Walter R. Terra

11.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
208 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Walter R. Terra is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter R. Terra has authored 208 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Molecular Biology, 122 papers in Insect Science and 53 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Walter R. Terra's work include Insect Resistance and Genetics (96 papers), Insect Utilization and Effects (67 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (35 papers). Walter R. Terra is often cited by papers focused on Insect Resistance and Genetics (96 papers), Insect Utilization and Effects (67 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (35 papers). Walter R. Terra collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, France and United States. Walter R. Terra's co-authors include Clélia Ferreira, Clélia Ferreira, Alberto F. Ribeiro, Plı́nio T. Cristofoletti, A.G. de Bianchi, Custódio Donizete dos Santos, Carlos P. Silva, Francisco José Alves Lemos, Sandro R. Marana and C. Ferreira and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Cell Biology and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Walter R. Terra

206 papers receiving 7.6k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Insect digestive enzymes: properties, compartmentalization and function

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter R. Terra Brazil	49	4.9k	4.7k	2.0k	1.1k	1.0k	208	7.9k
Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan United States	61	3.5k 0.7×	6.8k 1.5×	3.8k 1.9×	1.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.7×	133	10.3k
Chuan‐Xi Zhang China	46	4.0k 0.8×	3.9k 0.8×	2.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	715 0.7×	337	7.5k
Charles Hétru France	48	5.3k 1.1×	3.7k 0.8×	654 0.3×	1.5k 1.4×	5.5k 5.4×	82	10.6k
Shunji Natori Japan	54	3.1k 0.6×	4.9k 1.0×	609 0.3×	1.4k 1.3×	3.2k 3.1×	320	8.7k
Subba Reddy Palli United States	61	6.1k 1.3×	7.0k 1.5×	2.2k 1.1×	2.7k 2.5×	1.1k 1.0×	271	11.9k
John A. Gatehouse United Kingdom	62	4.4k 0.9×	7.5k 1.6×	6.0k 2.9×	508 0.5×	744 0.7×	194	10.9k
Hans Merzendorfer Germany	34	2.1k 0.4×	3.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	351 0.3×	907 0.9×	74	4.9k
Zhonghuai Xiang China	48	2.5k 0.5×	3.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	185	6.6k
Dan Hultmark Sweden	57	7.2k 1.5×	5.3k 1.1×	872 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	9.5k 9.2×	108	15.1k
Byung Rae Jin South Korea	36	2.6k 0.5×	2.7k 0.6×	682 0.3×	1.4k 1.3×	555 0.5×	226	4.8k

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Terra, Walter R., et al.. (2025). Water Transport and Enzyme Recycling in Tenebrio molitor Midgut: Insights From Transcriptomics, Proteomics, and In Vivo Inhibition Assays. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. 118(4). e70059–e70059.

Palmisano, Giuseppe, et al.. (2021). A proteomic approach to identify digestive enzymes, their exocytic and microapocrine secretory routes and their compartmentalization in the midgut of Spodoptera frugiperda. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 257. 110670–110670. 3 indexed citations

Pimentel, André C., et al.. (2018). Molecular machinery of starch digestion and glucose absorption along the midgut of Musca domestica. Journal of Insect Physiology. 109. 11–20. 25 indexed citations

Gazara, Rajesh Kumar, et al.. (2017). De novo transcriptome sequencing and comparative analysis of midgut tissues of four non-model insects pertaining to Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Diptera and Lepidoptera. Gene. 627. 85–93. 9 indexed citations

Zanúncio, José Cola, et al.. (2012). Prey digestion in the midgut of the predatory bug Podisus nigrispinus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of Insect Physiology. 58(6). 850–856. 54 indexed citations

Bifano, Thomas G., Thiago Gerônimo Pires Alegria, & Walter R. Terra. (2010). Transporters involved in glucose and water absorption in the Dysdercus peruvianus (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae) anterior midgut. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 157(1). 1–9. 23 indexed citations

Fonseca, Fábio V., José Roberto da Silva, Richard Ian Samuels, et al.. (2009). Purification and partial characterization of a midgut membrane-bound α-glucosidase from Quesada gigas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 155(1). 20–25. 18 indexed citations

Sato, Paloma Mieko, Adriana Rios Lopes, L. Juliano, María A. Juliano, & Walter R. Terra. (2008). Subsite substrate specificity of midgut insect chymotrypsins. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 38(6). 628–633. 16 indexed citations

Blanes, Lucas, et al.. (2007). Direct detection of underivatized chitooligosaccharides produced through chitinase action using capillary zone electrophoresis. Analytical Biochemistry. 373(1). 99–103. 20 indexed citations

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Terra, Walter R., et al.. (2006). Digestive enzyme compartmentalization and recycling and sites of absorption and secretion along the midgut of Dermestes maculatus (Coleoptera) larvae. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. 64(1). 1–18. 39 indexed citations

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Silva, Carlos P., et al.. (2004). Occurrence of midgut perimicrovillar membranes in paraneopteran insect orders with comments on their function and evolutionary significance. Arthropod Structure & Development. 33(2). 139–148. 78 indexed citations

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Andrade, Sonia Aparecida de, Adriana Rios Lopes, A.M. Chudzinski-Tavassi, et al.. (2003). Bauhinia Proteinase Inhibitor-Based Synthetic Fluorogenic Substrates for Enzymes Isolated from Insect Midgut and Caterpillar Bristles. Biological Chemistry. 384(3). 489–92. 8 indexed citations

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Terra, Walter R., et al.. (2003). Characterization of a β-glycosidase highly active on disaccharides and of a β-galactosidase from Tenebrio molitor midgut lumen. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 33(2). 253–265. 20 indexed citations

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Cristofoletti, Plı́nio T., Alberto F. Ribeiro, & Walter R. Terra. (2001). Apocrine secretion of amylase and exocytosis of trypsin along the midgut of Tenebrio molitor larvae. Journal of Insect Physiology. 47(2). 143–155. 112 indexed citations

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Terra, Walter R.. (1996). Evolution and function of insect peritrophic membrane. Ciencia e cultura. 48. 317–324. 13 indexed citations

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Terra, Walter R., et al.. (1995). Chemical determinations in microvillar membranes purified from brush-borders isolated from the larval midgut of one coleoptera and two diptera species. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 25(4). 417–426. 13 indexed citations

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Terra, Walter R., Clélia Ferreira, & Elói S. Garcia. (1988). Origin, distribution, properties and functions of the major Rhodnius prolixus midgut hydrolases. Insect Biochemistry. 18(5). 423–434. 71 indexed citations

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Santos, Clóvis de Paula & Walter R. Terra. (1985). Midgut ' ALFA '-glucosidase and ' BETA '-fructosidase from erinnyis ello larvae and imagoes. 28(1). 69. 1 indexed citations

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Bianchi, A.G. de, Carlos Eduardo Winter, & Walter R. Terra. (1982). Vitellogenins and other haemolymph proteins involved in the oogenesis of Rhynchosciara americana. Insect Biochemistry. 12(2). 177–184. 27 indexed citations

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Terra, Walter R., et al.. (1979). Carbodiimide-reactive carboxyl groups at the active site of an insect midgut trehalase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Enzymology. 571(1). 79–85. 15 indexed citations

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