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Nachman, R.J. and Wang, X.J. and Etzkorn, F.A. and Kaczmarek, K. and Zabrocki, J. and Lopez, J. and Coast, Geoffrey M. (2013) Evaluation of insect CAP2b analogs with either an (E)-alkene, trans- or a (Z)-alkene, cis-Pro isostere identifies the Pro orientation for antidiuretic activity in the stink bug. Peptides 41 , pp. 101-106. ISSN 0196-9781.

Coast, Geoffrey M. (2012) Intracellular Na+, K+ and Cl− activities in Acheta domesticus Malpighian tubules and the response to a diuretic kinin neuropeptide. Journal of Experimental Biology 215 , pp. 2774-2785. ISSN 0022-0949.

Nachman, R.J. and Kaczmarek, K. and Zabrocki, J. and Coast, Geoffrey M. (2012) Active diuretic peptidomimetic insect kinin analogs that contain β-turn mimetic motif 4-aminopyroglutamate and lack native peptide bonds. Peptides 34 (1), pp. 262-265. ISSN 0196-9781.

Schooley, D.A. and Horodyski, F.M. and Coast, Geoffrey M. (2011) Hormones controlling homeostasis in insects. In: Gilbert, L. (ed.) Insect Endocrinology. Elsevier, pp. 366-429. ISBN 9780123847492.

Coast, Geoffrey M. (2011) Serotonin has kinin-like activity in stimulating secretion by Malpighian tubules of the house cricket Acheta domesticus. Peptides 32 (3), pp. 500-508. ISSN 0196-9781.

Coast, Geoffrey M. and Schooley, D.A. (2011) Toward a consensus nomenclature for insect neuropeptides and peptide hormones. Peptides 32 (3), pp. 620-631. ISSN 0196-9781.

Coast, Geoffrey M. and Nachman, R.J. and Lopez, J. (2011) The control of Malpighian tubule secretion in a predacious hemipteran insect, the spined soldier bug Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae). Peptides 32 (3), pp. 493-499. ISSN 0196-9781.

Coast, Geoffrey M. and TeBrugge, V.A. and Nachman, R.J. and Lopez, J. and Aldrich, J.R. and Lange, A. and Orchard, I. (2010) Neurohormones implicated in the control of Malpighian tubule secretion in plant sucking heteropterans: the stink bugs Acrosternum hilare and Nezara viridula. Peptides 31 (3), 468 - 473. ISSN 0196-9781.

Taneja-Bageshwar, S. and Strey, A. and Isaac, R.E. and Coast, Geoffrey M. and Zubrzak, P. and Pietrantonio, P.V. and Nachman, R.J. (2009) Biostable agonists that match or exceed activity of native insect kinins on recombinant arthropod GPCRs. General and Comparative Endocrinology 162 (1), pp. 122-128. ISSN 0016-6480.

de Winter, Patricia and Rayne, Richard C. and Coast, Geoffrey M. (2007) The effects of intracellular signalling pathway inhibitors on phagocytosis by haemocytes of Manduca sexta. Journal of Insect Physiology 53 (10), 975 - 982. ISSN 0022-1910.

Coast, Geoffrey M. (2007) The endocrine control of salt balance in insects. General and Comparative Endocrinology 152 (2-3), 332 - 338. ISSN 0016-6480.

Nachman, R.J. and Fehrentz, J.A. and Martinez, J. and Kaczmarek, K. and Zabrocki, J. and Coast, Geoffrey M. (2007) A C-terminal aldehyde analog of the insect kinins inhibits diuresis in the housefly. Peptides 28 (1), 146 - 152. ISSN 0196-9781.

Nachman, R.J. and Coast, Geoffrey M. (2007) Structure-activity relationships for in vitro diuretic activity of CAP2b in the housefly. Peptides 28 (1), 57 - 61. ISSN 0196-9781.

Nachman, R.J. and Russell, W. and Coast, Geoffrey M. and Russell, D. and Miller, J. and Predel, R. (2006) Identification of PVK/CAP2b neuropeptides from single neurohemal organs of the stable fly and horn fly via MALDI-TOF/TOF tandem mass spectrometry. Peptides 27 (3), pp. 521-526. ISSN 0196-9781.

Coast, Geoffrey and Zabrocki, J. and Nachman, R.J. (2002) Diuretic and myotropic activities of N-terminal truncated analogs of Musca domestica kinin neuropeptide. Peptides 23 (4), pp. 701-708. ISSN 0196-9781.

Nachman, R.J. and Strey, A. and Isaac, E. and Pryor, N. and Lopez, J.D. and Deng, J.-G. and Coast, Geoffrey (2002) Enhanced in vivo activity of peptidase-resistant analogs of the insect kinin neuropeptide family. Peptides 23 (4), pp. 735-745. ISSN 0196-9781.

Nachman, R.J. and Coast, Geoffrey and Tichy, S.E. and Russell, D.H. and Miller, J.A. and Predel, R. (2002) Occurrence of insect kinins in the flesh fly, stable fly and horn fly—mass spectrometric identification from single nerves and diuretic activity. Peptides 23 (11), pp. 1885-1894. ISSN 0196-9781.

Nachman, R.J. and Zabrocki, J. and Olczak, J. and Williams, H.J. and Moyna, G. and Ian Scott, A. and Coast, Geoffrey (2002) cis-peptide bond mimetic tetrazole analogs of the insect kinins identify the active conformation. Peptides 23 (4), pp. 709-716. ISSN 0196-9781.

Lam, W. and Coast, Geoffrey and Rayne, Richard (2000) Characterisation of multiple trypsins from the midgut of Locusta migratoria. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 30 (1), pp. 85-94. ISSN 0965-1748.

Furuya, K. and Milchak, R.J. and Schegg, K.M. and Zhang, J. and Tobe, S.S. and Coast, Geoffrey and Schooley, D.A. (2000) Cockroach diuretic hormones: characterization of a calcitonin-like peptide in insects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 97 (12), pp. 6469-6474. ISSN 0027-8424.

Siviter, R.J. and Coast, Geoffrey and Winther, A.M.E. and Nachman, R.J. and Taylor, C.A.M. and Shirras, A.D. and Coates, D. and Isaac, R.E. and Nässel, D.R. (2000) Expression and functional characterization of adrosophila neuropeptide precursor with homology to mammalian preprotachykinin A. Journal of Biological Chemistry 275 , pp. 23273-23280. ISSN 0021-9258.