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Alan D. Shirras

Observed names: A D Shirras, A Shirras, A. D. Shirras, A.D. Shirras, ALAN D. SHIRRAS, Alan D Shirras, Alan D. SHIRRAS, Alan Shirras, Alan.D. Shirras, Alan D. SHIRRAS, Shirras, A. D.
Observed institutions: University of Leeds, Inserm, University of St Andrews, Collège de France, University of Cambridge, Lancaster University, University of Edinburgh
ORCID: 0000-0002-1377-5134
Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-1377-5134
OpenAlex ID: A5045093083
Drosophila male sex peptide inhibits siesta sleep and promotes locomotor activity in the post-mated female
2009 · R. Elwyn Isaac, Chenxi Li, et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 283
Expression and Functional Characterization of aDrosophila Neuropeptide Precursor with Homology to Mammalian Preprotachykinin A
2000 · Richard J. Siviter, Geoffrey M. Coast, et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 151
Evidence that insect embryogenesis is regulated by ecdysteroids released from yolk proteins.
1988 · M Bownes, A Shirras, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 146
Control of imaginal cell development by the escargot gene of Drosophila
1993 · S. Hayashi, S. Hirose, et al. · Trends in Genetics · 100
Control of imaginal cell development by the escargot gene of Drosophila
1993 · Shigeo Hayashi, Susumu Hirose, et al. · Development · 89
The Drosophila melanogaster‐related angiotensin‐I‐converting enzymes Acer and Ance: Distinct enzymic characteristics and alternative expression during pupal development
1998 · Xavier Houard, Tracy A. Williams, et al. · European Journal of Biochemistry · 86
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Proteomic identification of Drosophila melanogaster male accessory gland proteins, including a pro-cathepsin and a soluble γ-glutamyl transpeptidase
2006 · Michael J Walker, Caroline M Rylett, et al. · Proteome Science · 85
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Cytoplasmic male sterility in Drosophila melanogaster associated with a mitochondrial CYTB variant
2011 · D J Clancy, G R Hime, et al. · Heredity · 75
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Neuropeptidases and the metabolic inactivation of insect neuropeptides
2008 · R. Elwyn Isaac, Nicholas D. Bland, et al. · General and Comparative Endocrinology · 69
The drosophila angiotensin-converting enzyme homologue Ance is required for spermiogenesis
2003 · Debra Hurst, Caroline M Rylett, et al. · Developmental Biology · 69
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Functional Conservation of the Active Sites of Human andDrosophilaAngiotensin I-Converting Enzyme
2000 · David Coates, R. Elwyn Isaac, et al. · Biochemistry · 69
A stress‐specific calcium signature regulating an ozone‐responsive gene expression network in Arabidopsis
2012 · Eleri F. Short, Kathryn A. North, et al. · The Plant Journal · 64
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Identification of a proctolin preprohormone gene ( Proct ) of Drosophila melanogaster : Expression and predicted prohormone processing
2004 · Christine A. M. Taylor, Åsa M. E. Winther, et al. · Journal of Neurobiology · 60
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Insect Angiotensin‐converting Enzyme: A Processing Enzyme with Broad Substrate Specificity and a Role in Reproduction
1999 · R. ELWYN ISAAC, UMA EKBOTE, et al. · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 53
The Acer gene of Drosophila codes for an angiotensin-converting enzyme homologue
1996 · Christine A.M. Taylor, David Coates, et al. · Gene · 53
The nucleotide sequence of the gene coding for Drosophila melanogaster yolk protein 3
1987 · Michael J. Garabedian, Alan D. Shirras, et al. · Gene · 52
Male accessory glands of Drosophila melanogaster make a secreted angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ANCE), suggesting a role for the peptide-processing enzyme in seminal fluid
2007 · Caroline M. Rylett, Michael J. Walker, et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 49
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Drosophila melanogaster NEP2 is a new soluble member of the neprilysin family of endopeptidases with implications for reproduction and renal function
2005 · Josie E. THOMAS, Caroline M. RYLETT, et al. · Biochemical Journal · 46
Proctolin in the post-genomic era: new insights and challenges
2004 · R. Elwyn Isaac, Christine A. Taylor, et al. · Invertebrate Neuroscience · 44
Angiotensin-converting enzyme as a target for the development of novel insect growth regulators
2006 · R. Elwyn Isaac, Nazarius S. Lamango, et al. · Peptides · 43
Ance, a Drosophila angiotensin-converting enzyme homologue, is expressed in imaginal cells during metamorphosis and is regulated by the steroid, 20-hydroxyecdysone
2002 · Richard J. SIVITER, Christine A.M. TAYLOR, et al. · Biochemical Journal · 43
The Drosophila Insulin Receptor Independently Modulates Lifespan and Locomotor Senescence
2015 · Mohd Zamri Bin Haji Ismail, Matt D. Hodges, et al. · PLoS ONE · 42
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Conserved roles for peptidases in the processing of invertebrate neuropeptides
2000 · R.E. Isaac, R.J. Siviter, et al. · Biochemical Society Transactions · 37
Cell Fates in the Adult Abdomen ofDrosophilaAre Determined bywinglessduring Pupal Development
1996 · Alan D. Shirras, Juan Pablo Couso · Developmental Biology · 37
Peptidyl dipeptidases (Ance and Acer) of Drosophila melanogaster: major differences in the substrate specificity of two homologs of human angiotensin I-converting enzyme
2002 · Richard J Siviter, Ronald J Nachman, et al. · Peptides · 36
Works count: 71
Citation count: 2,294
H-index: 30
I10-index: 41
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