2019
(153) Kefi M, Balabanidou V, Douris V, Lycett G, Feyereisen R, Vontas J. (2019) Two functionally distinct CYP4G genes of Anopheles gambiae contribute to cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthesis. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.04.018 (in press)
(152) Tsakireli D, Riga M, Kounadi S, Douris V, Vontas J. (2019) Functional characterization of CYP6A51, a cytochrome P450 associated with pyrethroid resistance in the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata. Pest Biochem Physiol. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2019.03.022 (in press)
(151) Snoeck S, Pavlidi N, Pipini D, Vontas J, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T. (2019) Substrate specificity and promiscuity of horizontally transferred UDP-glucosyltransferases in the generalist herbivore Tetranychus urticae. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 109:116-127. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.04.010
(150) Blow F, Gioti A, Goodhead IB, Kalyva M, Kampouraki A, Vontas J, Darby AC. (2019) Functional genomics of a symbiotic community: shared traits in the olive fruit fly gut microbiota. DOI: 10.1101/590489. (in press)
(149) Porretta D, Fotakis EA, Mastrantonio V, Chaskopoulou A, Michaelakis A, Kioulos I, Weill M, Urbanelli S, Vontas J, Bellini R. (2019) Focal distribution of diflubenzuron resistance mutations in Culex pipiens mosquitoes from Northern Italy. Acta Trop. 193:106-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.02.024. PMID: 30825446
(148) Grant C, Jacobson R, Ilias A, Berger M, Bielza P, Zimmer CT, Williamson MS, French-Constant RH, Vontas J, Roditakis E, Bass C. (2019) The evolution of multiple-insecticide resistance in UK populations of tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta. Pest Manag Sci. DOI: 10.1002/ps.5381. PMID: 30785238 (in press)
(147) Pichler V, Malandruccolo C, Paola S, Bellini R, Severini F, Toma L, Di Luca M, Montarsi F, Ballardini M, Manica M, Petrarca V, Vontas J, Kasai S, Della Torre A, Caputo B. (2019) Phenotypic and genotypic pyrethroid resistance of Aedes albopictus, with focus on the 2017 chikungunya outbreak in Italy. Pest Manag Sci. DOI: 10.1002/ps.5369. PMID: 30729706
(146) Guedes RNC, Roditakis E, Campos MR Haddi K, Bielza P, H. Siqueira HAA, Tsagkarakou A, Vontas J, Nauen R. (2019) Insecticide resistance in the tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta: patterns, spread, mechanisms, management and outlook. J Pest Sci. DOI: 10.1007/s10340-019-01086-9
(145) Fotakis EA, Giantsis IA, Avgerinou A, Kourtidis S, Agathaggelidou E, Kapoula C, Dadakou G, Vontas J, Chaskopoulou A. (2019) Identification of Leishmania species in naturally infected sand flies from refugee camps, Greece. Emerg Infect Dis. 25(2):361-364. DOI: 10.3201/eid2502.181359. PMID: 30346269
(144) Mavridis Κ, Wipf Ν, Medves S, Erquiaga I, Müller P, Vontas J. (2019) Rapid multiplex gene expression assays for monitoring metabolic resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Parasit Vector. 12(1):9 DOI:10.1186/s13071-018-3253-2. PMID:30612581
(143) Achee NL, Grieco JP, Vatandoost H, Seixas G, Pinto J, Ching-NG L, Martins AJ, Juntarajumnong W, Corbel V, Gouagna C, David JP, Logan JG, Orsborne J, Marois E, Devine GJ, Vontas J (2019) Alternative strategies for mosquito-borne arbovirus control. PLoS Negl Trop Dis.13(1): e0006822. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006822. PMID:30605475 (correction: DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007275. PMID:30913223)
(142) Samantsidis G, O'Reilly AO, Douris V, Vontas J. (2019) Functional validation of target-site resistance mutations against sodium channel blocker insecticides (SCBIs) via molecular modeling and genome engineering in Drosophila. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 104:73-081. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.12.008. PMID:30572019
(141) Simma EA, Dermauw W, Balabanidou V, Snoeck S, Bryon A, Clark RM, Yewhalaw D, Vontas J, Duchateau L, Van Leeuwen T. (2019) Genome-wide gene expression profiling reveals that cuticle alterations and P450 detoxification are associated with pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles arabiensis populations from Ethiopia. Pest Manag. Sci. DOI: 10.1101/451336 PMID: 30740870 (in press)
2018
(140) Walsh TK, Jouβen N, Tian KT, McGaughran A, Anderson CJ, Qiu X, Ahn SJ, Bird L, Pavlidi N, Vontas J, Ryu J, Rasool A, Barony Macedo I, Tay WT, Zhang YJ, Whitehouse M, Sylvie P, Downes S, Nemec L, Heckel DH. (2018). Multiple recombination events between two cytochrome P450 loci contribute to global pyrethroid resistance in Helicoverpa armigera. PLoSONE 13(11):e0197760. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197760 PMID:30383872
(139) Denecke S, Swevers L, Douris V,Vontas J. (2018). How do oral insecticidal compounds cross the insect midgut epithelium? Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 130:22-35. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.10.005. PMID: 30366055
(138) Bempelou ED, Vontas JG, Liapis KS, Ziogas NV. (2018). Biodegradation of chlorpyrifos and 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol by the epiphytic yeasts Rhodotorula glutinis and Rhodotorula rubra. Ecotoxicology. 27(10):1368-1378. DOI: 10.1007/s10646-018-1992-7 PMID:30343485
(137) Mavridis K, Wipf N, Müller P, Traorè MM, Muller G, Vontas J. (2018) Detection and monitoring of insecticide resistance mutations in Anopheles gambiae: individual vs. pooled specimens. Genes. 9(10):E479. DOI:10.3390/genes9100479. PMID: 30282959
(136) Vontas J, Grigoraki L, Morgan J, Tsakireli D, Fuseini G, Segura L, Niemczura de Carvahlo J, Nguema R, Weetman D, Slotman MA, Hemingway J. (2018) Rapid selection of a pyrethroid metabolic enzyme CYP9K1 by operational malaria control activities. PNAS. 115(18):4619-4624. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1719663115. PMID: 29674455
(135) Fotakis EA, Giantsis IA, Demir S, Vontas JG, Chaskopoulou A. (2018) Detection of pyrethroid resistance mutations in the major leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus papatasi. J Med. Entomol. 55(5): 1225-1230. DOI:10.1093/jme/tjy066. PMID: 29912381
(134) Çağatay NS, Riga M, Vontas J, Çevik B, Ay R. (2018) Biochemical and molecular characterizations of cypermethrin resistance in laboratory-selected cypermethrin-resistant strains of Tetranychus urticae Koch. (Acari: Tetranychidae). Int J Acarol. 44(6): 262-267. DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2018.1500641.
(133) Çağatay NS, Menault P, Riga M, Vontas J, Ay R. (2018) Identification and characterization of abamectin resistance in Tetranychus urticae Koch strains from greenhouses in Turkey. Crop Prot. 112:112-117. DOI:10.1016/j.cropro.2018.05.016.
(132) Kampouraki A, Stavrakaki M, Karataraki A, Katsikogiannis G, Pitika E, Varikou K, Vlachaki A, Chrysargyris A, Malandraki E, Sidiropoulos N, Paraskevopoulos A, Gilpathi D, Roditakis E, Vontas J. (2018) Recent evolution and operational impact of insecticide resistance in olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae populations from Greece. J Pest Sci. 91(4):1429-1439. DOI:10.1007/s10340-018-1007-8.
(131) Pavlidi N, Kampouraki A, Tseliou V, Wybouw N, Dermauw W, Roditakis E, Nauen R, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2018) Molecular characterization of pyrethroid resistance in the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae. Pestic Biochem Phys. 148: 1-7 DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2018.03.011. PMID: 29891359
(130) Pavlidi N, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. (2018) The role of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) in insecticide resistance in crop pests and disease vectors. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 27:97-102. DOI:10.1016/j.cois.2018.04.007 PMID:30025642
(129) Bajda S, Riga M, Wybouw N, Papadaki S, Ouranou E, Fotoukkiaii SM, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. (2018) Fitness costs of key point mutations that underlie acaricide target-site resistance in the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae. Evol Appl. 11(9): 1540-1553. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/eva.12643 PMID:30344626
(128) Balabanidou V, Grigoraki L, Vontas J. (2018) Insect cuticle: a critical determinant of insecticide resistance. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 27:68-74. DOI:10.1016/j.cois.2018.03.001 PMID:30025637
(127) Voudouris CC, Mavridis K, Kalaitzaki A, Skouras PJ, Kati AN, Eliopoulos PA, Vontas J, Margaritopoulos JT. (2018) Susceptibility of Ceratitis capitata to deltamethrin and spinosad in Greece. J Pest Sci. 91(2): 861-871. DOI:10.1007/s10340-017-0913-5
(126) Mavridis K, Fotakis EA, Kioulos I, Mpellou S, Konstantas S, Varela E, Gewehr S, Diamantopoulos V, Vontas J. (2018) Detection of West Nile Virus - Lineage 2 in Culex pipiens 1 mosquitoes, associated with disease outbreak in Greece. Acta Trop. 182:64-68. DOI:10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.02.024. PMID: 29474832
(125) Pichler V, Bellini R, Veronesi R, Arnoldi D, Rizzoli A, Lia RP, Otranto D, Montarsi F, Carlin S, Ballardini M, Antognini E, Salvemini M, Brianti E, Gaglio G, Manica M, Cobre P, Serini P, Velo E, Vontas J, Kioulos I, Pinto J, della Torre A, Caputo B. (2018) First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations after 26 years after invasion. Pest Manag Sci. 74(6): 1319-1327. DOI:10.1002/ps.4840. PMID: 29278457
(124) Pignatelli P, Ingham VA, Balabanidou V, Vontas J, Lycett G, Ranson H. (2018) The Anopheles gambiae ATP-binding cassette transporter family: phylogenetic analysis and tissue localization provide clues on function and role in insecticide resistance. Insect Mol Biol. 27(1):110-122. DOI:10.1111/imb.12351. PMID: 29068552
(123) Kefi M, Mavridis K, Simões ML, Dimopoulos G, Siden-Kiamos I, Vontas J. (2018) New rapid one-step PCR diagnostic assay for Plasmodium falciparum infective mosquitoes. Sci Rep. 8(1):1462. DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-19780-6. PMID: 29362379
(122) Kapantaidaki DE, Sadikoglou E, Tsakireli D, Kampanis V, Stavrakaki M, Schorn C, Ilias A, Riga M, Tsiamis G, Nauen R, Skavdis G, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A. (2018) Insecticide resistance in Trialeurodes vaporariorum populations and novel diagnostics for kdr mutations. Pest Manag Sci. 74(1):59-69. DOI:10.1002/ps.4674. PMID: 28734106
(121) Mitsakakis K, Hin S, Müller P, Wipf N, Thomsen E, Coleman M, Zengerle R, Vontas J, Mavridis K. (2018) Converging human and malaria vector diagnostics with data management towards an integrated holistic One Health approach. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 15(2):259. DOI:10.3390/ijerph15020259. PMID: 29401670
2017
(120) Yahouédo GA, Chandre F, Rossignol M, Ginibre C, Balabanidou V, Garcia Albeniz Mendez N, Pigeon O, Vontas J, Cornelie S. (2017) Contributions of cuticle permeability and enzyme detoxification to pyrethroid resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Sci Rep 7:11091. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-11357-z. PMID: 28894186 (correction: DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-24094-8. PMID: 29643452 )
(119) Alemayehu E, Asale A, Eba K, Getahun K, Tushune K, Bryon A, Morou E, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T, Duchateau L, Yewhalaw D. (2017) Mapping insecticide resistance and characterization of resistance mechanisms in Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) in Ethiopia. Parasit Vector. 10(1):407. DOI:10.1186/s13071-017-2342-y. PMID: 28865490
(118) Grigoraki L, Puggioli A, Mavridis K, Douris V, Montanari M, Bellini R, Vontas J. (2017). Striking diflubenzuron resistance in Culex pipiens, the prime vector of West Nile Virus. Sci Rep. 7(1):11699. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-12103-1. PMID: 28916816 (correction: DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-23059-1. PMID: 29650973)
(117) Corbel V, Fonseca DM, Weetman D, Pinto J, Achee NL, Chandre F, Coulibaly MB, Dusfour I, Grieco J, Juntarajumnong W, Lenhart A, Martins AJ, Moyes C, Lee Ching Ng, Raghavendra K, Vatandoost H, Vontas J, Muller P, Kasai S, Fouque F, Velayudhan R, Durot C, David JP. (2016) International workshop on insecticide resistance in vectors of arboviruses. Parasit Vectors. 10(1):278. DOI:10.1186/s13071-017-2224-3. PMID: 28577363
(116) Seixas G, Grigoraki L, Weetman D, Vicente JL, Silva AC, Pinto J, Vontas J, Sousa CA. (2017) Insecticide resistance is mediated by multiple mechanisms in a recently introduced Aedes aegypti population from Madeira Island (Portugal). PLoS Negl Trop Dis 11(7):e0005799. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005799. PMID: 28742096
(115) Riga M, Bajda S, Themistokleous C, Papadaki S, Palzewicz M, Dermauw W, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. (2017) The relative contribution of target-site mutations in complex acaricide resistant phenotypes as assessed by marker assisted backcrossing in Tetranychus urticae. Sci Rep. 7(1):9202. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-09054-y. PMID: 28835683
(114) Moyes C, Vontas J, Martins AJ, Ng LC, Koou SY, Dusfour I, Raghavendra K, Pinto J, Corbel V, David JP, Weetman D. (2017) Contemporary status of insecticide resistance in the major Aedes vectors of arboviruses infecting humans. PloS Negl Trop Dis. 11(7): e0005625. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005625. PMID: 28727779
(113) Douris V, Papapostolou KM, Ilias A, Roditakis E, Kounadi S, Riga M, Nauen R, Vontas J. (2017) Investigation of the contribution of RyR target-site mutations in diamide resistance by CRISPR/Cas9 genome modification in Drosophila. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 87:127-135. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2017.06.013. PMID: 28669775
(112) Santos-Matos G, Wybouw N, Martins NE, Zélé F, Riga M, Leitão AB, Vontas J, Grbić M, Van Leeuwen T, Magalhães S, Sucena É. (2017) Tetranychus urticae mites do not mount an induced immune response against bacteria. Proc Biol C. 284:20170401. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0401. PMID: 28592670
(111) Bryon A, Kurlovs AH, Dermauw W, Greenhalgh R, Riga M, Grbić M, Tirry L, Osakabe M, Vontas J, Clark RM, Van Leeuwen T.(2017) Disruption of a horizontally transferred phytoene desaturase abolishes carotenoid accumulation and diapause in Tetranychus urticae. PNAS. 114(29): E5871-5880. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1706865114. PMID: 28674017
(110) Fotakis EA, Chaskopoulou A, Grigoraki L, Tsiamantas A, Kounadi S, Georgiou L, Vontas J. (2017) Analysis of population structure and insecticide resistance in mosquitoes of the genus Culex, Anopheles and Aedes from different environments of Greece with a history of mosquito borne disease transmission. Acta Trop. 174:29-37. DOI:10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.06.005. PMID: 28606820
(109) Grigoraki L, Pipini D, Labbé P, Chaskopoulou A, Weill M, Vontas J. (2017) Carboxylesterase gene amplifications associated with insecticide resistance in Aedes albopictus: Geographical distribution and evolutionary origin. PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 11(4):e0005533. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005533. PMID: 28394886
(108) Blow F, Vontas J, Darby AC. (2017) Draft Genome Sequence of Chryseobacterium Strain CBo1 Isolated from Bactrocera oleae. Genome Announc. 5(18):e00177-17. DOI:10.1128/genomeA.00177-17. PMID: 28473371
(107) Roditakis E, Mavridis K, Riga M, Vasakis E, Morou E, Rison J, Vontas J. (2017) Identification and detection of indoxacarb resistance mutations in the para sodium channel of the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta. Pest Manag Sci. 73(8):1679-1688. DOI: 10.1002/ps.4513. PMID: 28019074
(106) Pavlidi N, Mousaalreza K, Myridakis A, Dermauw W, Wybouw N, Tsakireli D, Stephanou EG, Labrou NE, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. (2017) A glutathione-S-transferase (TuGSTd05) associated with acaricide resistance in Tetranychus urticae directly metabolizes the complex II inhibitor cyflumetofen. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 80:101-115, DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2016.12.003. PMID: 27932274
(105) Roditakis E, Steinbach D, Moritz G, Vasakis E, Stavrakaki M, Ilias A, Vidal LG, Martínez-Aguirre MDR, Bielza P, Morou E, Silva JE, Silva WM, Siqueira Η, Iqbal S, Troczka BJ, Williamson M, Bass C, Tsagkarakou A, Vontas J, Nauen R. (2017) Ryanodine receptor point mutations confer diamide insecticide resistance in tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 80:11-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2016.11.003. PMID: 27845250
(104) Bajda S, Dermauw W, Panteleri R, Sugimoto N, Douris V, Tirry L, Osakabe M, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. (2017) A mutation in the PSST homologue of complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) from Tetranychus urticae is associated with resistance to METI acaricides. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 80:79-90. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2016.11.010. PMID: 27919778
(103) Pavlidi N, Gioti A, Wybouw N, Dermauw W, Ben-Yosef M, Yuval B, Jurkevich E, Kampouraki A, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2017) Transcriptomic responses of the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae and its symbiont Candidatus Erwinia dacicola to olive feeding. Sci Rep. 7:42633 DOI: 10.1038/srep42633. PMID: 28225009
(102) Longdon B, Day JP, Schulz N, Leftwich PT, de Jong MA, Breuker CJ, Gibbs M, Obbard DJ, Wilfert L, Smith SCL, McGonigle JE, Houslay TM, Wright LI, Livraghi L, Evans LC, Friend LA, Chapman T, Vontas J, Kambouraki N, Jiggins FM. (2017) Vertically transmitted rhabdoviruses are found across three insect families and have dynamic interactions with their hosts. Proc Biol C. 284:20162381. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2016.2381. PMID: 28100819
(101) Ilias A, Vassiliou V, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A. (2017) Molecular diagnostics for detecting pyrethroid and abamectin resistance mutations in Tetranychus urticae. Pestic Biochem Phys. 135:9-14. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2016.07.004. PMID: 28043338
2016
(100) Douris V, Steinbach D, Panteleri R, Livadaras I, Pickett JA, Van Leeuwen T, Nauen R, Vontas J. (2016) Resistance mutation conserved between insects and mites unravels the benzoylurea insecticide mode of action on chitin biosynthesis. PNAS. 113(51):14692-14697. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1618258113. PMID: 27930336
(99) Corbel V, Achee ΝL, Chandre F, Coulibaly MB, Dusfour I, Fonseca DM, Grieco J, Juntarajumnong W, Lenhart A, Martins AJ, Moyes C, Ng LC, Pinto J, Raghavendra K, Vatandoost H, Vontas J, Weetman D, Fouque F, Velayudhan R, David JP. (2016) Tracking Insecticide resistance in mosquito vectors of Arboviruses: The Worldwide Insecticide resistance Network (WIN). PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 10(12):e0005054. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005054. PMID: 27906961
(98) Vontas J, Mitsakakis K, Zengerle R, Yewhalaw D, Sikaala CH, Etang J, Fallani M, Carman B, Müller P, Chouaïbou M, Coleman M, Coleman M. (2016). Automated innovative diagnostic, data management and communication tool, for improving malaria vector control in endemic settings. Stud Health Technol Inform. 224:54-60. DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-653-8-54. PMID: 27225553
(97) Stilianakis NI, Syrris V, Petroliagkis T, Pärt P, Gewehr S, Kalaitzopoulou S, Mourelatos S, Baka A, Pervanidou D, Vontas J, Hadjichristodoulou C. (2016) Identification of climatic factors affecting the epidemiology of human west nile virus infections in northern Greece. PLoS One. 11(9):e0161510. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0161510. PMID: 27631082
(96) Grigoraki L, Balabanidou V, Pipini D, Strati F, Vontas J. (2016) Analysis of Insecticide Resistance in Mosquito Disease Vectors: From Molecular Mechanisms to Management - Arthropod-borne Infectious Diseases and Arthropods as Disease Agents. Nova Act Lc. 411:165-171
(95) Balabanidou V, Kampouraki A, MacLean M, Blomquist GJ, Tittiger C, Juarez MP, Mijailovsky SJ, Chalepakis G, Anthousi A, Lynd A, Antoine S, Hemingway J, Ranson H, Lycett GJ, Vontas J. (2016) Cytochrome P450 associated with insecticide resistance catalyzes cuticular hydrocarbon production in Anopheles gambiae. PNAS. 113(33):9268-9273. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1608295113 PMID: 27439866.
(94) Grigoraki L, Balabanidou V, Meristoudis C, Miridakis A, Ranson H, Swevers L, Vontas J. (2016) Functional and immunohistochemical characterization of CCEae3a, a carboxylesterase associated with temephos resistance in the major arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 74:61-67. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2016.05.007. PMID: 27180726
(93) Blow F, Gioti A, Starns D, Ben-Yosef M, Pasternak Z, Jurkevitch E, Vontas J, Darby AC. (2016) Draft genome sequence of the Bactrocera oleae symbiont “Candidatus Erwinia dacicola”. Genome Announc. 4(5):e00896-16. DOI:10.1128/genomeA.00896-16Genome. PMID: 27634990
(92) Blow F, Vontas J, Darby AC. (2016) Draft Genome Sequence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia SBo1 isolated from Bactrocera oleae. Genome Announc. DOI:10.1128/genomeA.00905-16 Genome. 4(5):e00905-16. PMID: 27660769
2015
(91) Chen X, Jiang X, Gu J, Xu M, Wu Y, Deng Y, Zhang C, Bonizzoni M, Dermauw W, Vontas J, Armbruster P, Huang X, Yang Y, Hao Z, He W, Peng H, Liu Y, Wu K, Chen J, Lirakis M, Topalis P, Van Leeuwen T, Hall AB, Jiang X, Thorpe C, Mueller RL, Sun C, Waterhouse RM, Yan G, Tu ZJ, Fang X, James AA. (2015) Genome sequence of the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics and evolution. PNAS. 112(44):E5907-E5915. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1516410112. PMID: 26483478
(90) Riga M, Myridakis A, Tsakireli D, Morou E, Stephanou EG, Nauen R, Van Leeuwen T, Douris V, Vontas J. (2015) Functional characterization of the Tetranychus urticae CYP392A11, a cytochrome P450 that hydroxylates the METI acaricides cyenopyrafen and fenpyroximate. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 65:91-99. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.09.004. PMID: 26363294
(89) Jones CM, Papanicolaou A, Mironidis GK, Vontas J, Yang Y, Lim KS, Oakeshott JG, Bass C, Chapman JW. (2015) Genomewide transcriptional signatures of migratory flight activity in a globally invasive insect pest. Mol Ecol. 24(19):4901-4911. DOI:10.1111/mec.13362. PMID: 26331997
(88) Ilias A, Lagnel J, Kapantaidaki D, Roditakis E, Tsigenopoulos C, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A. (2015) Transcription analysis of neonicotinoid resistance in Mediterranean (MED) populations of B. tabaci reveal novel cytochrome P450s, but no nAChR mutations associated with the phenotype. BMC Genomics. 16:939. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-2161-5. PMID: 26573457
(87) Halon E, Eakteiman G, Moshitzky P, Elbaz M, Alon M, Pavlidi N, Vontas J, Morin S. (2015) Only a minority of broad-range detoxification genes respond to a variety of phytotoxins in generalist Bemisia tabaci species. Sci Rep. 10(5):17975. DOI:10.1038/srep17975. PMID: 26655836
(86) Grigoraki L, Lagnel J, Kioulos I, Kampouraki A, Morou E, Labbé P, Weill M, Vontas J. (2015) Transcriptome Profiling and Genetic Study Reveal Amplified Carboxylesterase Genes Implicated in Temephos Resistance, in the Asian Tiger Mosquito Aedes albopictus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 9(5):e0003771. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003771. PMID: 26000638
(85) AlSuhaibani E, Voudouris CC, Al-Atiyat R, Kotzamumin A, Vontas J, Margaritopoulos JT. (2015) Identification of a point mutation in the ace1 gene of Therioaphis trifolli maculata and detection of insecticide resistance by a diagnostic PCR-RFLP assay. Bull Entomol Res. 105(6):712-716. DOI:10.1017/S0007485315000668. PMID: 26278202
(84) Nauen R, Wölfel K, Lueke B, Myridakis A, Tsakireli D, Roditakis E, Tsagkarakou A, Stephanou E, Vontas J. (2015). Development of a lateral flow test to detect metabolic resistance in Bemisia tabaci mediated by CYP6CM1, a cytochrome P450 with broad spectrum catalytic efficiency. Pestic Biochem Physiol. 121:3-11. DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2014.12.023. PMID: 26047106
(83) Pavlidi N, Tseliou V, Riga M, Nauen R, Van Leeuwen T, Labrou NE, Vontas J. (2015). Functional characterization of glutathione S-transferases associated with insecticide resistance in Tetranychus urticae. Pestic Biochem Physiol. 121:53-60. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2015.01.009. PMID: 26047112
(82) Thawer NG, Ngondi JM, Mugalura FE, Emmanuel I, Mwalimu CD, Morou E, Vontas J, Protopopoff N, Rowland M, Mutagahywa J, Lalji S, Molteni F, Ramsan MM, Willilo R, Wright A, Kafuko JM, Ndong I, Reithinger R, Magesa SM. (2015) Use of Insecticide Quantification Kits to investigate the quality of spraying and decay rate of Bendiocarb on different wall surfaces in Kagera region, Tanzania. Parasit Vector. 8:242. DOI:10.1186/s13071-015-0859-5. PMID: 25896604
(81) Neafsey DE, Waterhouse RM, Abai MR, ...Vontas J,..., Zwiebel L, Besansky N. (2015) Highly evolvable malaria vectors: The genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitoes. Sci. 347(6217):1258522 DOI: 10.1126/science.1258522. PMID: 25554792
2014
(80) Leftwich PT, Koukidou M, Rempoulakis P, Gong HF, Zacharopoulou A, Fu G, Chapman T, Economopoulos A, Vontas J, Alphey L. (2014) Genetic elimination of field-cage populations of Mediterranean fruit flies. Proc Biol C. 281:20141372. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2014.1372. PMID: 25122230
(79) Ingham VA, Jones CM, Pignatelli P, Balabanidou V, Vontas J, Wagstaff SC, Moore JD, Ranson H. (2014) Dissecting the organ specificity of insecticide resistance candidate genes in Anopheles gambiae: known and novel candidate genes. BMC Genomics. 15:1018. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-1018. PMID: 25421852
(78) Ilias A, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A. (2014) Global distribution and origin of target site insecticide resistance mutations in Tetranychus urticae. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 48:17-28. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2014.02.006. PMID: 24602758
(77) Kioulos I, Kampouraki A, Morou E, Skavdis G, Vontas J. (2014) Insecticide resistance status in the major West Nile virus vector Culex pipiens from Greece. Pest Manag Sci. 70(4):623-627. DOI:10.1002/ps.3595. PMID: 23788440
(76) Riga M, Tsakireli D, Ilias A, Morou E, Myridakis A, Stephanou EG, Nauen R, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T, Paine M, Vontas J. (2014) Abamectin is metabolized by CYP392A16, a cytochrome P450 associated with high levels of acaricide resistance in Tetranychus urticae. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 46:43-53. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2014.01.006. PMID: 24463358
(75) Roditakis E, Fytrou N, Staurakaki M, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A. (2014) Activity of flonicamid on the sweet potato whitely Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) and its natural enemies. Pest Manag Sci. 70(10):1460-1467. DOI:10.1002/ps.3723. PMID: 24408346
(74) Vontas J, Moore S, Kleinschmidt I, Ranson H, Lindsay S, Lengeler C, Hamon N, McLean T, Hemingway J. (2014) Framework for rapid assessment and adoption of new vector control tools. Trends Parasitol. 30(4):191-204. DOI:10.1016/j.pt.2014.02.005. PMID: 24657042
2013
(73) Bempelou ED, Vontas J, Liapis KS, Ziogas VN. (2013) Biodegradation of diazinon by the epiphytic yeasts Rhodotorula glutinis and Rhodotorula rubra. Hellenic Plant Prot J. 6(2):69-82. ISSN:1791-3691
(72) Hemingway J, Vontas J, Poupardin R, Raman J, Lines J, Schwabe C, Matias A, Kleinschmidt I. (2013) Country-level operational implementation of the Global Plan for Insecticide Resistance Management. PNAS. 110(23):9397-9402. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1307656110. PMID: 23696658
(71) Dermauw W, Wybouw N, Rombauts S, Menten B, Vontas J, Grbic M, Clark RM, Feyereisen R, Van Leeuwen T. (2013) A link between host plant adaptation and pesticide resistance in the polyphagous spider mite Tetranychus urticae. PNAS. 110(2):E113-E122. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1213214110. PMID: 23248300
(70) Demaeght P, Dermauw W, Tsakireli D, Khajehali J, Nauen R, Tirry L, Vontas J, Lümmen P, Van Leeuwen T. (2013) Molecular analysis of resistance to acaricidal spirocyclic tetronic acids in Tetranychus urticae: CYP392E10 metabolizes spirodiclofen, but not its corresponding enol. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 43(6):544-554. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.03.007. PMID: 23523619
(69) Gomes B, Kioulos Ε, Papa A, Almeida APG, Vontas J, Pinto J. (2013) Distribution and hybridization of Culex pipiens forms in Greece during the West Nile virus outbreak of 2010. Infect Genet Evol. 16:218-225. DOI:10.1016/j.meegid.2013.02.006. PMID: 23466890
(68) Mironidis GK, Kapantaidaki D, Bentila M, Morou E, Savopoulou-Soultani M, Vontas J. (2013) Resurgence of the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera in northern Greece associated with insecticide resistance. Insect Sci. 20(4):505-512. DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7917.2012.01528.x. PMID: 23955946
(67) Morou E, Lirakis M, Pavlidi N, Zotti M, Nakagawa Y, Smagghe G, Vontas J, Swevers L. (2013) A new dibenzoylhydrazine with insecticidal activity against Anopheles mosquito larvae. Pest Manag Sci. 69(7):827-833. DOI:10.1002/ps.3441. PMID: 23208761
(66) Nauen R, Vontas J, Kaussmann M, Wölfel K. (2013) Pymetrozine is hydroxylated by CYP6CM1, a cytochrome P450 conferring neonicotinoid resistance in Bemisia tabaci. Pest Manag Sci. 69(4):457-461. DOI:10.1002/ps.3460. PMID: 23325724
(65) Papadakis G, Tsortos A, Kordas A, Tiniakou I, Morou E, Vontas J, Kardassis D, Gizeli E. (2013) Acoustic detection of DNA conformation in genetic assays combined with PCR. Sci Rep. 3:2033. DOI:10.1038/srep02033. PMID: 23778520
(64) Pavlidi N, Dermauw W, Rombauts S, Chrisargiris A, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2013) Analysis of the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae transcriptome and phylogenetic classification of the major detoxification gene families. PLoS One. 8:e66533 DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0066533. PMID: 23824998
2012
(63) Ant T, Koukidou M, Rempoulakis P, Gong HF, Economopoulos A, Vontas J, Alphey L. (2012) Control of the olive fruit fly using genetics-enhanced sterile insect technique. BMC Biol.10:51. DOI:10.1186/1741-7007-10-51. PMID: 22713628
(62) Bariami V, Jones CM, Poupardin R, Vontas J, Ranson H. (2012) Gene Amplification, ABC transporters and cytochrome P450s: Unraveling the molecular basis of pyrethroid resistance in the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti. Plos Negl Trop Dis. 6(6):e1692. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001692. PMID: 22720108
(61) Dermauw W, Ilias A, Riga M, Tsagkarakou A, Grbic M, Tirry L. Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2012) The cys-loop ligand-gated ion channel gene family of Tetranychus urticae: Implications for acaricide toxicology and a novel mutation associated with abamectin resistance. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 42(7):455-465. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.03.002. PMID: 22465149
(60) Doukas EG, Markoglou AN, Vontas JG, Ziogas BN. (2012) Effect of DMI-resistance mechanisms on cross-resistance patterns, fitness parameters and aflatoxin production in Aspergillus parasiticus Speare. Fungal Genet Biol. 49(10):792-801. DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.07.008. PMID: 22906850
(59) Hsu JC, Feng HT, Wu WJ, Geib SM, Mao CH, Vontas J. (2012) Truncated transcripts of nicotinic acetylcholine subunit gene Bdα6 are associated with spinosad resistance in Bactrocera dorsalis. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 42(10):806-815. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.07.010. PMID: 22898623
(58) Ilias A, Roditakis E, Grispou M, Nauen R, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A. (2012) Efficacy of ketoenols on insecticide resistant field populations of two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae and sweet potato whitefly Bemisia tabaci from Greece. Crop Prot. 42:305-311. DOI:10.1016/j.cropro.2012.07.024.
(57) Kalajdzic P, Oehler S, Reczko M, Pavlidi N, Vontas J, Hatzigeorgiou AG, Savakis C. (2012) Use of mutagenesis, genetic mapping and next generation transcriptomics to investigate insecticide resistance mechanisms. PLoS One. 7(6):e40296. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0040296. PMID: 22768270
(56) Pavlidi N, Monastirioti M, Daborn P, Livadaras I, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2012) Transgenic expression of the Aedes aegypti CYP9J28 confers pyrethroid resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Pestic Biochem Phys. 104(2):132-135. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2012.07.003.
(55) Vontas J, Kioulos E, Pavlidi N, Morou E, della Torre A, Ranson H. (2012) Insecticide resistance in the major dengue vectors Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti. Pestic Biochem Phys. 104(2):126-131. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2012.05.008.
(54) Wybouw N, Balabanidou V, Ballhorn DJ, Dermauw W, Grbic M, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. (2012) A horizontally transferred cyanase gene in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae is involved in cyanate metabolism and is differentially expressed upon host plant change. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 42(12):881-889. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.08.002. PMID: 22960016
2011
(53) Malandrakis AA, Markoglou AN, Nikou DC, Vontas JG, Ziogas BN. (2011) Molecular diagnostic for detecting the cytochrome b G143S-QoI resistance mutation in Cercospora beticola. Pestic Biochem Phys. 100(1):87-92. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2011.02.011
(52) Roditakis E, Morou E, Tsagkarakou A, Riga M, Nauen R, Paine M, Morin S, Vontas J. (2011) Assessment of the Bemisia tabaci CYP6CM1vQ transcript and protein levels in laboratory and field-derived imidacloprid-resistant insects and cross-metabolism potential of the recombinant enzyme. Insect Sci. 18(1):23-29. DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7917.2010.01384.x.
(51) Vassiliou V, Emmanouilidou M, Perrakis A, Morou E, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A, Roditakis E. (2011) Insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci from Cyprus. Insect Sci. 18(1):30-39. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2010.01387.x
(50) Vontas J, Hernández-Crespo P, Margaritopoulos JT, Ortego F, Feng HT, Mathiopoulos KD, Hsu JC. (2011) Insecticide resistance in Tephritid flies. Pestic Biochem Phys. 100(3):199-205. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2011.04.004
(49) Voudouris CC, Sauphanor B, Franck P, Reyes M, Mamuris Z, Tsitsipis JA, Vontas J, Margaritopoulos JT. (2011) Insecticide resistance status of the codling moth Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from Greece. Pestic Biochem Phys. 100(3):229-238. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2011.04.006
2010
(48) Bass C, Nikou D, Vontas J, Donnelly MJ, Williamson MS, Field LM. (2010) The Vector Population Monitoring Tool (VPMT): High-throughput DNA-based diagnostics for the monitoring of mosquito vector populations. Malaria Res Treat. ID:190434. DOI:10.4061/2010/190434. PMID: 22347668
(47) Bass C, Nikou D, Vontas J, Williamson MS, Field LM. (2010) Development of high-throughput real-time PCR assays for the identification of insensitive acetylcholinesterase (ace-1(R)) in Anopheles gambiae. Pestic Biochem Phys. 96(2):80-85. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2009.09.004
(46) Dowd AJ, Morou E, Steven A, Ismail HM, Labrou N, Hemingway J, Paine MJI, Vontas J. (2010) Development of a colourimetric pH assay for the quantification of pyrethroids based on glutathione-S-transferase. Int J Environ Anal Chem. 90(12):922-933. DOI:10.1080/03067310903359526
(45) Khajehali J, Van Leeuwen T, Grispou M, Morou E, Alout H, Weill M, Tirry L, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A. (2010) Acetylcholinesterase point mutations in European strains of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) resistant to organophosphates. Pest Manag Sci. 66:220-228. DOI:10.1002/ps.1884. PMID: 19894225
(44) Morou E, Dowd AJ, Rajatileka S, Steven A, Hemingway J, Ranson H, Paine M, Vontas J. (2010) A simple colorimetric assay for specific detection of glutathione-S transferase activity associated with DDT resistance in mosquitoes. Plos Negl Trop Dis. 4(8):e808. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000808. PMID: 20824165
(43) Poupardin R, Riaz MA, Vontas J, David JP, Reynaud S. (2010) Transcription profiling of eleven cytochrome P450s potentially involved in xenobiotic metabolism in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Insect Mol Biol. 19(2):185-193. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00967.x. PMID: 20041961
(42) Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A, Dermauw W, Tirry L. (2010) Acaricide resistance mechanisms in the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae and other important Acari: A review. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 40(8):563-572. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2010.05.008. PMID: 20685616
(41) Vontas J, Ranson H, Alphey L. (2010) Transcriptomics and disease vector control. BMC Biol. 8:52. DOI:10.1186/1741-7007-8-52. PMID: 20525113
2009
(40) Dialynas E, Topalis P, Vontas J, Louis C. (2009) MIRO and IRbase: IT Tools for the epidemiological monitoring of insecticide resistance in mosquito disease vectors. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 3(6):e465. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000465. PMID: 19547750
(39) Dowd AJ, Steven A, Morou E, Hemingway J, Vontas J, Paine MJI. (2009) A simple glutathione transferase-based colorimetric endpoint assay for insecticide detection. Enzyme Microb Tech. 45(2):164-168. DOI:10.1016/j.enzmictec.2009.05.008.
(38) Karunker I, Morou E, Nikou D, Nauen R, Sertchook R, Stevenson BJ, Paine MJI, Morin S, Vontas J. (2009) Structural model and functional characterization of the Bemisia tabaci CYP6CM1vQ, a cytochrome P450 associated with high levels of imidacloprid resistance. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 39(10):697-706. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2009.08.006. PMID: 19716416
(37) Kazanidou A, Nikou D, Grigoriou M, Vontas J, Skavdis G. (2009) Short report: A multiplex PCR assay for simultaneous genotyping of kdr and ace-1 Loci in Anopheles gambiae. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 80(2):236-238. PMID: 19190219
(36) Nikou D, Malandrakis A, Konstantakaki M, Vontas J, Markoglou A, Ziogas B. (2009) Molecular characterization and detection of overexpressed C-14 alpha-demethylase-based DMI resistance in Cercospora beticola field isolates. Pestic Biochem Phys. 95(1):18-27. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2009.04.014
(35) Roditakis E, Grispou M, Morou E, Kristoffersen JB, Roditakis N, Nauen R, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A. (2009) Current status of insecticide resistance in Q biotype Bemisia tabaci populations from Crete. Pest Manag Sci. 65(3):313-322. DOI:10.1002/ps.1690. PMID: 19115232
(34) Tsagkarakou A, Nikou D, Roditakis E, Sharvit M, Morin S, Vontas J. (2009) Molecular diagnostics for detecting pyrethroid and organophosphate resistance mutations in the Q biotype of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Pestic Biochem Phys. 94(2-3):49-54. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2009.03.002
(33) Tsagkarakou A, Van Leeuwen T, Khajehali J, Ilias A, Grispou M, Williamson MS, Tirry L, Vontas J. (2009) Identification of pyrethroid resistance associated mutations in the para sodium channel of the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae). Insect Mol Biol. 18(5):583-593. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00900.x. PMID: 19754737
(32) Ziogas BN, Nikou D, Markoglou AN, Malandrakis AA, Vontas J. (2009) Identification of a novel point mutation in the β-tubulin gene of Botrytis cinerea and detection of benzimidazole resistance by a diagnostic PCR-RFLP assay. Eur J Plant Path. 125(1):97-107. DOI:10.1007/s10658-009-9462-y.
2008
(31) Bass C, Nikou D, Blagborough AM, Vontas J, Sinden RE, Williamson MS, Field LM. (2008) PCR-based detection of Plasmodium in Anopheles mosquitoes: a comparison of a new high-throughput assay with existing methods. Malaria J. 7:177. DOI:10.1186/1475-2875-7-177. PMID: 18793416
(30) Kapoli P, Axarli IA, Platis D, Fragoulaki M, Paine M, Hemingway J, Vontas J, Labrou NE. (2008) Engineering sensitive glutathione transferase for the detection of xenobiotics. Biosens Bioelectron. 24(3):498-503. DOI:10.1016/j.bios.2008.06.037. PMID: 18691867
(29) Karunker I, Benting J, Lueke B, Ponge T, Nauen R, Roditakis E, Vontas J, Gorman K, Denholm I, Morin S. (2008) Over-expression of cytochrome P450 CYP6CM1 is associated with high resistance to imidacloprid in the B and Q biotypes of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera:Aleyrodidae). Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 38(6):634-644. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.03.008. PMID: 18510975
(28) Margaritopoulos JT, Skavdis G, Kalogiannis N, Nikou D, Morou E, Skouras PJ, Tsitsipis JA, Vontas J. (2008) Efficacy of the pyrethroid alpha-cypermethrin against Bactrocera oleae populations from Greece, and improved diagnostic for an iAChE mutation. Pest Manag Sci. 64(9):900-908. DOI:10.1002/ps.1580. PMID: 18381673
(27) McLaughlin LA, Niazi U, Bibby J, David JP, Vontas J, Hemingway J, Ranson H, Sutcliffe MJ, Paine M.J.I. (2008) Characterization of inhibitors and substrates of Anopheles gambiae CYP6Z2. Insect Mol Biol. 17(2):125-135. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00788.x. PMID: 18353102
(26) Morou E, Ismail HM, Dowd AJ, Hemingway J, Labrou N, Paine M, Vontas J. (2008) A dehydrochlorinase-based pH change assay for determination of DDT in sprayed surfaces. Anal Biochem. 378(1):60-64. DOI:10.1016/j.ab.2008.03.046. PMID: 18423389
(25) Poupardin R, Reynaud S, Strode C, Ranson H, Vontas J, David JP. (2008) Cross-induction of detoxification genes by environmental xenobiotics and insecticides in the mosquito Aedes aegypti: Impact on larval tolerance to chemical insecticides. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 38(5):540-551. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.01.004. PMID: 18405832
2007
(24) Bass C, Nikou D, Donnelly MJ, Williamson MS, Ranson H, Ball A, Vontas J, Field LM. (2007) Detection of knockdown resistance (kdr) mutations in Anopheles gambiae: a comparison of two new high-throughput assays with existing methods. Malaria J. 6:111. DOI:10.1186/1475-2875-6-111. PMID: 17697325
(23) Black IV WC, Vontas JG. (2007) Affordable assays for genotyping single nucleotide polymorphisms in insects. Insect Mol Biol. 16(4):377-387. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00736.x. PMID: 17488301
(22) Vontas J, David JP, Nikou D, Hemingway J, Christophides GK, Louis C, Ranson H. (2007) Transcriptional analysis of insecticide resistance in Anopheles stephensi using cross-species microarray hybridization. Insect Mol Biol. 16(3):315-324. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00728.x. PMID: 17433071
2006
(21) Malandrakis AA, Markoglou AN, Nikou DC, Vontas JG, Ziogas BN. (2006) Biological and molecular characterization of laboratory mutants of Cercospora beticola resistant to Qo inhibitors. Eur J Plant Path. 116(2):155-166. DOI:10.1007/s10658-006-9052-1
(20) Nardi F, Carapelli A, Vontas JG, Dallai R, Roderick GK, Frati F. (2006) Geographical distribution and evolutionary history of organophosphate-resistant Ace alleles in the olive fly (Bactrocera oleae). Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 36(7):593-602. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.05.002. PMID: 16835025
(19) Roditakis E, Tsagkarakou A, Vontas J. (2006) Identification of mutations in the para sodium channel of Bemisia tabaci from Crete, associated with resistance to pyrethroids. Pestic Biochem Phys. 85(3):161-166. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2005.11.007
2005
(18) David JP, Strode C, Vontas J, Nikou D, Vaughan A, Pignatelli PM, Louis C, Hemingway J, Ranson H. (2005) The Anopheles gambiae detoxification chip: A highly specific microarray to study metabolic-based insecticide resistance in malaria vectors. PNAS. 102(11):4080-4084. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0409348102. PMID: 15753317
(17) Hawkes NJ, Janes RW, Hemingway J, Vontas J. (2005) Detection of resistance-associated point mutations of organophosphate-insensitive acetylcholinesterase in the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Gmelin). Pestic Biochem Phys. 81(3):154-163. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2004.11.003
(16) Kotsyfakis M, Vontas J, Siden-Kiamos I, Louis C. (2005) The annexin gene family in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Insect Mol Biol. 14(5):555-562. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00586.x. PMID: 16164611
(15) Vontas J, Blass C, Koutsos AC, David JP, Kafatos FC, Louis C, Hemingway J, Christophides GK, Ranson H. (2005) Gene expression in insecticide resistant and susceptible Anopheles gambiae strains constitutively or after insecticide exposure. Insect Mol Biol. 14(5):509-521. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00582.x. PMID: 16164607
(14) Vontas J, Siden-Kiamos I, Papagiannakis G, Karras M, Waters AP, Louis C. (2005) Gene expression in Plasmodium berghei ookinetes and early oocysts in a co-culture system with mosquito cells. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 139(1):1-13. DOI:10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.03.003. PMID: 15610814
(13) Che-Mendoza A, Penilla-Navarro PR, Martinez-Barnetche J, Rodriguez-Ramirez A, Hemingway J, Vontas J. (2005) Cloning and sequencing of the probable gene responsible of the DDT resistance in Anopheles albimanus (Diptera, Culicidae). Entomol. Mex. 6: 894-898.
2004
(12) Vontas JG, McCarroll L, Karunaratne SHPP, Louis C, Hurd H, Hemingway J. (2004) Does environmental stress affect insect-vectored parasite transmission? Physiol Entomol. 29(3):210-213. DOI:10.1111/j.0307-6962.2004.00410.x. PMID: 19330047
2003
(11) Ortelli F, Rossiter LC, Vontas J, Ranson H, Hemingway J. (2003) Heterologous expression of four glutathione transferase genes genetically linked to a major insecticide-resistance locus from the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Biochem J. 373:957-963. DOI:10.1042/BJ20030169. PMID: 12718742
2002
(10) Coleman M, Vontas JG, Hemingway J. (2002) Molecular characterization of the amplified aldehyde oxidase from insecticide resistant Culex quinquefasciatus. Eur J Biochem. 269(3):768-779. DOI:10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02682.x. PMID: 11846778
(9) Hemingway J, Field L, Vontas J. (2002) An overview of insecticide resistance. Sci. 298(5591):96-97. DOI:10.1126/science.1078052. PMID: 12364782
(8) Vontas JG, Hejazi MJ, Hawkes NJ, Cosmidis N, Loukas M, Hemingway J. (2002) Resistance-associated point mutations of organophosphate insensitive acetylcholinesterase, in the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae. Insect Mol Biol. 11(4):329-336. DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2583.2002.00343.x. PMID: 12144698
(7) Vontas JG, Small GJ, Nikou DC, Ranson H, Hemingway J. (2002) Purification, molecular cloning and heterologous expression of a glutathione S-transferase involved in insecticide resistance from the rice brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. Biochem J. 362:329-337. DOI:10.1042/0264-6021:3620329. PMID: 11853540
2001
(6) Enayati AA, Vontas JG, Small GJ, McCarroll L, Hemingway J. (2001) Quantification of pyrethroid insecticides from treated bednets using a mosquito recombinant glutathione S-transferase. Med Vet Entomol. 15(1):58-63. DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2915.2001.00286.x. PMID: 11297102
(5) Vontas JG, Cosmidis N, Loukas M, Tsakas S, Hejazi MJ, Ayoutanti A, Hemingway J. (2001) Altered acetylcholinesterase confers organophosphate resistance in the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae. Pestic Biochem Phys. 71(2):124-132. DOI:10.1006/pest.2001.2568.
(4) Vontas JG, Small GJ, Hemingway J. (2001) Glutathione S-transferases as antioxidant defence agents confer pyrethroid resistance in Nilaparvata lugens. Biochem J. 357:65-72. DOI:10.1042/0264-6021:3570065. PMID: 11415437
(3) Vontas JG, Tsakas SC, Loukas M, Hemingway J. (2001) Low-activity allele of copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (CuZnSOD) in Drosophila increases paraquat genotoxicity but does not affect near UV radiation damage. Genome. 44(4):597-601. DOI:10.1139/gen-44-4-597. PMID: 11550893
2000
(2) Vontas JG, Enayati AA, Small GJ, Hemingway J. (2000) A simple biochemical assay for glutathione S-transferase activity and its possible field application for screening glutathione S-transferase-based insecticide resistance. Pestic Biochem Phys. 68(3):184-192. DOI:10.1006/pest.2000.2512
(1) Vontas JG, Small GJ, Hemingway J. (2000) Comparison of esterase gene amplification, gene expression and esterase activity in insecticide susceptible and resistant strains of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stal). Insect Mol Biol. 9(6):655-660. DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00228.x. PMID: 11122475
