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Genomes and GenesSpecies | Kazuei MitaSummaryAffiliation: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences Country: Japan Publications
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Catalogue of epidermal genes: genes expressed in the epidermis during larval molt of the silkworm Bombyx moriShun Okamoto
Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277 8562, Japan
BMC Genomics 9:396. 2008..Therefore, we have catalogued a library of full-length cDNAs (designated epM) from epidermal cells during the last larval molt of Bombyx mori...- SPODOBASE: an EST database for the lepidopteran crop pest SpodopteraVincent Negre
1Unité Informatique de Centre, INRA AgroM, 2 place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
BMC Bioinformatics 7:322. 2006.... 
The genome sequence of silkworm, Bombyx moriKazuei Mita
Genome Research Department, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 1 2 Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8634, Japan
DNA Res 11:27-35. 2004..A search for Bombyx orthologs to Drosophila genes controlling sex determination in the WGS data revealed 11 Bombyx genes and suggested that the sex-determining systems differ profoundly between the two species...
Expression profiling of novel bacteria-induced genes from the silkworm, Bombyx moriHiromitsu Tanaka
Innate Immunity Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 1 2 Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 73:148-62. 2010..We further profiled the expression of three genes in different tissues and a silkworm cell line, NIAS-Bm-aff3, in response to bacteria, and at different times after bacterial challenge in the fat body...- A BAC-based integrated linkage map of the silkworm Bombyx moriKimiko Yamamoto
Insect Genome Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8634, Japan
Genome Biol 9:R21. 2008..For a more complete genome analysis, we developed extended scaffolds combining physical maps with improved genetic maps... - Genome-wide analysis of host gene expression in the silkworm cells infected with Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirusAki Sagisaka
Innate Immunity Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 1 2 Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8634, Japan
Virus Res 147:166-75. 2010..However, the expression levels of most genes were not dramatically changed except BmEts expression increased approximately 8.0-fold 12h after BmNPV infection... - Identification of anhydrobiosis-related genes from an expressed sequence tag database in the cryptobiotic midge Polypedilum vanderplanki (Diptera; Chironomidae)Richard Cornette
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 1 2 Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8634, Japan
J Biol Chem 285:35889-99. 2010..A third major feature is the predicted increase in trehalose synthesis and in the expression of various transporter proteins allowing the distribution of trehalose and other solutes to all tissues... - Positional cloning of a gene responsible for the cts mutation of the silkworm, Bombyx moriKatsuhiko Ito
Insect Genome Research Unit, Agrogenonmics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 1 2 Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8634, Japan
Genome 55:493-504. 2012..These expression profiles and the cts phenotype are quite similar to those of melanin-related genes, such as Bmyellow-e and Bm-iAANAT, suggesting that BmMFS is involved in the melanin synthesis pathway... - Single amino acid mutation in an ATP-binding cassette transporter gene causes resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ab in the silkworm, Bombyx moriShogo Atsumi
Division of Insect Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba 305 8634, Japan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:E1591-8. 2012..This study represents a direct demonstration of Bt resistance gene function in insects with the use of transgenesis... - KAIKObase: an integrated silkworm genome database and data mining toolMichihiko Shimomura
Mitsubishi Space Software Co Ltd, Takezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
BMC Genomics 10:486. 2009..Now, both the datasets have been merged and assembled through a joint collaboration between the two groups... - Conservation of a pair of serpin 2 genes and their expression in AmphiesmenopteraNaoyuki Yonemura
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8634, Japan
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 42:371-80. 2012..mori and is expressed in a cytoplasmic and in a secreted forms in diverse organs, including the silk glands... - Construction of a piggyBac-based enhancer trap system for the analysis of gene function in silkworm Bombyx moriKeiro Uchino
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 38:1165-73. 2008..We concluded that the piggyBac-based GAL4 enhancer trap system developed in this study is applicable for large-scale enhancer trapping in the silkworm... - Transcriptional regulation of juvenile hormone-mediated induction of Krüppel homolog 1, a repressor of insect metamorphosisTakumi Kayukawa
Division of Insect Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8634, Japan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:11729-34. 2012.... - Conservation of silk genes in Trichoptera and LepidopteraNaoyuki Yonemura
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305 8634, Japan
J Mol Evol 68:641-53. 2009..On the other hand, sequences composed of a motif similar to ERIVAPTVITR surrounded by the (SX)(4-6) strings and modifications of the GRRGWGRRG motif occur in Trichoptera and not in Lepidoptera... - Identification of four major hornet silk genes with a complex of alanine-rich and serine-rich sequences in Vespa simillima xanthoptera CameronHideki Sezutsu
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8634, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 71:2725-34. 2007..Because heptad repeat sequences of hydrophobic residue are present in the Ala-rich region, we believe that the Ala-rich region of hornet silk predominantly forms a coiled coil with an alpha-helix conformation... - Molecular characterization and functional analysis of novel carboxyl/cholinesterases with GQSAG motif in the silkworm Bombyx moriTakuya Tsubota
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 40:100-12. 2010..Our results suggest that of the CCEs containing a GQSAG motif only BmJHE can function as a JH-specific degradation enzyme in the silkworm... - Deletion of a gene encoding an amino acid transporter in the midgut membrane causes resistance to a Bombyx parvo-like virusKatsuhiko Ito
Division of Insect Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 1 2 Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8634, Japan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:7523-7. 2008..This is a previously undescribed report of positional cloning of a mutant gene in Bombyx and isolation of an absolute virus resistance gene in insects... - Non-susceptibility genes to Bombyx densovirus type 1, Nid-1 and nsd-1, affect distinct steps of the viral infection pathwayKurako Kidokoro
Division of Insect Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
J Invertebr Pathol 103:79-81. 2010..The result suggests that nsd-1 blocks early step of infection. On the other hand, Nid-1 does not block cell and nucleus entry and viral transcription in nuclei but blocks later step in the viral infection cycle... - Precocious metamorphosis in the juvenile hormone-deficient mutant of the silkworm, Bombyx moriTakaaki Daimon
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan
PLoS Genet 8:e1002486. 2012..mori. Our identification of a JH-deficient mutant in this model insect will lead to a greater understanding of the molecular basis of the hormonal control of development and metamorphosis... - Construction of a single nucleotide polymorphism linkage map for the silkworm, Bombyx mori, based on bacterial artificial chromosome end sequencesKimiko Yamamoto
Genome Research Department, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Genetics 173:151-61. 2006.... - End-sequencing and characterization of silkworm (Bombyx mori) bacterial artificial chromosome librariesYoshitaka Suetsugu
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 1 2 Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8634, Japan
BMC Genomics 8:314. 2007.... - Lipophorin receptor of Bombyx mori: cDNA cloning, genomic structure, alternative splicing, and isolation of a new isoformRavikumar Gopalapillai
Insect Genome Laboratory, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan
J Lipid Res 47:1005-13. 2006.... - A genome-wide analysis of genes and gene families involved in innate immunity of Bombyx moriHiromitsu Tanaka
Innate Immunity Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 38:1087-110. 2008..Differential gene regulation by different bacterial species was found in PGRP and Serpin genes, suggesting that Bombyx has a highly selective gene regulation system depending on bacterial species... - The construction of an EST database for Bombyx mori and its applicationKazuei Mita
Laboratory of Insect Genome, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Owashi 1 2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8634, Japan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:14121-6. 2003..Direct links of SilkBase with FlyBase and WormBase provide ready identification of candidate Lepidoptera-specific genes... - Annotated ESTs from various tissues of the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens: a genomic resource for studying agricultural pestsHiroaki Noda
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8634, Japan
BMC Genomics 9:117. 2008.... - Organization of the Hox gene cluster of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: a split of the Hox cluster in a non-Drosophila insectYuji Yasukochi
Insect Genome Laboratory, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305 8634, Ibaraki, Japan
Dev Genes Evol 214:606-14. 2004..The lab gene was mapped on the same LG, but far apart from the cluster. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis confirmed that the major Hox gene cluster and lab were at different locations on the same chromosome in B. mori... - Purification and characterization of silkworm hemocytes by flow cytometryYuichi Nakahara
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 1 2 Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8634, Japan
Dev Comp Immunol 33:439-48. 2009..In contrast, a contribution of spherulocytes to immunity was not documented in that they failed to express most of the genes. The functions of spherulocytes are thus likely to be distinct from those of the other three hemocyte subsets... - Verification of elicitor efficacy of lipopolysaccharides and peptidoglycans on antibacterial peptide gene expression in Bombyx moriJoon Ha Lee
Invertebrate Gene Function Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 1 2 Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8634, Japan
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 37:1338-47. 2007..coli PGN. Similarly, higher elicitor activity of E. coli than M. luteus was indicated using peptidoglycan recognition protein gene, which is involved in pro-phenol oxidase cascade... - Identification and characterization of a novel sericin gene expressed in the anterior middle silk gland of the silkworm Bombyx moriYoko Takasu
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Owashi 1 2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8634, Japan
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 37:1234-40. 2007..In addition, because the sericin gene appeared different from the sericin 1 and 2 genes reported earlier, we designated the newly discovered gene as sericin 3... - Beta-fructofuranosidase genes of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: insights into enzymatic adaptation of B. mori to toxic alkaloids in mulberry latexTakaaki Daimon
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1 1 1, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, Japan
J Biol Chem 283:15271-9. 2008..This anomalous presence of the beta-fructofuranosidase gene in the B. mori genome may partly explain why the silkworm can circumvent the mulberry's defense system... - Identification of Bombyx mori 14-3-3 orthologs and the interactor Hsp60Hiroko Tabunoki
Department of Bioinformatics and Molecular Neuropathology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2 522 1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204 8588, Japan
Neurosci Res 61:271-80. 2008..These observations suggest that a molecular adaptor 14-3-3 and a molecular chaperone Hsp60 cooperate to achieve a wide range of cellular functions in B. mori... - Positional cloning of a Bombyx wingless locus flugellos (fl) reveals a crucial role for fringe that is specific for wing morphogenesisKaoru Sato
Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bioscience Building 501, 5 1 5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277 8562, Japan
Genetics 179:875-85. 2008..Although null mutants of Drosophila fng result in postembryonic lethality, loss of fng function in Bombyx affects only wing morphogenesis, suggesting different essential roles for fng in tissue differentiation among insects... - Control of juvenile hormone biosynthesis in Bombyx mori: cloning of the enzymes in the mevalonate pathway and assessment of their developmental expression in the corpora allataTerunori Kinjoh
Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki 036 8561, Japan
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 37:808-18. 2007..Altogether, our results point to a relationship between JH biosynthesis and expression of most JH biosynthetic enzymes in the CA... - Role of the silkworm argonaute2 homolog gene in double-strand break repair of extrachromosomal DNAHaruna Tsukioka
Laboratory of Silkworm Sciences, Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
Nucleic Acids Res 34:1092-101. 2006..These results suggested that BmAgo2 protein plays an indispensable role in the repression of extrachromosomal DSB repair... - Change in the expressed gene patterns of the wing disc during the metamorphosis of Bombyx moriHideki Kawasaki
Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, 350 Mine, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 321 8505, Japan
Gene 343:133-42. 2004..The wing disc of B. mori is an exceptionally suitable system for understanding the relationship between morphological changes and the distribution of mRNA... - Simple sequence repeat-based consensus linkage map of Bombyx moriXue-Xia Miao
Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:16303-8. 2005..9 cM was constructed and its high efficiency for genotyping and potential application for synteny studies of Lepidoptera and other insects was demonstrated... - A medaka gene map: the trace of ancestral vertebrate proto-chromosomes revealed by comparative gene mappingKiyoshi Naruse
Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 0033, Japan
Genome Res 14:820-8. 2004.... - W-derived BAC probes as a new tool for identification of the W chromosome and its aberrations in Bombyx moriKen Sahara
Division of Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University N9, W9, Kita ku, Sapporo 060 8589, Japan
Chromosoma 112:48-55. 2003..Our results support the opinion that the B. mori W chromosome accumulated transposable elements and other repetitive sequences that also occur, but scattered, elsewhere in the respective genome... - A Bombyx mori gene, BmChi-h, encodes a protein homologous to bacterial and baculovirus chitinasesTakaaki Daimon
Laboratory of Insect Genetics and Bioscience, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1 1 1, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8657, Japan
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 33:749-59. 2003..Phylogenetic analysis suggested that ancestral species of B. mori acquired the chitinase gene from a bacterium or an ancestral baculovirus via horizontal gene transfer... - Functional analysis of four Gloverin-like genes in the silkworm, Bombyx moriShinpei Kawaoka
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 67:87-96. 2008..Moreover, we expressed recombinant BmGlov1-4 proteins using the baculovirus expression system, and found that all the recombinant BmGlov1-4 significantly inhibited the growth of E. coli... - Characterization and transcriptional profiles of three Spodoptera frugiperda genes encoding cysteine-rich peptides. A new class of defensin-like genes from lepidopteran insects?Anne Nathalie Volkoff
Laboratoire de Pathologie Comparée, UMR 5087 INRA CNRS Universite Montpellier II, 30380 Saint Christol les Ales, France
Gene 319:43-53. 2003..We therefore confirm that these three genes encode potential candidate molecules involved in S. frugiperda innate humoral response... - Identification of molting fluid carboxypeptidase A (MF-CPA) in Bombyx moriManabu Ote
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, University of Tokyo Yayoi 1 1 1, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8657, Japan
Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 141:314-22. 2005..Recombinant MF-CPA expressed in the insect cells has carboxypeptidase A activity. We propose that MF-CPA degrades the proteins from the old cuticle during the molting periods and contributes to recycling of the amino acids... - Characteristics of two genes encoding proteins with an ADAM-type metalloprotease domain, which are induced during the molting periods in Bombyx moriManabu Ote
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113 8654, Japan
Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 59:91-8. 2005..Our results indicate that BmADAMTS-1 and BmADAMTS-like may cleave the extracellular matrix (ECM) in the degenerating and remodeling tissues during the molting periods... - Novel macula-like virus identified in Bombyx mori cultured cellsSusumu Katsuma
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1 1 1, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8657, Japan
J Virol 79:5577-84. 2005..5-kb genomic RNA. These results showed that BmMLV is a novel macula-like virus infectious to and replicable in B. mori-derived cells... - A baculovirus-encoded protein tyrosine phosphatase gene induces enhanced locomotory activity in a lepidopteran hostShizuo G Kamita
Department of Entomology, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:2584-9. 2005.... - Microarray analysis of gene expression profiles in wing discs of Bombyx mori during pupal ecdysisManabu Ote
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, University of Tokyo, Japan
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 34:775-84. 2004..This indicates the involvement of several biological processes in wing disc development during metamorphosis... - CYP306A1, a cytochrome P450 enzyme, is essential for ecdysteroid biosynthesis in the prothoracic glands of Bombyx and DrosophilaRyusuke Niwa
Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5 1 5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277 8562, USA
J Biol Chem 279:35942-9. 2004..These results strongly suggest that CYP306A1 functions as a carbon 25 hydroxylase and has an essential role in ecdysteroid biosynthesis during insect development... - Analysis of alpha- and beta-tubulin genes of Bombyx mori using an EST databaseHideki Kawasaki
Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, 350 Mine, Utsunomiya, 321 8505, Tochigi, Japan
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 33:131-7. 2003.... - Glycine-rich protein genes, which encode a major component of the cuticle, have different developmental profiles from other cuticle protein genes in Bombyx moriYang Sheng Zhong
Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, 350 Mine, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 321 8505, Japan
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 36:99-110. 2006..These differences between BMWCPs and BmGRPs in response to hormones at different developmental stages are discussed... - ERK- and JNK-dependent signaling pathways contribute to Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infectionSusumu Katsuma
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1 1 1, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8657, Japan
J Virol 81:13700-9. 2007..Taken together, these results indicate that the activation of MAPK signaling pathways is required for efficient infection by BmNPV... - Cloning and characterization of insect arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase from Bombyx moriTaketo Tsugehara
Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 147:358-66. 2007..This is the first report of a cloned AANAT that acetylated norepinephrine. These results suggest that Bm-iAANAT is a novel member of insect AANAT family with unique kinetic properties and a broad substrate range... - SAGE analysis of early oogenesis in the silkworm, Bombyx moriShunsuke Funaguma
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1 1 1, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8657, Japan
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 37:147-54. 2007..1-fold enriched) and ATP synthase coupling factor 6 (9.1-fold enriched), suggesting that they are involved in regulation of cell cycle of cystocytes... - Molecular cloning and expression of two novel beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases from silkworm Bombyx moriTakahiro Okada
The International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 71:1626-35. 2007..Both enzymes showed broad substrate specificity, and cleaved terminal N-acetylglucosamine residues from the alpha-3 and alpha-6 branches of a biantennary N-glycan substrate, and also hydrolyzed chitotriose to chitobiose... - Developmentally synchronized expression of two Bombyx mori Piwi subfamily genes, SIWI and BmAGO3 in germ-line cellsShinpei Kawaoka
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1 1 1, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8657, Japan
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 367:755-60. 2008..Notably, developmental expression patterns of SIWI and BmAGO3 were remarkably similar. Collectively, our results suggest that SIWI and BmAGO3 may cooperate in an unknown pathway during the development of B. mori germ-line cells... - Protein composition of silk filaments spun under water by caddisfly larvaeNaoyuki Yonemura
Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, , , Czech Republic
Biomacromolecules 7:3370-8. 2006..Structural differences may be related to the silk function as a catching net in H. angustipennis and a stitching fiber in L. decipiens... - Casein kinases I of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: their possible roles in circadian timing and developmental determinationLe Thi Dieu Trang
Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe, Japan
J Biol Rhythms 21:335-49. 2006..In contrast, the transcriptional activity of both genes was low in diapausing eggs... - Purification, kinetic characterization, and molecular cloning of a novel enzyme, ecdysteroid 22-kinaseHaruyuki Sonobe
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University, Kobe 658 8501, Japan
J Biol Chem 281:29513-24. 2006.... - Polycalin (chlorophyllid A binding protein): a novel, very large fluorescent lipocalin from the midgut of the domestic silkworm Bombyx mori LBernard Mauchamp
Unité Nationale Séricicole INRA, 25 quai J J Rousseau, 69350 La Mulatière, France
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 36:623-33. 2006..The apoprotein described here revealed 15 lipocalin like structures, in line. We called this protein a polycalin (pentadecacalin)... - Neverland is an evolutionally conserved Rieske-domain protein that is essential for ecdysone synthesis and insect growthTakuji Yoshiyama
Department of Integrated Biosciences, Rm201, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5 1 5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277 8562, Japan
Development 133:2565-74. 2006..Given that the nvd family is evolutionally conserved, these results suggest that Nvd is an essential regulator of cholesterol metabolism or trafficking in steroid synthesis across animal phyla... - Lepidopteran ortholog of Drosophila breathless is a receptor for the baculovirus fibroblast growth factorSusumu Katsuma
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1 1 1, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8657, Japan
J Virol 80:5474-81. 2006..In these cells, cell motility triggered by vFGF was markedly reduced. These results strongly suggest that the Btl orthologs, BmBtl and SfBtl, are the receptors for vFGF, which mediate vFGF-induced host cell chemotaxis... - Isolation and comparison of different ecdysone-responsive cuticle protein genes in wing discs of Bombyx moriTakanori Noji
Utsunomiya University, Faculty of Agriculture, 350 Mine, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 321 8505, Japan
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 33:671-9. 2003..At least 4 h exposure to 20E was required before removal for induction of BMWCP2. Induction of BMWCP2 required protein synthesis. Thus, different ecdysone-responsive cuticle protein genes in wing discs of Bombyx mori were isolated...