of insects from four different orders. Peptides. 23(4). 725–733. 24 indexed citations

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Siviter, Richard J., Geoffrey M. Coast, Åsa M.E. Winther, et al.. (2000). Expression and Functional Characterization of aDrosophila Neuropeptide Precursor with Homology to Mammalian Preprotachykinin A. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(30). 23273–23280. 128 indexed citations

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Houard, Xavier, Tracy Ann Williams, M. Paulina Dani, et al.. (1998). The Drosophila melanogaster‐related angiotensin‐I‐converting enzymes Acer and Ance. European Journal of Biochemistry. 257(3). 599–606. 71 indexed citations

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Taylor, Christine A., K. Stanley, & Alan D. Shirras. (1997). The Orct gene of Drosophila melanogaster codes for a putative organic cation transporter with six or 12 transmembrane domains. Gene. 201(1-2). 69–74. 22 indexed citations

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Shirras, Alan D. & Juan Pablo Couso. (1996). Cell Fates in the Adult Abdomen ofDrosophilaAre Determined bywinglessduring Pupal Development. Developmental Biology. 175(1). 24–36. 36 indexed citations

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Shirras, Alan D. & Mary Bownes. (1989). cricklet: A locus regulating a number of adult functions of Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 86(12). 4559–4563. 26 indexed citations

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Shirras, Alan D. & Mary Bownes. (1987). Separate DNA sequences are required for normal female and ecdysone-induced male expression of Drosophila melanogaster yolk protein 1. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 210(1). 153–155. 16 indexed citations

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Shirras, Alan D. & D. H. Northcote. (1984). Molecular cloning and characterisation of cDNAs complementary to mRNAs from wounded potato (Solanum tuberosum) tuber tissue. Planta. 162(4). 353–360. 12 indexed citations

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