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h-index: 29
Works: 68
Citations: 2,077

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Drosophila male sex peptide inhibits siesta sleep and promotes locomotor activity in the post-mated female
R. Isaac, Chenxi Li, Amy E Leedale, A. Shirras
2010Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences254 citations Open access
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Expression and Functional Characterization of aDrosophila Neuropeptide Precursor with Homology to Mammalian Preprotachykinin A*
R. Siviter, G. Coast, Å. M. Winther, R. Nachman +5 more
2000Journal of Biological Chemistry147 citations Open access
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Evidence that insect embryogenesis is regulated by ecdysteroids released from yolk proteins.
M. Bownes, A. Shirras, M. Blair, Jack R. Collins +1 more
1988Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America137 citations Open access
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Control of imaginal cell development by the escargot gene of Drosophila.
S. Hayashi, S. Hirose, Tony Metcalfe, A. Shirras
1993Development113 citations Open access
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The Drosophila melanogaster-related angiotensin-I-converting enzymes Acer and Ance--distinct enzymic characteristics and alternative expression during pupal development.
X. Houard, T. A. Williams, Annie Michaud, P. Dani +4 more
1998European Journal of Biochemistry85 citations Open access
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Dietary components modulate yolk protein gene transcription in Drosophila melanogaster.
M. Bownes, A. Scott, A. Shirras
1988Development72 citations
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Functional conservation of the active sites of human and Drosophila angiotensin I-converting enzyme.
David Coates, R. Isaac, J. Cotton, R. Siviter +4 more
2000Biochemistry71 citations
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The drosophila angiotensin-converting enzyme homologue Ance is required for spermiogenesis.
D. Hurst, Caroline M. Rylett, R. Isaac, A. Shirras
2003Developmental Biology65 citations Open access
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Cytoplasmic male sterility in Drosophila melanogaster associated with a mitochondrial CYTB variant
David J. Clancy, Gary R. Hime, A. Shirras
2011Heredity64 citations Open access
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A stress-specific calcium signature regulating an ozone-responsive gene expression network in Arabidopsis.
E. Short, K. North, M. Roberts, A. Hetherington +2 more
2012The Plant Journal62 citations Open access
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Neuropeptidases and the metabolic inactivation of insect neuropeptides.
R. Isaac, Nicholas D. Bland, A. Shirras
2009General and Comparative Endocrinology59 citations
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Identification of a proctolin preprohormone gene (Proct) of Drosophila melanogaster: expression and predicted prohormone processing.
Christine A. M. Taylor, Å. M. Winther, Richard J. Siviter, A. Shirras +2 more
2004Journal of Neurobiology57 citations Open access
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The Acer gene of Drosophila codes for an angiotensin-converting enzyme homologue.
Christine A. M. Taylor, David Coates, A. Shirras
1996Gene56 citations
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Insect Angiotensin‐converting Enzyme: A Processing Enzyme with Broad Substrate Specificity and a Role in Reproduction
R. Isaac, U. Ekbote, D. Coates, A. Shirras
1999Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences52 citations
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The nucleotide sequence of the gene coding for Drosophila melanogaster yolk protein 3.
M. Garabedian, A. Shirras, M. Bownes, Pieter C. Wensink
1987Gene51 citations
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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
Caroline M. Rylett, Michael J. Walker, G. Howell, A. Shirras +1 more
2007Journal of Experimental Biology46 citations Open access
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Proctolin in the post-genomic era: new insights and challenges
R. Isaac, Christine A. M. Taylor, Y. Hamasaka, D. Nässel +1 more
2004Invertebrate Neuroscience43 citations
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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.
Josie E. Thomas, Caroline M. Rylett, A. Carhan, N. Bland +4 more
2005Biochemical Journal42 citations Open access
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Ance, a Drosophila angiotensin-converting enzyme homologue, is expressed in imaginal cells during metamorphosis and is regulated by the steroid, 20-hydroxyecdysone.
R. Siviter, Christine A. M. Taylor, D. M. Cottam, A. Denton +4 more
2002Biochemical Journal42 citations Open access
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Cell fates in the adult abdomen of Drosophila are determined by wingless during pupal development.
A. Shirras, J. Couso
1996Developmental Biology42 citations Open access
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme as a target for the development of novel insect growth regulators.
R. Isaac, N. Lamango, U. Ekbote, Christine A. M. Taylor +5 more
2007Peptides41 citations
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The Drosophila Insulin Receptor Independently Modulates Lifespan and Locomotor Senescence
Mohd Zamri Bin Haji Ismail, Matt D. Hodges, Michael Boylan, Rajesh Achall +2 more
2015PLoS ONE38 citations Open access
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Peptidyl dipeptidases (Ance and Acer) of Drosophila melanogaster: major differences in the substrate specificity of two homologs of human angiotensin I-converting enzyme.
Richard J. Siviter, Ronald J. Nachman, M. Dani, J. Keen +2 more
2002Peptides36 citations
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cricklet: A locus regulating a number of adult functions of Drosophila melanogaster.
A. Shirras, M. Bownes
1989Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America33 citations Open access
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Loss of Angiotensin-converting enzyme-related (ACER) peptidase disrupts night-time sleep in adult Drosophila melanogaster
A. Carhan, Ke Tang, C. Shirras, A. Shirras +1 more
2011Journal of Experimental Biology32 citations Open access
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The angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene family of Anopheles gambiae
S. Burnham, Judith A. Smith, Alison J. Lee, R. Isaac +1 more
2005BMC Genomics32 citations Open access
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Conserved roles for peptidases in the processing of invertebrate neuropeptides.
R. Isaac, Richard J. Siviter, P. Stancombe, David Coates +1 more
2000Biochemical Society Transactions32 citations
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Locomotor and geotactic behavior of Drosophila melanogaster over-expressing neprilysin 2.
Nicholas D. Bland, P. Robinson, Josie E. Thomas, A. Shirras +2 more
2009Peptides31 citations
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The Orct gene of Drosophila melanogaster codes for a putative organic cation transporter with six or 12 transmembrane domains.
Christine A. M. Taylor, Karen N. Stanley, A. Shirras
1997Gene30 citations
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Metabolic inactivation of the circadian transmitter, pigment dispersing factor (PDF), by neprilysin-like peptidases in Drosophila
R. Isaac, E. C. Johnson, N. Audsley, A. Shirras
2007Journal of Experimental Biology25 citations
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An unsuspected ecdysteroid/steroid phosphatase activity in the key T‐cell regulator, Sts‐1: Surprising relationship to insect ecdysteroid phosphate phosphatase
L. Davies, Ian P. Anderson, P. C. Turner, A. Shirras +2 more
2007Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics25 citations
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Structural diversity of angiotensin‐converting enzyme
R. Bingham, V. Dive, Simon E. V. Phillips, A. Shirras +1 more
2006The FEBS Journal22 citations
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Expression of NEP2, a soluble neprilysin-like endopeptidase, during embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster.
Nicholas D. Bland, Josie E. Thomas, N. Audsley, A. Shirras +2 more
2007Peptides18 citations
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Proteomic identification of Drosophila melanogaster male accessory gland proteins, including a pro-cathepsin and a soluble γ-glutamyl transpeptidase
M. Walker, Caroline M. Rylett, J. Keen, Neil Audsley +3 more
2006Proteome Science17 citations Open access
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Extracellular peptidases of imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster.
Claire L. Wilson, A. Shirras, R. Isaac
2002Peptides17 citations
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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
Olga Nagy, M. Pál, A. Udvardy, C. Shirras +3 more
2012Cell Division15 citations Open access
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Development of a Real-Time qPCR Assay for Quantification of Covert Baculovirus Infections in a Major African Crop Pest
R. I. Graham, Yamini Tummala, G. Rhodes, J. Cory +3 more
2015Insects14 citations Open access
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Loss of angiotensin-converting enzyme-related (ACER) peptidase disrupts behavioural and metabolic responses to diet in Drosophila melanogaster
Zoe Glover, M. Hodges, Nikolett Dravecz, J. Cameron +3 more
2019Journal of Experimental Biology11 citations Open access
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Maternal mRNA and early development in Fucus serratus.
A. K. Masters, A. Shirras, A. Hetherington
199211 citations
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Molecular cloning and characterisation of cDNAs complementary to mRNAs from wounded potato (Solanum tuberosum) tuber tissue
A. Shirras, D. Northcote
1984Planta10 citations
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Drosophila melanogaster NEP 2 is a new soluble member of the neprilysin family of endopeptidases with implications for reproduction and renal function
Josie E. Thomas, Caroline M. Rylett, A. Carhan, N. Bland +4 more
20058 citations
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Separate DNA sequences are required for normal female and ecdysone-induced male expression of Drosophila melanogaster yolk protein 1
A. Shirras, M. Bownes
1987Molecular and General Genetics MGG7 citations
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Reduced Insulin Signaling Targeted to Serotonergic Neurons but Not Other Neuronal Subtypes Extends Lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster
Nikolett Dravecz, T. Shaw, Isabella Davies, C. Brown +6 more
2022Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience5 citations Open access
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Functional genomics of ozone stress in Arabidopsis.
E. Short, M. McAinsh, A. Shirras, T. Huckerby
20032 citations
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The presence of LEA (Late Embryo Abundant) protein homologues in guard cells.
Alex A. R. Webb, K. F. Renwick, A. Shirras, T. Mansfield +1 more
19932 citations
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The neprilysin-like gene family in Drosophila melanogaster
R. Siviter, D. Coates, R. Isaac, A. Shirras
20001 citations
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Corrigendum: Reduced insulin signaling targeted to serotonergic neurons but not other neuronal subtypes extends lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster
Nikolett Dravecz, T. Shaw, Isabella Davies, C. Brown +6 more
2023Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience0 citations Open access
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rhythms to study sleep and circadian Drosophila melanogaster Invited Review: Sleeping flies don't lie: the use of
J. Hendricks, G. Baeg, S. Jayabose, Agnieszka Ulaczyk-Lesanko +5 more
20150 citations
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Nep2 Peptidase (Insect)
R. Isaac, A. Shirras
20130 citations
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Increased fragmentation of night-time sleep in Drosophila melanogaster lacking the angiotensin-converting enzyme-related (ACER) peptidase
Elwyn Isaac, A. Carhan, Ke Tang, C. Shirras +1 more
20090 citations
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