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Denis Tagu is affiliated with INRAE, the Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement in France. Their research spans multiple fields primarily related to agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, Tagu's work focuses on several subfields:

  • Insect Science
  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The primary research topics addressed are:

  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research

Tagu has published numerous articles in notable academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Biology
  • BMC Genomics
  • Peer Community Journal
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution

Recent notable papers with their publication years and venues:

  • The genome sequence of the grape phylloxera provides insights into the evolution, adaptation, and invasion routes of an iconic pest (2020, BMC Biology)
  • Genomic architecture of endogenous ichnoviruses reveals distinct evolutionary pathways leading to virus domestication in parasitic wasps (2020, BMC Biology)
  • Functional insights from the GC-poor genomes of two aphid parasitoids, Aphidius ervi and Lysiphlebus fabarum (2020, BMC Genomics)
  • Selection following Gene Duplication Shapes Recent Genome Evolution in the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution)
  • Dopamine pathway characterization during the reproductive mode switch in the pea aphid (2022, Peer Community Journal)

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Fabrice Legeai
  • Stéphanie Robin
  • Sylvie Hudaverdian
  • Gaël Le Trionnaire
  • Anthony Bretaudeau

Best Publications

  • Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;Nicole M. Gerardo;Nancy Moran

  • Rapid transcriptional plasticity of duplicated gene clusters enables a clonally reproducing aphid to colonise diverse plant species

    Thomas C. Mathers;Yazhou Chen;Gemy Kaithakottil;Fabrice Legeai;Fabrice Legeai

  • The i5K initiative: Advancing arthropod genomics for knowledge, human health, agriculture, and the environment

    Jay D Evans;Susan J Brown;Kevin J Hackett;Gene Robinson

  • The Roles of Auxins and Cytokinins in Mycorrhizal Symbioses.

    Susan Jane Barker;Denis Tagu

  • Predicted effector molecules in the salivary secretome of the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum): a dual transcriptomic/proteomic approach.

    James C. Carolan;Doina Caragea;Karen T. Reardon;Navdeep S. Mutti

  • Isolation and characterization of a new peroxiredoxin from poplar sieve tubes that uses either glutaredoxin or thioredoxin as a proton donor.

    Nicolas Rouhier;Eric Gelhaye;Pierre-Eric Sautiere;Annick Brun

  • Regulation of root and fungal morphogenesis in mycorrhizal symbioses

    Susan Jane Barker;Denis Tagu;Gabriele Delp

  • Gene knockdown by RNAi in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum.

    Stéphanie Jaubert-Possamai;Gaël Le Trionnaire;Joël Bonhomme;Georges K Christophides

  • Transcript patterns associated with ectomycorrhiza development in Eucalyptus globulus and Pisolithus microcarpus.

    Sébastien Duplessis;Pierre-Emmanuel Courty;Denis Tagu;Francis Martin

  • A functional DNA methylation system in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum.

    T. K. Walsh;J. A. Brisson;H. M. Robertson;K. Gordon

  • Large-scale gene discovery in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera)

    Beatriz Sabater-Muñoz;Fabrice Legeai;Claude Rispe;Joël Bonhomme

  • Neuropeptide and neurohormone precursors in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

    J. Huybrechts;J. Bonhomme;S. Minoli;N. Prunier-Leterme

  • AphidBase: a centralized bioinformatic resource for annotation of the pea aphid genome

    Fabrice Legeai;Shuji Shigenobu;Shuji Shigenobu;Shuji Shigenobu;Jean-Pierre Gauthier;John Colbourne

  • Cloning and characterization of hydrophobins-encoding cDNAs from the ectomycorrhizal Basidiomycete Pisolithus tinctorius

    Denis Tagu;Birgit Nasse;Francis Martin

  • Bioinformatic prediction, deep sequencing of microRNAs and expression analysis during phenotypic plasticity in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Fabrice Legeai;Guillaume Rizk;Thomas Walsh;Owain Edwards

  • The phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene family of Sorghum: promoter structures, amino acid sequences and expression of genes.

    C Crétin;S Santi;E Keryer;L Lepiniec

  • Large Gene Family Expansion and Variable Selective Pressures for Cathepsin B in Aphids

    Claude Rispe;Mayako Kutsukake;Vincent Doublet;Sylvie Hudaverdian

  • Molecular analysis of cell wall proteins expressed during the early steps of ectomycorrhiza development

    Denis Tagu;Francis Martin

  • Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of seasonal photoperiodism in the pea aphid

    G. le Trionnaire;F. Francis;S. Jaubert-Possamai;J. Bonhomme

  • Cell wall proteins of the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Pisolithus tinctorius: identification, function, and expression in symbiosis.

    Francis Martin;Pascal Laurent;Dulcinéia de Carvalho;Catherine Voiblet

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrice Legeai
Fabrice Legeai University of Rennes
Francis Martin
Francis Martin University of Lorraine
Jean-Christophe Simon
Jean-Christophe Simon University of Rennes
Toni Gabaldón
Toni Gabaldón Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Pierre Gadal
Pierre Gadal Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Paris Saclay
Sébastien Duplessis
Sébastien Duplessis University of Lorraine
Paola Bonfante
Paola Bonfante University of Turin
Raffaella Balestrini
Raffaella Balestrini National Research Council (CNR)
Shuji Shigenobu
Shuji Shigenobu National Institute for Basic Biology
Saskia A. Hogenhout
Saskia A. Hogenhout Norwich Research Park

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