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Dr Alan Shirras

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. Published

    Reduced Insulin Signalling Targeted to Serotonergic Neurons but Not Other Neuronal Subtypes Extends Lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster

    Dravecz, N., Shaw, T., Davies, I., Brown, C., Ormerod, L., Vu, G., Walker, T., Taank, T., Shirras, A. & Broughton, S., 5/07/2022, In: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 14, 16 p., 893444.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Loss of angiotensin-converting enzyme-related (ACER) peptidase disrupts behavioural and metabolic responses to diet in Drosophila melanogaster

    Glover, Z., Hodges, M. D. J., Dravecz, N., Cameron, J., Askwith, H., Shirras, A. D. & Broughton, S. J., 25/04/2019, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 222, 8, 12 p., 194332.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Development of a real-time qPCR assay for quantification of covert baculovirus infections in a major african crop pest

    Graham, R. I., Tummala Munuswamy, Y., Rhodes, G., Cory, J. S., Shirras, A. D., Grzywacz, D. & Wilson, K., 25/08/2015, In: Insects. 6, 3, p. 746-759 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Control of imaginal cell development by the escargot gene of Drosophila.

    Hayashi, S., Hirose, S., Metcalfe, T. & Shirras, A. D., 1993, In: Development. 118, 1, p. 105-115 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  5. Published

    The Drosophila insulin receptor independently modulates lifespan and locomotor senescence

    Hodges, M., Haji Ismail, M. Z. B., Boylan, M., Achall, R., Shirras, A. & Broughton, S., 28/05/2015, In: PLoS ONE. 10, 5, 21 p., 0125312.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    The Drosophila angiotensin-converting enzyme homologue Ance is required for spermiogenesis.

    Hurst, D., Rylett, C. M., Isaac, R. E. & Shirras, A. D., 02/2003, In: Developmental Biology. 254, 2, p. 238-247 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Proctolin in the post-genomic era: new insights and challenges

    Isaac, R. E., Taylor, C. A., Hamasaka, Y., Nässel, D. R. & Shirras, A. D., 10/2004, In: Invertebrate Neuroscience. 5, 2, p. 51-64 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Inactivation of a tachykinin-related peptide: identification of four neuropeptide-degrading enzymes in neuronal membranes of insects from four different orders.

    Isaac, R. E., Parkin, E. T., Keen, J. N., Nässel, D. R., Siviter, R. J. & Shirras, A. D., 04/2002, In: Peptides. 23, 4, p. 725-733 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Conserved roles for peptidases in the processing of invertebrate neuropeptides.

    Isaac, R. E., Siviter, R. J., Stancombe, P., Coates, D. & Shirras, A. D., 08/2000, In: Biochemical Society Transactions. 28, 4, p. 460-464 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Angiotensin-converting enzyme as a target for the development of novel insect growth regulators.

    Isaac, R. E., Lamango, N. S., Ekbote, U., Taylor, C. A., Hurst, D., Weaver, R. J., Carhan, A., Burnham, S. & Shirras, A. D., 01/2007, In: Peptides. 28, 1, p. 153-162 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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