2026 Michael R. Kanost: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	86	824	734	436	382	219	26454

Research.com Recognitions

2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michael R. Kanost is affiliated with Kansas State University in the United States and has a research focus centered on insect biochemistry, immunology, and molecular biology. Their work spans several fields including immunology and microbiology, agricultural and biological sciences, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research contributions include multiple publications in prominent venues. Frequent publication venues feature:

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research Square
Scientific Reports
Cardiometry
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Michael R. Kanost's main fields of study cover:

Immunology and Microbiology
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

They also work extensively in several subfields, including:

Immunology
Insect Science
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Molecular Biology
Hematology

The scientist's research topics highlight a focus on insect-related biological processes, such as:

Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
Insect Resistance and Genetics
Insect Utilization and Effects
Iron Metabolism and Disorders
Insect Symbiosis and Bacterial Influences
Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Among recent publications are:

Hemolymph protease-5 links the melanization and Toll immune pathways in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Iron binding and release properties of transferrin-1 from Drosophila melanogaster and Manduca sexta: Implications for insect iron homeostasis, 2020, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
A mechanistic analysis of bacterial recognition and serine protease cascade initiation in larval hemolymph of Manduca sexta, 2022, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Changes in composition and levels of hemolymph proteins during metamorphosis of Manduca sexta, 2020, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Temporal changes in the physical and mechanical properties of beetle elytra during maturation, 2022, Acta Biomaterialia

Michael R. Kanost collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

Haobo Jiang
Yang Wang
Hiroko Tabunoki
Jacob J. Weber
Maureen J. Gorman

The scientist is recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor awarded in 2003.

Best Publications

Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

1777
Citations
BIOLOGICAL MEDIATORS OF INSECT IMMUNITY

Jeremy P. Gillespie;Michael R. Kanost;Tina Trenczek

1669
Citations
Immune pathways and defence mechanisms in honey bees Apis mellifera

J D Evans;K Aronstein;Y P Chen;C Hetru

1169
Citations
RNA interference in Lepidoptera: An overview of successful and unsuccessful studies and implications for experimental design

Olle Terenius;Alexie Papanicolaou;Alexie Papanicolaou;Jennie S. Garbutt;Ioannis Eleftherianos

920
Citations
Innate immune responses of a lepidopteran insect, Manduca sexta

Michael R. Kanost;Haobo Jiang;Xiao-Qiang Yu

801
Citations
Evolutionary Dynamics of Immune-Related Genes and Pathways in Disease-Vector Mosquitoes

Robert M. Waterhouse;Evgenia V. Kriventseva;Stephan Meister;Zhiyong Xi

749
Citations
Serine proteinase inhibitors in arthropod immunity.

Michael R. Kanost

532
Citations
Insect Haemolymph Proteins

M. R. Kanost;J. K. Kawooya;J. H. Law;R. O. Ryan

473
Citations
The clip-domain family of serine proteinases in arthropods.

Haobo Jiang;Michael R. Kanost

458
Citations
Laccase 2 is the phenoloxidase gene required for beetle cuticle tanning

Yasuyuki Arakane;Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan;Richard W. Beeman;Michael R. Kanost

430
Citations
Immunity in lepidopteran insects.

Haobo Jiang;Andreas Vilcinskas;Michael R. Kanost

373
Citations
Serine proteases and their homologs in the Drosophila melanogaster genome: an initial analysis of sequence conservation and phylogenetic relationships

Jeremy Ross;Haobo Jiang;Michael R Kanost;Yang Wang

366
Citations
The Tribolium chitin synthase genes TcCHS1 and TcCHS2 are specialized for synthesis of epidermal cuticle and midgut peritrophic matrix.

Y. Arakane;S. Muthukrishnan;K. J. Kramer;K. J. Kramer;C. A. Specht

364
Citations
Pro-phenol oxidase activating proteinase from an insect, Manduca sexta: A bacteria-inducible protein similar to Drosophila easter

Haobo Jiang;Yang Wang;Michael R. Kanost

344
Citations
Immulectin-2, a Lipopolysaccharide-specific Lectin from an Insect, Manduca sexta, Is Induced in Response to Gram-negative Bacteria *

Xiao-Qiang Yu;Michael R. Kanost

334
Citations
A β1,3-Glucan Recognition Protein from an Insect, Manduca sexta, Agglutinates Microorganisms and Activates the Phenoloxidase Cascade

Congcong Ma;Michael R. Kanost

327
Citations
Molecular structure of an apolipoprotein determined at 2.5-A resolution.

Deborah R. Breiter;Michael R. Kanost;Matthew M. Benning;Gary Wesenberg

305
Citations
Oxidative conjugation of catechols with proteins in insect skeletal systems

Karl J Kramer;Michael R Kanost;Theodore L Hopkins;Haobo Jiang

300
Citations
Immulectin, an inducible C-type lectin from an insect, Manduca sexta, stimulates activation of plasma prophenol oxidase

Xiao-Qiang Yu;Hong Gan;Michael R. Kanost

292
Citations
Nonproteolytic serine proteinase homologs are involved in prophenoloxidase activation in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta.

Xiao-Qiang Yu;Haobo Jiang;Yang Wang;Michael R. Kanost

285
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Haobo Jiang Oklahoma State University

Karl J. Kramer Kansas State University

Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan Kansas State University

Xiao-Qiang Yu South China Normal University

Richard W. Beeman Agricultural Research Service

Gary W. Blissard Boyce Thompson Institute

Michael A. Wells University of Arizona

Andreas Vilcinskas University of Giessen

Charles A. Specht University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

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