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Lorenzen Publications

MAGAZINE ARTICLES
Beetle Mania
NEWS, MISCELLANEOUS
Agricultural Pest's Genome is Sequenced
Key Red Flour Beetle Gene Sequenced

PUBLICATIONS
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  Morris, K., M.D. Lorenzen, Y. Hiromasa, J.M. Tomich, C. Oppert, E.N. Elpidina, K.Vinokurov, J.L. Jurat-Fuentes, J. Fabrick, and B. Oppert. 2009. Tribolium castaneum larval gut transcriptome and proteome: a resource for the study of the coleopteran gut. Journal of Proteome Research 8: 3889-3898.
 PDF  Lorenzen, M.D., A. Gnirke, J. Margolis, J. Garnes, M. Campbell, J.J. Stuart, R. Aggarwal, S. Richards, Y. Park, and R.W. Beeman. 2008. The maternal-effect, selfish genetic element Medea is associated with a composite Tc1 transposon. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105: 10085-10089.
 PDF  Park, Y., J. Aikins, L.J. Wang, R.W. Beeman, B. Oppert, J.C. Lord, S.J. Brown, M.D. Lorenzen, S. Richards, G.M. Weinstock, and R.A. Gibbs. 2008. Analysis of transcriptome data in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 38: 380-386.
 PDF  Siebert, K.S., M.D. Lorenzen, S.J. Brown, Y. Park, and R.W. Beeman. 2008. Tubulin superfamily genes in Tribolium castaneum and the use of a tubulin promoter to drive transgene expression. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 38: 749-755.
 PDF  Tribolium Sequencing Consortium (includes R.W. Beeman, M.D. Lorenzen, B. Oppert, J. Lord, K. Kramer, Y. Arakane). 2008. The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum. Nature 452: 949-955.
 PDF  Wang, S., M.D. Lorenzen, R.W. Beeman, and S.J. Brown. 2008. Analysis of repetitive DNA distribution patterns in the Tribolium castaneum genome. Genome Biol. 9: R61.
 PDF  Lorenzen, M.D., T. Kimzey, T.D. Shippy, S.J. Brown, R.E. Denell, and R.W. Beeman. 2007. piggyBac-based insertional mutagenesis in Tribolium castaneum using donor/helper hybrids. Insect Mol. Biol. 16: 265-275.
 PDF  Weinstock, G.M. ... Lorenzen, M.D. …. 2006. Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Nature 443: 931-959.
 PDF  Arakane, Y., S. Muthukrishnan, K.J. Kramer, C.A. Specht, Y. Tomoyasu, M.D. Lorenzen, M. Kanost, and R.W. Beeman. 2005. The Tribolium chitin synthase genes TcCHS1 and TcCHS2 are specialized for synthesis of epidermal cuticle and midgut peritrophic matrix. Insect Mol. Biol. 14: 453-463.
 PDF  Lorenzen, M.D., Z. Doyungan, J. Savard, K. Snow, L.R. Crumly, T.D. Shippy, J.J. Stuart, S.J. Brown, and R.W. Beeman. 2005. Genetic linkage maps of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, based on bacterial artificial chromosomes and expressed sequence tags. Genetics 170: 741-747.
 PDF  Goodwin, T.J.D., R.T.M. Poulter, M.D. Lorenzen, and R.W. Beeman. 2004. DIRS retroelements in arthropods: identification of the recently active TcDirs1 element in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Mol. Genet. Genom. 272: 47-56.
 PDF  Lorenzen, M.D., A.J. Berghammer, S.J. Brown, R.E. Denell, M. Klingler, and R.W. Beeman. 2003. piggyBac-mediated germline transformation in the beetle Tribolium castaneum. Insect Mol. Biol. 12: 433-440.
 PDF  Lorenzen, M.D., S.J. Brown, R.E. Denell, and R.W. Beeman. 2002. Cloning and characterization of the Tribolium castaneum eye-color genes encoding tryptophan oxygenase and kynurenine 3-monooxygenase. Genetics 160: 225-234.
 PDF  Lorenzen, M.D., S.J. Brown, R.E. Denell, and R.W. Beeman. 2002. Transgene expression from the Tribolium castaneum Polyubiquitin promoter. Insect Mol. Biol. 11: 399-407.