■2026

Fukui T, Muro T, Matsuda-Imai N, Kaneda T, Kosako H, Hiraki H, Shoji K, Fujii T, Suzuki Y, Toyoda A, Itoh T, Kiuchi T, Katsuma S*. Complete transition from chromosomal to cytoplasmic sex determination during prolonged Wolbachia symbiosis.  Nat Commun. 2026: 17, 104. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-67993-x 農学生命科学研究科プレスリリース, 朝日新聞記事(2026年1月21日掲載)

Tobita H*, Kiuchi T*. Pigment-dispersing factor is not essential for eclosion rhythm and inducing the photoperiodic diapause in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  J Isect Physiol. 2026: 168, 104914. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2025.104914

■2025

Fujimoto S†, Fujimaki K†, Katsuma S, Iwanaga M*. Involvement of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus GP37 in the postmortem host liquefaction.  J Invertebr Pathol. 2025: 214, 108469. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2025.108469

Fujimoto T, Katsuma S, Sahara K*. Non-directional pairing of the WZ chromosome bivalent in Bombyx mori.  J Insect Biotechnol Sericology. 2025: 94, 19-22. DOI: 10.11416/jibs.94.2_019

Kaneda T, Matsuda-Imai N, Kosako H, Shoji K, Suzuki MG, Suzuki Y, Kiuchi T, Katsuma S*. The Masc–PSI complex directly induces male-type doublesex splicing in silkworms.  Commun Biol. 2025: 8, 927. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-025-08350-y 農学生命科学研究科プレスリリース

Arai H*, Wijonarko A, Katsuma S, Naka H, Kageyama D, Hornett EA, Hurst GDD. Evolution of Wolbachia male-killing mechanism within a host species.  Curr Biol. 2025: S0960-9822(25)00312-4. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.03.027

Muro T*, Fujii T, Katsuma S*. Interspecific differences in the abdominal hair and mid-tibial traits are likely determined by a single locus in Ostrinia moths (Lepidoptera: Crambidae).  Appl Entomol Zool. 2025: 60, 183-190. DOI: 10.1007/s13355-025-00907-x

Arai H*, Katsuma S, Matsuda-Imai N, Shiou-Ruei Lin, Inoue N M, Kageyama D*. Prophage-encoded Hm-oscar gene recapitulates Wolbachia-induced male-killing in the tea tortrix moth Homona magnanima.  eLife. 2025: 13, RP101101. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.101101

Katsuma S*, Fukaura K, Matsuda-Imai N. Specific nucleotide substitutions in the burst sequence enhance polyhedrin expression in alphabaculoviruses: improvement of baculovirus expression vectors.  Appl Environ Microbiol. 2025: e0014425. DOI: 10.1128/aem.00144-25

Yu J, Kawasaki F, Izumi N, Kiuchi T, Katsuma S, Tomari Y*, Shoji K*. Autonomous shaping of the piRNA sequence repertoire by competition between adjacent ping-pong amplification sites.  Mol Cell. 2025: 85, 1134-1146. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2025.02.015 東京農工大学プレスリリース, 日本経済新聞記事(2025年3月21日掲載)

Kokusho R*, Katsuma S*. Baculoviruses remodel the cytoskeleton of insect hemocytes to breach the host basal lamina.  Commun Biol. 2025: 8(1), 268. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-025-07579-x 農学生命科学研究科プレスリリース, 日本経済新聞記事(2025年3月22日掲載)

Hikida H*, Kokusho R, Katsuma S*. BV/ODV-E26 is a conserved baculoviral inhibitory factor for optimizing viral virulence in lepidopteran hosts.  iScience. 2025: 28(2), 111723. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.111723

Kamiyama T†, Shimada-Niwa Y*†, Mori H, Tani N, Takemata-Kawabata H, Fujii M, Takasu A, Katayama M, Kuwabara T, Seike K, Matsuda-Imai N, Senda T, Katsuma S, Nakamura A, Niwa R*. Parasitoid wasp venoms degrade Drosophila imaginal discs for successful parasitism.  Sci Adv. 2025: 11(5), eadq8771. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adq8771 筑波大学プレスリリース, 日本経済新聞記事(2025年1月30日掲載)

■2024

Tobita H*, Kiuchi T*. Knockout of cryptochrome 1 disrupts circadian rhythm and photoperiodic diapause induction in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2024: 172, 104153. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2024.104153

Katsuma S*, Matsuda-Imai N. Codon Optimization-based Whole-gene Scanning Identifies Hidden Nucleotides Essential for Bombyx mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus polyhedrin Hyperexpression.  J Mol Biol. 2024: 436(12), 168595.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168595

■2023

Fukui T, Kiuchi T, Tomihara K, Muro T, Matsuda-Imai N, Katsuma S*. Expression of the Wolbachia male-killing factor Oscar impairs dosage compensation in lepidopteran embryos.  FEBS Lett. 2023: 598(3), 331-337. DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14777

Kiuchi T*, Shoji K, Izumi N, Tomari Y, Katsuma S*. Non-gonadal somatic piRNA pathways ensure sexual differentiation, larval growth, and wing development in silkworms.  PLoS Genet. 2023: 19(9), e1010912. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010912 農学生命科学研究科プレスリリース

Sugiyama H†, Katsuma S*†. A method for screening the suppressor genes of siRNA and piRNA pathways using cultured silkworm cells.  microPubl Biol. 2023. DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000953

Katsuma S*, Matsuda-Imai N. A seamless connection from the burst sequence to the start codon is essential for polyhedrin hyperexpression in alphabaculoviruses.  Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2023: 679, 1-5. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.08.046

Tomihara K*, Kiuchi T*. Disruption of a BTB-ZF transcription factor causes female sterility and melanization in the larval body of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2023: 159, 103982. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2023.103982

Fukui T, Shoji K, Kiuchi T, Suzuki Y, Katsuma S*. Masculinizer is not post-transcriptionally regulated by female-specific piRNAs during sex determination in the Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2023: 156, 103946. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2023.103946

Tomihara K*, Tanaka S, Katsuma S, Shimada T, Kobayashi J, Kiuchi T*. Recessive embryonic lethal mutations uncovered in heterozygous condition in silkworm semiconsomic strains.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2023: 155, 103933. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2023.103933

Fujimoto S, Fujimaki K, Suzuki T, Katsuma S, Iwanaga M*. Expression and localization of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus GP37.  Virus Genes. 2023: 59(3), 457-463. DOI: 10.1007/s11262-023-01983-3

Shoji K*, Umemura Y, Katsuma S, Tomari Y*. The piRNA cluster torimochi is an expanding transposon in cultured silkworm cells.  PLoS Genet. 2023: 19(2), e1010632. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010632

Muro T, Hikida H, Fujii T, Kiuchi T, Katsuma S*. Two Complete Genomes of Male-Killing Wolbachia Infecting Ostrinia Moth Species Illuminate Their Evolutionary Dynamics and Association with Hosts.  Microb Ecol. 2023: 86, 1740-1754. DOI: 10.1007/s00248-023-02198-7

■2022

Izumi N†, Shoji K†, Kiuchi T, Katsuma S, Tomari Y*. The two Gtsf paralogs in silkworms orthogonally activate their partner PIWI proteins for target cleavage.  RNA. 2022: 29(1), 18-29. DOI: 10.1261/rna.079380.122

Katsuma S*†, Hirota K†, Matsuda-Imai N†, Fukui T, Muro T, Nishino K, Kosako H, Shoji K, Takanashi H, Fujii T, Arimura S, Kiuchi T. A Wolbachia factor for male killing in lepidopteran insects.  Nat Commun. 2022: 13(1), 6764. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34488-y 農学生命科学研究科プレスリリース

Hikida H*, Katsuma S. KaicoTracker: a robust and automated locomotory analysis for baculovirus-infected silkworm larvae.  J Insect Biotechnol Sericology. 2022: 91(2), 2-26. DOI: 10.11416/jibs.91.2_021

Tobita H, Kiuchi T*. Knockouts of positive and negative elements of the circadian clock disrupt photoperiodic diapause induction in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2022: 149, 103842. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103842

Tomihara K†, Kawamoto M, Suzuki Y, Katsuma S*, Kiuchi T*†. Masculinizer-induced dosage compensation is achieved by transcriptional downregulation of both copies of Z-linked genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Biol Lett. 2022: 18(9), 20220116. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0116

Katsuma S*. Mutations in the polyhedrin NLS affect the assembly and polyhedral shape of alphabaculovirus occlusion bodies.  Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2022: 622, 15-21. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.07.023

Tomihara K*, P Andolfatto, Kiuchi T*. Allele-specific knockouts reveal a role for apontic-like in the evolutionary loss of larval melanin pigmentation in the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Insect Mol Biol. 2022: 31(6), 701-710. DOI: 10.1111/imb.12797

Ito K*, Sivaprasad V, Katsuma S, Yokoyama T, Kadono-Okuda K. Resistance mechanism of Nid-1, a dominant non-susceptibility gene, against Bombyx mori densovirus 1 infection.  Virus Res. 2022: 198849. DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2022.198849

Kawamoto M*, Kiuchi T, Katsuma S. SilkBase: an integrated transcriptomic and genomic database for Bombyx mori and related species.  Database. 2022: Vol.2022, baac040. DOI: 10.1093/database/baac040

Tomihara K, Katsuma S*, Kiuchi T*. Transcriptome analysis in the silkworm Bombyx mori overexpressing piRNA-resistant Masculinizer gene.  Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2022: 616, 104-109. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.05.073

■2021

Kiuchi T*, Katsuma S. Functional Characterization of Silkworm PIWI Proteins by Embryonic RNAi.  Methods Mol Biol. 2022: 2360, 19-31. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1633-8_3

Tomihara K, Satta K, Matsuzaki S, Yoshitake K, Yamamoto K, Uchiyama H, Yajima S, Futahashi R, Katsuma S, Osanai-Futahashi M*, Kiuchi T*. Mutations in a β-group of solute carrier gene are responsible for egg and eye coloration of the brown egg 4 (b-4) mutant in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2021: 137, 103624. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2021.103624

Shigematsu M, Kawamura T, Morichika K, Izumi N, Kiuchi T, Honda S, V Pliatsika, Matsubara R, I Rigoutsos, Katsuma S, Tomari Y, Kirino Y*. RNase κ promotes robust piRNA production by generating 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate-containing precursors.  Nat Commun. 2021: 12(1), 4498. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24681-w

Shoji K†, Kokusho R†, Kawamoto M, Suzuki Y, Katsuma S*†. H3K4me3 histone modification in baculovirus-infected silkworm cells.  Virus Genes. 2021: 57, 459–463. DOI: 10.1007/s11262-021-01858-5

Fujii T, Kiuchi T, Daimon T, Ito K, Katsuma S, Shimada T, Yamamoto K, Banno Y. Development of interspecific semiconsomic strains between the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori and the wild silkworm, B. mandarina.  J Insect Biotechnol Sericology. 2021: 90(2), 33-40. DOI: 10.11416/jibs.90.2_033

Kokusho R*, Katsuma S*. Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus ptp and egt genes are dispensable for triggering enhanced locomotory activity and climbing behavior in Bombyx mandarina larvae.  J Invertebr Pathol. 2021: 107604. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2021.107604

Kokusho R*, Katsuma S*. Loss of p24 from the Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus genome results in the formation of cuboidal occlusion bodies.  Virology. 2021: 559, 173-181. DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2021.03.017

Dai X, Kiuchi T, Zhou Y, Jia S, Xu Y, Katsuma S, Shimada T, Wang H*. Horizontal gene transfer and gene duplication of β-fructofuranosidase confer lepidopteran insects metabolic benefits.  Mol Biol Evol. 2021: msab080. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab080

Hirota K, Matsuda-Imai N, Kiuchi T, Katsuma S*. Characterization of nuclear localization signal in Ostrinia furnacalis Masculinizer protein.  Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. 2021: 106(3), e21768. DOI: 10.1002/arch.21768

■2020

Katsuma S*. Hsp90 function is required for stable transcription of the baculovirus transactivator ie-1 gene.  Virus Res. 2021: 291, 198200. DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198200

Katsuma S*, Shoji K, Suzuki Y, Iwanaga M. Potential for small RNA production against Bombyx mori latent virus in Bombyx mori ovaries.  Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. 2020: e21761. DOI: 10.1002/arch.21761

Katsuma S*†, Shoji K†, Suzuki Y, Kiuchi T. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of Ago2 and Siwi in silkworm cultured cells.  Gene. 2020: 145314. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2020.145314

Senaratne AP, Muller H, Fryer KA, Kawamoto M, Katsuma S, Drinnenberg IA*. Formation of the CenH3-deficient holocentromere in Lepidoptera avoids active chromatin.  Curr Biol. 2020: S0960-9822(20)31448-2. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.078

Hikida H*, Katsuma S. High-resolution analysis of baculovirus-induced host manipulation in the domestic silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Parasitology. 2020: 1-5. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182020001924

Matsuda-Imai N†, Katsuma S*†. Characterization of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection in fat body-derived Bombyx mori cultured cells.  J Invertebr Pathol. 2020: 177, 107476. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2020.107476

Lee J*, Nishiyama T, Shigenobu S, Yamaguchi K, Suzuki Y, Shimada T, Katsuma S, Kiuchi T. The genome sequence of Samia ricini, a new model species of lepidopteran insect.  Mol Ecol Resour. 2020: 21, 327-339. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13259

Hikida H, Kokusho R, Matsuda-Imai N, Katsuma S*. Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus Bm96 suppresses viral virulence in Bombyx mori larvae.  J Invertebr Pathol. 2020: 173, 107374. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2020.107374

Cortes-Silva N, Ulmer J, Kiuchi T, Hsieh E, Cornilleau G, Ladid I, Dingli F, Loew D, Katsuma S, Drinnenberg IA*. CenH3-Independent Kinetochore Assembly in Lepidoptera Requires CCAN, Including CENP-T.  Curr Biol. 2020: 30(4), 561-572.e10. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.014

Izumi N†, Shoji K†, Suzuki Y, Katsuma S, Tomari Y*. Zucchini consensus motifs determine the mechanism of pre-piRNA production.  Nature. 2020: 578(7794), 311-316. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-1966-9

Fujii T*†, Sakurai T†, Mitsuno H†, Matsuyama S, Shiota Y, Ito K, Yokoyama T, Nishioka T, Katsuma S, Kanzaki R, Ishikawa Y. Pheromonal activities of the bombykol isomer, (10E,12E)-10,12-hexadecadien-1-ol, in the pheromone gland of the silkmoth Bombyx mori.  J Insect Physiol. 2020: 121, 104018. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2020.104018

Fujimoto S, Kawamoto M, Shoji K, Suzuki Y, Katsuma S, Iwanaga M*. Whole-genome sequencing and comparative transcriptome analysis of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus La strain.  Virus Genes. 2020: 56, 249-259. DOI: 10.1007/s11262-019-01727-2

■2019

Zhou Y, Li X, Katsuma S, Xu Y, Shi L, Shimada T, Wang H*. Duplication and Diversification of Trehalase Confers Evolutionary Advantages on Lepidopteran Insects.  Mol Ecol. 2019: 24, 5282-5298. DOI: 10.1111/mec.15291

Katsuma S*, Shoji K, Sugano Y, Suzuki Y, Kiuchi T. Masc-induced dosage compensation in silkworm cultured cells.  FEBS Open Bio. 2019: 9(9), 1573–1579. DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12698

Tomihara K, Satta K, Shimada T, Kiuchi T*. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated somatic mutation of the sex-linked translucent (os) gene in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  J Insect Biotechnol Sericology. 2019: 88(2), 31-38. DOI: 10.11416/jibs.88.2_031

Kawamoto M†, Jouraku A†, Toyoda A, Yokoi K, Minakuchi Y, Katsuma S, Fujiyama A, Kiuchi T*, Yamamoto K*, Shimada T*. High-quality genome assembly of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2019: 107, 53-62. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.02.002

Tsukui K†, Yagisawa C†, Fujimoto S†, Ogawa M, Kokusho R, Nozawa M, Kawasaki H, Katsuma S, Iwanaga M*. Infectious Virions of Bombyx mori Latent Virus Are Incorporated into Bombyx Mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus Occlusion Bodies.  Viruses. 2019: 11(4). DOI: 10.3390/v11040316 宇都宮大学プレスリリース

Kiuchi T*, Sugano Y, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. Two CCCH-type zinc finger domains in the Masc protein are dispensable for masculinization and dosage compensation in Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2019: 104, 30-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.12.003

■2018

Fukui T, Kiuchi T, Shoji K, Kawamoto M, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. In vivo masculinizing function of the Ostrinia furnacalis Masculinizer gene.  Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018: 503(3), 1768-1772. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.07.111

Takai H, Ozawa R, Takabayashi J, Fujii S, Arai K, Ichiki RT, Koeduka T, Dohra H, Ohnishi T, Taketazu S, Kobayashi J, Kainoh Y, Nakamura S, Fujii T, Ishikawa Y, Kiuchi T, Katsuma S, Uefune M, Shimada T, Matsui K*. Silkworms suppress the release of green leaf volatiles by mulberry leaves with an enzyme from their spinnerets.  Sci Rep. 2018: 8 (1), 11942. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30328-6

Wang L, Dong Z, Wang J, Yin Y, Liu H, Hu W, Peng Z, Liu C, Li M, Banno Y, Shimada T, Xia Q, Zhao P*. Proteomic Analysis of Larval Integument in a Dominant Obese Translucent (Obs) Silkworm Mutant.  J Insect Sci. 2018: 18(6), 4. DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iey098

Zhang H, Kiuchi T, Hirayama C, Banno Y, Katsuma S, Shimada T*. A reexamination on the deficiency of riboflavin accumulation in Malpighian tubules in larval translucent mutants of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Genetica. 2018: 146(4-5), 425-431. DOI: 10.1007/s10709-018-0034-y

Ito K*, Kidokoro K, Katsuma S, Sezutsu H, Uchino K, Kobayashi I, Tamura T, Yamamoto K, Mita K, Shimada T, Kadono-Okuda K*. A single amino acid substitution in the Bombyx-specific mucin-like membrane protein causes resistance to Bombyx mori densovirus. Sci Rep. 2018: 8(1), 7430. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-25388-7

Takai H, Asaoka K, Ishizuna F, Kiuchi T, Katsuma S, Shimada T*. Morphological and electrophysiological differences in tarsal chemosensilla between the wild silkmoth Bombyx mandarina and the domesticated species Bombyx mori.  Arthropod Struct Dev. 2018: 47 (3), 238-247. DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2018.03.001

Hikida H, Kokusho R, Kobayashi J, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. Inhibitory role of the Bm8 protein in the propagation of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus.  Virus Res. 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2018.03.011

Zhang H, Kiuchi T, Hirayama C, Katsuma S, Shimada T*. Bombyx ortholog of the Drosophila eye color gene brown controls riboflavin transport in Malpighian tubules.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2018: 92, 65-72. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2017.11.012

Katsuma S*†, Kawamoto M†, Shoji K†, Aizawa T†, Kiuchi T, Izumi N, Ogawa M, Mashiko T, Kawasaki H, Sugano S, Tomari Y, Suzuki Y, Iwanaga M*. Transcriptome profiling reveals infection strategy of an insect maculavirus.  DNA Res. 25 (3), 277–286. DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsx056

Lee J, Kiuchi T*, Kawamoto M, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. Accumulation of uric acid in the epidermis forms the white integument of Samia ricini larvae.  PLoS One. 2018: 13(10), e0205758. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205758

■2017

Namiki S*, Fujii T, Shimada T, Kanzaki R*. The morphology of antennal lobe projection neurons is controlled by a POU-domain transcription factor Bmacj6 in the silkmoth Bombyx mori.  Sci Rep. 2017: 7(1), 14050. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14578-4

Zhang H, Kiuchi T, Wang L, Kawamoto M, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Banno Y, Katsuma S, Shimada T*. Bm-muted, orthologous to mouse muted and encoding a subunit of the BLOC-1 complex, is responsible for the otm translucent mutation of the silkworm Bombyx mori.  Gene. 2017: 629, 92-100. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.07.071

Katsuma S*, Kokusho R. A conserved glycine residue is required for proper functioning of a baculovirus VP39 protein.  J Virol. 2017: 91(6), e02253-16. DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02253-16

Shoji K, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. Artificial ping-pong cascade of PIWI-interacting RNA in silkworm cells.  RNA. 2017: Vol.23, No.1, 86-97. DOI: 10.1261/rna.058875.116

■2016

Kokusho R*, Koh Y, Fujimoto M, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus BM5 protein regulates progeny virus production and viral gene expression.  Virology. 2016: 498, 240–249. DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2016.08.032

Katsuma S*. Transcription of dbp from the coding region of the Bm17 gene is required for the efficient propagation of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus.  Virus Res. 2016: 223, 57–63. DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2016.06.018

Sakai H†, Sumitani M†, Chikami Y, Yahata K, Uchino K, Kiuchi T, Katsuma S, Aoki F, Sezutsu H, Suzuki MG*. Transgenic Expression of the piRNA-Resistant Masculinizer Gene Induces Female-Specific Lethality and Partial Female-to-Male Sex Reversal in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori.  PLoS Genet. 2016: 12 (8), e1006203. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006203 新領域創成科学研究科プレスリリース, マイナビニュースTECH+記事(2016年9月15日掲載)

Sugano Y, Kokusho R, Ueda M, Fujimoto M, Tsutsumi N, Shimada T, Kiuchi T, Katsuma S*. Identification of a bipartite nuclear localization signal in the silkworm Masc protein.  FEBS Lett. 2016: 590(14), 2256–2261. DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12246

Innami K, Aizawa T, Tsukui T, Katsuma S, Imanishi S, Kawasaki H, Iwanaga M*. Infection studies of nontarget mammalian cell lines with Bombyx mori macula-like virus.  J Virol Methods. 2016: 229, 24–26. DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2015.12.002

Ito K*, Shimura S, Katsuma S, Tsuda Y, Kobayashi J, Tabunoki H, Yokoyama T, Shimada T, Kadono-Okuda K. Gene expression and localization analysis of Bombyx mori bidensovirus and its putative receptor in B. mori midgut. J Invertebr Pathol. 2016: 136, 50-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2016.03.005

Sakai H, Kirino Y, Katsuma S, Aoki F, Suzuki MG*. Morphological and histomorphological structures of testes and ovaries in early developmental stages of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  J Insect Biotechnol Sericology. 2016: 85, 15–20. DOI: 10.11416/jibs.85.1_015

Izumi N, Shoji K, Sakaguchi Y, Honda S, Kirino Y, Suzuki T, Katsuma S, Tomari Y*. Identification and Functional Analysis of the Pre-piRNA 3' Trimmer in Silkworms.  Cell. 2016: 164(5), 962-73. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.01.008

Ito K*, Katsuma S, Kuwazaki S, Jouraku A, Fujimoto T, Sahara K, Yasukochi Y, Yamamoto K, Tabunoki H, Yokoyama T, Kadono-Okuda K, Shimada T. Mapping and recombination analysis of two moth colour mutations, Black moth and Wild wing spot, in the silkworm Bombyx mori.  Heredity. 2016: 116, 52–59. DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2015.69

Yuasa M, Kiuchi T, Banno Y, Katsuma S, Shimada T*. Identification of the silkworm quail gene reveals a crucial role of a receptor guanylyl cyclase in larval pigmentation.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2016: 68, 33-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.10.016

■2015

Uchiyama K, Fujimoto H, Katsuma S, Imanishi S, Kato A, Kawasaki H, Iwanaga M*. Inactivation of Bombyx mori macula-like virus under physical conditions.  In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim. 2016: 52(3), 265-70. Epub 2015 Nov 5. DOI: 10.1007/s11626-015-9972-1

Katsuma S*. Phosphatase activity of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus PTP is dispensable for enhanced locomotory activity in B. mori larvae.  J Invertebr Pathol. 2015: 132, 228–232. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2015.11.002

Katsuma S*, Sugano Y, Kiuchi T, Shimada T. Two Conserved Cysteine Residues Are Required for the Masculinizing Activity of the Silkworm Masc Protein.  J Biol Chem. 2015: 290(43), 26114–26124. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M115.685362

Shoji K, Katsuma S*. Is the expression of sense and antisense transgenes really sufficient for artificial piRNA production?  Current Biol. 2015: 25(16), R708-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.001

Lee J, Kiuchi T, Kawamoto M, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. Identification and functional analysis of a Masculinizer orthologue in Trilocha varians (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae).  Insect Mol Biol. 2015: 24(5), 561-9. DOI: 10.1111/imb.12181

Fukui T†, Kawamoto M†, Shoji K†, Kiuchi T†, Sugano S, Shimada T, Suzuki Y, Katsuma S*. The Endosymbiotic Bacterium Wolbachia Selectively Kills Male Hosts by Targeting the Masculinizing Gene.  PLoS Pathog. 2015: 11(7), e1005048. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005048

Li JJ, Cao C, Fixsen SM, Young JM, Ono C, Bando H, Elde NC, Katsuma S*, Dever TE*, Sicheri F*. Baculovirus protein PK2 subverts eIF2α kinase function by mimicry of its kinase domain C-lobe.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015: 112(32), E4364-73. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1505481112

Wang H, Kiuchi T, Katsuma S, Shimada T*. A novel sucrose hydrolase from the bombycoid silkworms Bombyx mori, Trilocha varians, and Samia cynthia ricini with a substrate specificity for sucrose.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2015: 61, 46-52. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.04.005

Kokusho R, Kawamoto M, Koyano Y, Sugano S, Suzuki Y, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus ARIF-1 enhances systemic infection in B. mori larvae.  J Gen Virol. 2015: 96(Pt 7), 1938-1946. DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.000130

Kawamoto M, Koga H, Kiuchi T, Shoji K, Sugano S, Shimada T, Suzuki Y, Katsuma S*. Sexually biased transcripts at early embryonic stages of the silkworm depend on the sex chromosome constitution.  Gene. 2015: 560, 50–56. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.01.036

Ishihara G, Kokusho R, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. Functional analysis of antisense long non-coding RNAs transcribed from the Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) nucleopolyhedrovirus genome.  Appl Entomol Zool. 2015: 50, 155–167. DOI: 10.1007/s13355-014-0317-4

Katsuma S*, Shimada T. The killing speed of egt-inactivated Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus depends on the developmental stage of B. mori larvae.  J Invertebr Pathol. 2015: 126, 64-70. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2015.01.012

Katsuma S*, Bando H, Shimada T. Deletion analysis of a superoxide dismutase gene of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus.  Appl Entomol Zool. 2015: 50, 57-62. DOI: 10.1007/s13355-014-0304-9

■2014

Ito H, Bando H, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. The BIR and BIR-like domains of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus IAP2 protein are required for efficient viral propagation.  Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2014: 454(4), 581-587. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.10.132

Rong Y, Fujii T*, Katsuma S, Yamamoto M, Ando T, Ishikawa Y. CYP341B14: A cytochrome P450 involved in the specific epoxidation of pheromone precursors in the fall webworm Hyphantria cunea.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2014: 54, 122-128. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2014.09.009

Iwanaga M*, Tsukui K, Uchiyama K, Katsuma S, Imanishi S, and Kawasaki H. Expression of recombinant proteins by BEVS in a macula-like virus-free silkworm cell line.  J Invertebr Pathol. 2014: 123, 34-37. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2014.09.004

Shoji K, Hara K, Kawamoto M, Kiuchi T, Kawaoka S, Sugano S, Shimada T, Suzuki Y, Katsuma S*. Silkworm HP1a transcriptionally enhances highly expressed euchromatic genes via association with their transcription start sites.  Nucleic Acids Res. 2014: 42(18):11462-11471. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku862

Iwanaga M*, Adachi Y, Uchiyama K, Tsukui K, Katsuma S, Kawasaki H. Long-term adaptation of the Bombyx mori BmN4 cell line to grow in serum-free culture.  In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim. 2014: 50(9), 792-796. DOI: 10.1007/s11626-014-9781-y

Kiuchi T, Koga H†, Kawamoto M†, Shoji K†, Sakai H, Arai Y, Ishihara G, Kawaoka S, Sugano S, Shimada T, Suzuki Y, Suzuki MG, Katsuma S*. A single female-specific piRNA is the primary determiner of sex in the silkworm.  Nature. 2014: 509, 633-636. DOI: 10.1038/nature13315 農学生命科学研究科プレスリリース, Natureダイジェスト記事

Iwanaga M*, Shibano Y, Ohsawa T, Fujita T, Katsuma S, Kawasaki H. Involvement of HSC70-4 and other inducible HSPs in Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection.  Virus Res. 2014: 179, 113-118. DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2013.10.028

Uemura N, Tabunoki H*, Suzuki T, Ishikawa K, Nojima Y, Katsuma S, Sato R, Satoh JI. Production of wild-type and mutant-type human DAP12 proteins by Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus vector.  Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2014: 78(1), 71-74. DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2014.877824

■2013

Bisch-Knaden S*, Daimon T, Shimada T, Hansson BS, Sachse S. Anatomical and functional analysis of domestication effects on the olfactory system of the silkmoth Bombyx mori.  Proc Biol Sci. 2013: 281(1774), 20132582. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2582

Fujii T*, Suzuki MG, Katsuma S, Ito K, Rong Y, Matsumoto S, Ando T, Ishikawa Y. Discovery of a disused desaturase gene from the pheromone gland of the moth Ascotis selenaria, which secretes an epoxyalkenyl sex pheromone. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2013: 441(4), 849-55. DOI:10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.10.143

Suetsugu Y, Futahashi R, Kanamori H, Kadono-Okuda K, Sasanuma SI, Narukawa J, Ajimura M, Jouraku A, Namiki N, Shimomura M, Sezutsu H, Osanai-Futahashi M, Suzuki MG, Daimon T, Shinoda T, Taniai K, Asaoka K, Niwa R, Kawaoka S, Katsuma S, Tamura T, Noda H, Kasahara M, Sugano S, Suzuki Y, Fujiwara H, Kataoka H, Arunkumar KP,* Tomar A, Nagaraju J, Goldsmith MR*, Feng Q, Xia Q, Yamamoto K, Shimada T, Mita K*. Large scale full-length cDNA sequencing reveals a unique genomic landscape in a lepidopteran model insect, Bombyx mori.  G3 (Bethesda). 2013: 3, 1481-1492. DOI: 10.1534/g3.113.006239

Shoji K, Kiuchi T, Hara K, Kawamoto M, Kawaoka S, Arimura S, Tsutsumi N, Sugano S, Suzuki Y, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. Characterization of a novel chromodomain-containing gene from the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Gene. 2013: 527 (2), 649-654. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.06.071

Izumi N†, Kawaoka S†, Yasuhara S, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Katsuma S*, Tomari Y*. Hsp90 facilitates accurate loading of precursor piRNAs into PIWI proteins.  RNA. 2013: 19, 896-901. DOI: 10.1261/rna.037200.112

Bono F†, De Smet F†, Herbert C, De Bock K, Georgiadou M, Fons P, Tjwa M, Alcouffe C, Ny A, Bianciotto M, Jonckx B, Murakami M, Lanahan A, Michielsen C, Sibrac D, Dol-Gleizes F, Mazzone M, Zacchigna S, Herault JP, Fischer C, Rigon P, Ruiz de Almodovar C, Claes F, Blanc I, Poesen K, Zhang J, Segura I, Gueguen G, Bordes MF, Lambrechts D, Broussy R, van de Wouwer M, Michaux C, Shimada T, Jean I, Blacher S, Noel A, Motte P, Rom E, Rakic JM, Katsuma S, Schaeffer P, Yayon A, Schepdael VA, Schwalbe H, Gervasio F, Carmeliet G, Rozensky J, Dewerchin M, Simons M, Christopoulos A, Herbert JM†, Carmeliet P*†. Inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and growth by a small-molecule multi-FGF receptor blocker with allosteric properties.  Cancer Cell. 2013: 23, 477-488. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2013.02.019

Wang L, Kiuchi T, Fujii T, Daimon T, Li M, Banno Y, Kikuta S, Kikawada T, Katsuma S, Shimada T*. Mutation of a novel ABC transporter gene is responsible for the failure to incorporate uric acid in the epidermis of ok mutants of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2013: 43 (7) 562-571. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.03.011

Lin Y†, Meng Y†, Wang YX†, Luo J, Katsuma S, Yang CW, Banno Y, Kusakabe T, Shimada T*, Xia QY*. Vitellogenin receptor mutation leads to the oogenesis mutant phenotype 'scanty vitellin' of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  J Biol Chem. 2013: 288, 13345-13355. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.462556

Fujii T*, Abe H, Kawamoto M, Katsuma S, Banno Y, Shimada T*. Albino (al) is a tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)-deficient mutant of the silkworm Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2013: 43(7), 594-600. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.03.009

Ishihara G, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. Functional characterization of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus CG30 protein.  Virus Res. 2013: 174, 52–59. DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2013.02.014

Tsuchida A, Ishihara G, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. Dimerization and proper degradation of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedorivirus IE2 are required for efficient virus growth in B. mori larvae.  Appl Entomol Zool. 2013: 48, 125–130. DOI: 10.1007/s13355-012-0159-x

Ito K*, Kidokoro K, Shimura S, Katsuma S, Kadono-Okuda K*. Detailed investigation of the sequential pathological changes in silkworm larvae infected with Bombyx densovirus type 1.  J Invertebr Pathol. 2013: 112, 213-218. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.12.005

Wang L, Kiuchi T, Fujii T, Daimon T, Li M, Banno Y, Katsuma S, Shimada T*. Reduced expression of the dysbindin-like gene in the Bombyx mori ov mutant exhibiting mottled translucency of the larval skin.  Genome. 2013: 56, 101-108. DOI: 10.1139/gen-2012-0127

Kawaoka S*†, Hara K†, Shoji K, Kobayashi M, Shimada T, Sugano S, Tomari Y, Suzuki Y, Katsuma S. The comprehensive epigenome map of piRNA clusters. Nucleic Acids Res. 2013: 41, 1581-1590. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1275

Hori T, Kiuchi T, Shimada T, Nagata M, Katsuma S*. Silkworm plasmatocytes are more resistant than other hemocyte morphotypes to Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection.  J Invertebr Pathol. 2013: 112, 102-104. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.09.004

■2012

Katsuma S*, Shimada T. Comparative studies of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection in BmN4 cell lines maintained in different laboratories.  J Insect Biotechnol Sericology. 2012: 81, 7-12. DOI: 10.11416/jibs.81.1_007

Fujii T*, Banno Y, Abe H, Katsuma S, Shimada T*. A homolog of the human Hermansky-Pudluck Syndrome-5 (HPS5) gene is responsible for the oa larval translucent mutants in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Genetica. 2012: 140, 463-468. DOI: 10.1007/s10709-012-9694-1

Daimon T*, Fujii T, Fujii T, Yokoyama T, Katsuma S, Shinoda T, Shimada T, Ishikawa Y. Reinvestigation of the sex pheromone of the wild silkmoth, Bombyx mandarina: The effects of bombykal and bombykyl acetate.  J Chem Ecol. 2012: 38, 1031-1035. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0164-0

Ito K*, Kidokoro K, Katsuma S, Shimada T, Yamamoto K, Mita K, Kadono-Okuda K*. Positional cloning of a gene responsible for the cts mutation of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Genome. 2012: 55, 493-504. DOI: 10.1139/g2012-033

Katsuma S*, Koyano Y, Kang W-K, Kokusho R, Kamita SG, Shimada T. The baculovirus uses a captured host phosphatase to induce enhanced locomotory activity in host caterpillars. PLoS Pathog. 2012: 8, e1002644. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002644

Daimon T, Kozaki T, Niwa R, Kobayashi I, Furuta K, Namiki T, Uchino K, Banno Y, Katsuma S, Tamura T, Mita K, Sezutsu H, Nakayama M, Itoyama K, Shimada T, Shinoda T*. Precocious metamorphosis in the juvenile hormone-deficient mutant of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. PLoS Genet. 2012: 8, e1002486. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002486

Hara K, Fujii T, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Shimada T, Katsuma S*, Kawaoka S*. Altered expression of testis-specific genes, piRNAs, and transposons in the silkworm ovary masculinized by a W chromosome mutation.  BMC Genomics. 2012: 13, 119. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-119

Kang W-K, Katsuma S*, Matsuda-Imai N, Kurihara M, Yoshiga T, Shimada T, Matsumoto S. Identification and characterization of host factors interacting with Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus ORF8. J Microbiol. 2012: 50, 469-477. DOI: 10.1007/s12275-012-2010-z

Daimon T*†, Fujii T†, Yago M, Hsu Y-F, Nakajima Y, Fujii T, Katsuma S, Ishikawa Y, Shimada T. Female sex pheromone and male behavioral responses of the bombycid moth Trilocha varians: comparison with those of the domesticated silkmoth Bombyx mori.  Naturwissenschaften. 2012: 99, 207-215. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0887-3

Katsuma S*, Kobayashi J*, Koyano Y, Matsuda-Imai N, Kang W-K, Shimada T. Baculovirus-encoded protein BV/ODV-E26 determines tissue tropism and virulence in lepidopteran insects.  J Virol. 2012: 86, 2545-2555. DOI: 10.1128/JVI.06308-11

Iwanaga M*, Hitotsuyama T, Katsuma S, Ishihara G, Daimon T, Shimada T, Imanishi S, Kawasaki H. Infection study of Bombyx mori macula-like virus (BmMLV) using a BmMLV-negative cell line and an infectious cDNA clone.  J Virol Methods. 2012: 179, 316-324. DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2011.11.016

Kawaoka S†, Mitsutake H†, Kiuchi T, Kobayashi M, Yoshikawa M, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Shimada T, Kobayashi J*, Tomari Y*, Katsuma S*. A role for transcription from a piRNA cluster in de novo piRNA production.  RNA. 2012: 18, 265-273. DOI: 10.1261/rna.029777.111

Daimon T*, Yago M, Hsu YF, Fujii T, Nakajima Y, Kokusho R, Abe H, Katsuma S, Shimada T*. Molecular Phylogeny, Laboratory Rearing, and Karyotype of the Bombycid Moth, Trilocha varians.  J Insect Sci. 2012: 12, 49. DOI: 10.1673/031.012.4901

■2011

Fujii T, Fujii T, Namiki S, Abe H, Sakurai T, Ohnuma A, Kanzaki R, Katsuma S, Ishikawa Y, Shimada T*. Sex-linked transcription factor involved in a shift of sex-pheromone preference in the silkmoth Bombyx mori.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011: 108(44), 18038-18043. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1107282108

Kokusho R, Zhang CX, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. Comparative analysis of budded virus infectivity of Bombyx mandarina and B. mori nucleopolyhedroviruses.  Virus Genes. 2011: 43(2), 313-317. DOI: 10.1007/s11262-011-0623-7

Kawaoka S†, Kadota K†, Arai Y, Suzuki Y, Fujii T, Abe H, Yasukochi Y, Mita K, Sugano S, Shimizu K, Tomari Y, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. The silkworm W chromosome is a source of female-enriched piRNAs.  RNA. 2011: 17(12), 2144-2151. DOI: 10.1261/rna.027565.111

Fujii T*, Abe H, Yamamoto K, Katsuma S, Shimada T. Interspecies linkage analysis of mo, a Bombyx mori locus associated with mosaicism and gynandromorphism.  Genetica. 2011: 139(10), 1323–1329. DOI: 10.1007/s10709-012-9634-0

Kiuchi T, Banno Y, Katsuma S, Shimada T*. Mutations in an amino acid transporter gene are responsible for sex-linked translucent larval skin of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2011: 41(9), 680-687. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.04.011

Kawaoka S, Izumi N, Katsuma S*, Tomari Y*. 3' End Formation of PIWI-Interacting RNAs In Vitro. Mol Cell. 2011: 43(6), 1015-1022. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.07.029

Kawaoka S, Arai Y, Kadota K, Suzuki Y, Hara K, Sugano S, Shimizu K, Tomari Y, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. Zygotic amplification of secondary piRNAs during silkworm embryogenesis.  RNA. 2011: 17(7), 1401-1407. DOI: 10.1261/rna.2709411

Fujii T, Abe H, Katsuma S, Shimada T*. Identification and characterization of the fusion transcript, composed of the apterous homolog and a putative protein phosphatase gene, generated by 1.5-Mb interstitial deletion in the vestigial (Vg) mutant of Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2011: 41(5), 306-312. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.01.007

Fujii T, Ito K, Tatematsu M, Shimada T, Katsuma S, Ishikawa Y*. Sex pheromone desaturase functioning in a primitive Ostrinia moth is cryptically conserved in congeners' genomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011: 108(17), 7102-7106. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1019519108

Tatematsu K, Yamamoto K, Uchino K, Narukawa J, Iizuka T, Banno Y, Katsuma S, Shimada T, Tamura T, Sezutsu H, Daimon T*. Positional cloning of silkworm white egg 2 (w-2) locus shows functional conservation and diversification of ABC transporters for pigmentation in insects.  Genes Cells. 2011: 16, 331-342. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2011.01490.x

Tabunoki H*, Ode H, Banno Y, Katsuma S, Shimada T, Mita K, Yamamoto K, Sato R, Ishii-Nozawa R, Satoh J. BmDJ-1 is a key regulator of oxidative modification in the development of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  PLoS One. 2011: 6(3), e17683. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017683

Sakudoh T, Nakashima T, Kuroki Y, Fujiyama A, Kohara Y, Honda N, Fujimoto H, Shimada T, Nakagaki M, Banno Y, Tsuchida K*. Diversity in copy number and structure of a silkworm morphogenetic gene as a result of domestication.  Genetics. 2011: 187(3), 965-976. DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.124982

Katsuma S*, Tsuchida A, Matsuda-Imai N, Kang WK, Shimada T. Role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection.  J Gen Virol. 2011: 92(3), 699-705. DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.027573-0

Katsuma S*, Kang WK, Shin-I T, Ohishi K, Kadota K, Kohara Y, Shimada T. Mass identification of transcriptional units expressed from the Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus genome.  J Gen Virol. 2011: 92(Pt 1), 200-203. DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.025908-0

■2010

Urano K, Daimon T, Banno Y, Mita K, Terada T, Shimizu K, Katsuma S, Shimada T*. Molecular defect of isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase in the skunk mutant of silkworm, Bombyx mori.  FEBS J. 2010: 277, 4452-4463. DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07832.x

Abe H*, Fujii T, Shimada T, Mita K. Novel non-autonomous transposable elements on the W chromosome of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  J Genet. 2010: 89(3) (Special issue - How is sex determined in insects?), 375-387. DOI: 10.1007/s12041-010-0049-3

Iwasaki S, Kobayashi M, Yoda M, Sakaguchi Y, Katsuma S, Suzuki T, Tomari Y*. Hsc70/Hsp90 chaperone machinery mediates ATP-dependent RISC loading of small RNA duplexes.  Mol Cell. 2010: 39, 292-299. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.05.015

Daimon T†, Hirayama S†*, Kanai M, Ruike Y, Meng Y, Kosegawa E, Nakamura M, Tsujimoto G, Katsuma S, Shimada T*. The silkworm Green b locus encodes a quercetin 5-O-glucosyltransferase that produces green cocoons with UV-shielding properties.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010: 107, 11471-11476. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1000479107

Niwa R†*, Namiki T†, Ito K†, Shimada-Niwa Y, Kiuchi M, Kawaoka S, Kayukawa T, Banno Y, Fujimoto Y, Shigenobu S, Kobayashi S, Shimada T, Katsuma S, Shinoda T*.  Non-molting glossy/shroud encodes a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase that functions in the "Black Box" of the ecdysteroid biosynthesis pathway.  Development. 2010: 137, 1991-1999. DOI: 10.1242/dev.045641

Nakanishi T, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. Characterization of a Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus mutant lacking both fp25K and p35. Virus Genes. 2010: 41, 144-148. DOI: 10.1007/s11262-010-0492-5

Daimon T, Mitsuhiro M, Katsuma S, Abe H, Mita K, Shimada T*. Recent transposition of yabusame, a novel piggyBac-like transposable element in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Genome. 2010: 53, 585-593. DOI: 10.1139/G10-035

Fujii T, Daimon T, Uchino K, Banno Y, Katsuma S, Sezutsu H, Tamura T, Shimada T*. Transgenic analysis of the BmBLOS2 gene that governs the translucency of the larval integument of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Insect Mol Biol. 2010: 19, 659-667. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01020.x

Nakanishi T, Goto C, Kobayashi M, Kang WK, Suzuki T, Dohmae N, Matsumoto S, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. Comparative studies of a lepidopteran baculovirus-specific protein FP25K: Development of a novel BmNPV-based vector with a modified fp25K gene.  J Virol. 2010: 84, 5191-5200. DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00099-10

Ito K, Katsuma S, Yamamoto K, Kadono-Okuda K, Mita K, Shimada T*. Yellow-e determines the color pattern of larval head and tail spots of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  J Biol Chem. 2010: 285, 5624-5629. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M109.035741

Fujii T*, Ito K, Katsuma S, Nakano R, Shimada T, Ishikawa Y. Molecular and biochemical characterization of an acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase from the adzuki bean borer Ostrinia scapulalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2010: 40, 74-48. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2009.12.012

Fujii T, Kuwazaki S, Yamamoto K, Abe H, Ohnuma A, Katsuma S, Mita K, Shimada T*. Identification and molecular characterization of a sex chromosome rearrangement causing a soft and pliable (spli) larval body phenotype in the silkworm Bombyx mori.  Genome. 2010: 53, 45-54. DOI: 10.1139/g09-083

■2009

Katsuma S*, Shimada T. Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus ORF34 is required for efficient transcription of late and very late genes.  Virology. 2009: 392, 230-237. DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2009.07.003

Kawaoka S, Hayashi N, Suzuki Y, Abe H, Sugano S, Tomari Y, Shimada T, Katsuma S*. The Bombyx ovary-derived cell line endogenously expresses Piwi/Piwi-interacting RNA complexes.  RNA. 2009: 15, 1258-1264. DOI: 10.1261/rna.1452209 

Fujii T, Ozaki M, Masamoto T, Katsuma S, Abe H, Shimada T*. A Bombyx mandarina mutant exhibiting translucent larval skin is controlled by the molybdenum cofactor sulfurase gene.  Genes Genet Syst. 2009: 84, 147-152. DOI: 10.1266/ggs.84.147

Meng Y, Katsuma S, Daimon T, Banno Y, Uchino K, Sezutsu H, Tamura T, Mita K, Shimada T*. The silkworm mutant lemon (lemon lethal) is a potential insect model for human Sepiapterin reductase deficiency.  J Biol Chem. 2009: 284, 11698 -11705. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M900485200

Ito K, Katsuma S, Yamamoto K, Kadono-Okuda K, Mita K, Shimada T*. A 25 bp-long insertional mutation in the BmVarp gene causes the waxy translucent skin of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2009: 39, 287-293. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2009.01.005

Katsuma S*, Nakanishi T, Shimada T. Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus FP25K is essential for maintaining a steady-state level of v-cath expression throughout the infection.  Virus Res. 2009: 140, 155-160. DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.11.014

Sato Y, Morita R, Katsuma S, Nishimura M, Tanaka A, Kusaba M*. Two short-chain dehydrogenase/reductases, NON-YELLOW COLORING 1 and NYC1-LIKE, are required for chlorophyll b and light-harvesting complex II degradation during senescence in rice.  Plant J. 2009: 57, 120-131. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03670.x

Kawaoka S, Katsuma S, Meng Y, Hayashi N, Mita K, Shimada T*. Identification and characterization of globin genes from two lepidopteran insects, Bombyx mori and Samia cynthia ricini.  Gene. 2009: 431, 33-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.11.004

Meng Y, Katsuma S, Mita K, Shimada T*. Abnormal red body coloration of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, is caused by a mutation in a novel kynureninase.  Genes Cells. 2009: 14, 129-140. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2008.01257.x

Katsuma S*, Nakanishi T, Daimon T, Shimada T.  N-linked glycans located in the pro-region of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus V-CATH are essential for the proper folding of V-CATH and V-CHIA.  J Gen Virol. 2009: 90, 170-176. DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.005835-0

■2008

Katsuma S*, Horie S, Shimada T.  The fibroblast growth factor homolog of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus enhances systemic virus propagation in B. mori larvae.  Virus Res. 2008: 137, 80-85. DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.06.002

The International Silkworm Genome Consortium* (Chinese group: Xia Q†*, Wang J†, Zhou Z†, Li R†, Fan W, Cheng D, Cheng T, Qin J, Duan J, Xu H, Li Q, Li N, Wang M, Dai F, Liu C, Lin Y, Zhao P, Zhang H, Liu S, Zha X, Li C, Zhao A, Pan M, Pan G, Shen Y, Gao Z, Wang Z, Wang G, Wu Z, Hou Y, Chai C, Yu Q, He N, Zhang Z, Li S, Yang H, Lu C, Wang J*, Xiang Z* | Japanese group: Mita K†*, Kasahara M†, Nakatani Y†, Yamamoto K†, Abe H, Ahsan B, Daimon T, Doi K, Fujii T, Fujiwara H, Fujiyama A, Futahashi R, Hashimoto S, Ishibashi J, Iwami M, Kadono-Okuda K, Kanamori H, Kataoka H, Katsuma S, Kawaoka S, Kawasaki H, Kohara Y, Kozaki T, Kuroshu RM, Kuwazaki S, Matsushima K, Minami H, Nagayasu Y, Nakagawa T, Narukawa J, Nohata J, Ohishi K, Ono Y, Osanai-Futahashi M, Ozaki K, Qu W, Roller L, Sasaki S, Sasaki T, Seino A, Shimomura M, Shimomura M, Shin-I T, Shinoda T, Shiotsuki T, Suetsugu Y, Sugano S, Suwa M, Suzuki Y, Takiya S, Tamura T, Tanaka H, Tanaka Y, Touhara K, Yamada T, Yamakawa M, Yamanaka N, Yoshikawa H, Zhong Y-S, Shimada T*, Morishita S*).  The genome of a lepidopteran model insect, the silkworm Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2008: 38, 1036-1045. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.11.004

Katsuma S*, Kawaoka S, Mita K, Shimada T.  Genome-wide survey for baculoviral host homologs using the Bombyx genome sequence.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2008: 38, 1080-1086. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.05.008

Kawaoka S, Hayashi N, Katsuma S, Kishino H, Kohara Y, Mita K, Shimada T*.  Bombyx small RNAs: Genomic defense system against transposons in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2008: 38, 1058-1065. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.03.007

Fujii T, Abe H, Katsuma S, Mita K, Shimada T*.  Mapping of sex-linked genes onto the genome sequence using various aberrations of the Z chromosome in Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2008: 38, 1072-1079. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.03.004

Futahashi R†, Sato J†, Meng Y†, Okamoto S, Daimon T, Yamamoto K, Suetsugu Y, Narukawa J, Takahashi H, Banno Y, Katsuma S, Shimada T, Mita K, Fujiwara H*.  yellow and ebony are the responsible genes for the larval color mutants of the silkworm Bombyx mori.  Genetics. 2008: 180, 1995-2005. DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.096388

Katsuma S*, Fujii T, Kawaoka S, Shimada T.  Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus SNF2 global transactivator homologue (Bm33) enhances viral pathogenicity in B. mori larvae.  J Gen Virol. 2008: 89, 3039-3046. DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.2008/004887-0

Arunkumar KP, Tomar A, Daimon T, Shimada T, Nagaraju J*.  WildSilkbase: An EST database of wild silkmoths.  BMC Genomics. 2008: 9, 338. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-338

Suzuki MG, Imanishi S, Dohmae N, Nishimura T, Shimada T, Matsumoto S*.  Establishment of a novel in vivo sex-specific splicing assay system to identify a trans-acting factor that negatively regulates splicing of Bombyx mori dsx female exons.  Mol Cell Biol. 2008: 28, 333-343. DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01528-07

Ito K, Kidokoro K, Sezutsu H, Nohata N, Yamamoto K, Kobayashi I, Uchino K, Kalyebi A, Eguchi R, Hara W, Tamura T, Katsuma S, Shimada T, Mita K, Kadono-Okuda K*.  Deletion of a gene encoding an amino acid transporter in the midgut membrane causes resistance to a Bombyx parvo-like virus.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008: 105, 7523-7527. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711841105

Daimon T, Taguchi T, Meng Y, Katsuma S, Mita K, Shimada T*.  Beta-fructofuranosidase genes of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: Insight into enzymatic adaptation of B. mori to toxic alkaloids in mulberry latex.  J Biol Chem. 2008: 283, 15271-15279. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M709350200

Tabunoki H, Shimada T, Banno Y, Sato R, Kajiwara H, Mita K, Satoh J*.  Identification of Bombyx mori 14-3-3 orthologs and the interactor Hsp60.  Neurosci Res. 2008: 61, 271-280. DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2008.03.007

Kawaoka S†, Minami K†, Katsuma S, Mita K, Shimada T*.  Developmentally synchronized expression of two Bombyx mori Piwi subfamily genes, SIWI and BmAGO3 in germ-line cells.  Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008: 367, 755-760. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.01.013

Abe H*, Fujii T, Tanaka N, Yokoyama T, Kakehashi K, Ajimura M, Mita K, Banno Y, Yasukochi Y, Oshiki T, Nenoi M, Ishikawa T, Shimada T.  Identification of the female-determining region of the W chromosome in Bombyx mori.  Genetica. 2008: 133, 269-282. DOI: 10.1007/s10709-007-9210-1

Kawaoka S, Katsuma S, Daimon T, Isono R, Omuro S, Mita K, Shimada T*.  Functional analysis of four Gloverin-like genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. 2008: 67, 87-96. DOI: 10.1002/arch.20223

Meng Y, Omuro N, Funaguma S, Daimon T, Kawaoka S, Katsuma S, Shimada T*.  Prominent down-regulation of storage protein genes after bacterial challenge in eri-silkworm, Samia cynthia ricini.  Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. 2008: 67, 9-19. DOI: 10.1002/arch.20214

■2007

Orihara Y, Hamamoto H, Kasuga H, Shimada T, Kawaguchi Y, Sekimizu K*.  Evaluation of therapeutic effects of antiviral agents using a silkworm baculovirus infection model.  J Gen Virol. 2007: 89, 188-194. DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.83208-0

Katsuma S*, Mita K, Shimada T.  ERK- and JNK-dependent signaling pathways contribute to Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection.  J Virol. 2007: 81, 13700-13709. DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01683-07

Daimon T, Katsuma S, Kang WK, Shimada T*.  Functional characterization of chitinase from Cydia pomonella granulovirus.  Arch Virol. 2007: 152, 1655-1664. DOI: 10.1007/s00705-007-1000-7

Quan GX, Kobayashi I, Kojima K, Uchino K, Kanda T, Sezutsu H, Shimada T, Tamura T*.  Rescue of white egg 1 mutant by introduction of the wild-type Bombyx kynurenine 3-monooxygenase gene.  Insect Sci. 2007: 14, 85-92. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2007.00129.x

Iwanaga M*, Shimada T, Kobayashi M, Kang WK.  Identification of differentially expressed host genes in Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infected cells by using subtractive hybridization.  Appl Entomol Zool. 2007: 42, 151-159. DOI: 10.1303/aez.2007.151

Funaguma S, Hashimoto S, Suzuki Y, Omuro N, Sugano S, Mita K, Katsuma S, Shimada T*.  SAGE analysis of early oogenesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2007: 37, 147-154. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.11.001

Daimon T, Katsuma S, Shimada T*.  Mutational analysis of active site residues of chitinase from Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus.  Virus Res. 2007: 124, 168-175. DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2006.11.001

Fujii T, Yokoyama T, Ninagi O, Kakehashi K, Obara Y, Nenoi M, Ishikawa T, Mita K, Shimada T, Abe H*.  Isolation and characterization of sex chromosome rearrangements generating male muscle dystrophy and female abnormal oogenesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Genetica. 2007: 130, 267-280. DOI: 10.1007/s10709-006-9104-7

■2006

Katsuma S*, Daimon T, Horie S, Kobayashi M, Shimada T.  N-linked glycans of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus fibroblast growth factor are crucial for its secretion.  Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006: 350, 1069-1075. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.10.001

Katsuma S*, Horie S, Daimon T, Iwanaga M, Shimada T.  In vivo and in vitro analyses of a Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus mutant lacking functional vfgf.  Virology. 2006: 355, 62-70. DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.07.008

Daimon T, Katsuma S, Kang WK, Shimada T*.  Comparative studies of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus chitinase and its host ortholog, BmChi-h.  Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006: 345, 825-833. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.04.112

Katsuma S*, Daimon T, Mita K, Shimada T.  Lepidopteran ortholog of Drosophila Breathless is a receptor for the baculoviral fibroblast growth factor.  J Virol. 2006: 80, 5474-5481. DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00248-06

Fujii T, Tanaka N, Yokoyama T, Ninaki O, Oshiki T, Ohnuma A, Tazima Y, Banno Y, Ajimura M, Mita K, Seki M, Ohbayashi F, Shimada T, Abe H*.  The female-killing chromosome of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, was generated by translocation between the Z and W chromosomes.  Genetica. 2006: 127, 253-265. DOI: 10.1007/s10709-005-4147-8

Tsukioka H, Takahashi M, Mon H, Okano K, Mita K, Shimada T, Lee JM, Kawaguchi Y, Koga K, Kusakabe T*.  Role of the silkworm argonaute2 homolog gene in double-strand break repair of extrachromosomal DNA.  Nucleic Acids Res. 2006: 34, 1092-1101. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkj507

Zhong YS, Mita K, Shimada T, Kawasaki H*.  Glycine rich protein genes, encoding proteins constructing insect cuticle, have different developmental profiles from other cuticle protein genes in Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2006: 36, 99-110. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2005.07.005

■2005

Miao XX†, Xu SJ†, Li MH†, Li MW†, Huang JH†, Dai FY, Marino SW, Mills DR, Zheng PY, Mita K, Jia SH, Zhang Y, Liu WB, Xiang H, Guo QH, Xu AY, Kong XY, Lin HX, Shi YZ, Lu G, Zhang X, Huang W, Yasukochi Y, Sugasaki T, Shimada T, Nagaraju J, Xiang ZH, Wang SY*, Goldsmith MR*, Lu C*, Zhao GP*, Huang YP*.  Simple sequence repeat-based consensus linkage map of Bombyx mori.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005: 102, 16303-16308. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0507794102

Daimon T, Katsuma S, Iwanaga M, Kang WK, Shimada T*.  The BmChi-h gene, a bacterial-type chitinase gene of Bombyx mori, encodes a functional exochitinase that plays a role in the chitin degradation during the molting process.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2005: 35, 1112-1123. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2005.05.005

Katsuma S, Tanaka S, Omuro N, Takabuchi L, Daimon T, Imanishi S, Yamashita S, Iwanaga M, Mita K, Maeda S, Kobayashi M, Shimada T*.  Novel macula-like virus identified in Bombyx mori cultured cells.  J Virol. 2005: 79, 5577-5584. DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.9.5577-5584.2005

Ote M, Mita K, Kawasaki H, Daimon T, Kobayashi M, Shimada T*.  Identification of molting fluid carboxypeptidase A (MF-CPA) in Bombyx mori.  Comp Biochem Physiol B. 2005: 141, 314-322. DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2005.04.005

Ote M, Mita K, Kawasaki H, Kobayashi M, Shimada T*.  Characteristics of two genes encoding proteins with an ADAM-type metalloprotease domain, which are induced during the molting periods in Bombyx mori.  Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. 2005: 59, 91-98. DOI: 10.1002/arch.20059

Funaguma S, Suzuki MG, Tamura T, Shimada T*.  The Bmdsx transgene including trimmed introns is sex-specifically spliced in tissues of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  J Insect Sci. 2005: 5, 17. DOI: 10.1093/jis/5.1.17

Abe H*, Seki M, Ohbayashi F, Tanaka N, Yamashita JI, Fujii T, Yokoyama T, Takahashi M, Banno Y, Sahara K, Yoshido A, Ihara JI, Yasukochi Y, Mita K, Ajimura M, Suzuki MG, Oshiki T, Shimada T.  Partial deletions of the W chromosome due to reciprocal translocation in the silkworm Bombyx mori.  Insect Mol Biol. 2005: 14, 339-352. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00565.x

Kamita SG, Nagasaka K, Chua JW, Shimada T, Mita K, Kobayashi M, Maeda S, Hammock BD*.  A baculovirus-encoded protein tyrosine phosphatase gene induces enhanced locomotory activity in a lepidopteran host.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2005: 102, 2584-2589. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0409457102

Funaguma S, Shimada T*.  Accurate pre-mRNA splicing using a nuclear extract from Bombyx mori fat body.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2005: 35, 257-261. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.12.005

Prasad MD*, Muthulakshmi M, Madhu M, Arunkumar KP, Sreenu VB, Pavithra V, Bose B, Nagarajaram HA, Mita K, Shimada T, Nagaraju J.  SilkSatDb: A microsatellite database of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Nucleic Acids Res. 2005: 33, D403-406. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki099

Suzuki MG, Funaguma S, Kanda T, Tamura T, Shimada T*.  Role of the male BmDSX protein in the sexual differentiation of Bombyx mori.  Evol Dev. 2005: 7, 58-68. DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2005.05007.x

■2004

Iwanaga M†, Takaya K†, Katsuma S†, Ote M, Tanaka S, Kamita SG, Kang WK, Shimada T*, Kobayashi M.  Expression profiling of baculovirus genes in permissive and nonpermissive cell lines.  Biochem Biophys Res Commun.  2004: 323, 599-614. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.08.114

Katsuma S, Tanaka S, Shimada T*, Kobayashi M.  Reduced cysteine protease activity of the hemolymph of Bombyx mori larvae infected with fp25K-inactivated Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus results in the reduced postmortem host degradation.  Arch Virol.  2004: 149, 1773-1782. DOI: 10.1007/s00705-004-0328-5

Katsuma S, Shimada T*, Kobayashi M.  Characterization of the baculovirus Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus gene homologous to the mammalian FGF gene family.  Virus Genes.  2004: 29, 211-217. DOI: 10.1023/B:VIRU.0000036381.11779.dd

Kawasaki H*, Ote M, Okano K, Shimada T, Quan GX, Mita K.  Change in the expressed gene patterns of the wing disc during the metamorphosis of Bombyx mori.  Gene.  2004: 343, 133-142. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.08.013

Ote M*, Mita K, Kawasaki H, Seki M, Nohata J, Kobayashi M, Shimada T.  Microarray analysis of gene expression profiles in wing discs of Bombyx mori during pupal ecdysis.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol.  2004: 34, 775-784. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.04.002

Mita K*, Kasahara M, Sasaki S, Nagayasu Y, Yamada T, Kanamori H, Namiki N, Kitagawa M, Yamashita H, Yasukochi Y, Kadono-Okuda K, Yamamoto K, Ajimura M, Ravikumar G, Shimomura M, Nagamura Y, Shin-i T, Abe H, Shimada T, Morishita S, Sasaki T.  The genome sequence of silkworm, Bombyx mori.  DNA Res.  2004: 11, 27-35. DOI: 10.1093/dnares/11.1.27

■2003

Landais I*, Ogliastro M, Mita K, Nohata J, Lopez-Ferber M, Duonor-Cerutti M, Shimada T, Fournier P, Devauchelle G.  Annotation pattern of ESTs from Spodoptera frugiperda Sf9 cells and analysis of the ribosomal protein genes reveal insect-specific features and unexpectedly low codon usage bias.  Bioinformatics.  2003: 19, 2343-2350. DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btg324

Markova EP, Shimada T, Takeda M*.  Daily expression patterns of Cycle and Clock genes in the head of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Biotechnol Biotechnol Equip.  2003: 18, 77-81. DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2004.10819234

Mita K, Morimyo M, Okano K, Koike Y, Nohata J, Kawasaki H, Kadono-Okuda K, Yamamoto K, Suzuki MG, Shimada T, Goldsmith MR*, Maeda S.  The construction of an EST database for Bombyx mori and its application.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.  2003: 100, 14121-14126. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2234984100

Sahara K*, Yoshido A, Kawamura N, Onuma A, Abe H, Mita K, Oshiki T, Shimada T, Asano S, Bando H, Yasukochi Y.  W-derived BAC probes as a new tool for identification of the W chromosome and its aberrations in Bombyx mori.  Chromosoma.  2003: 112, 48-55. DOI: 10.1007/s00412-003-0245-5

Daimon T, Hamada K, Mita K, Okano K, Suzuki MG, Kobayashi M, Shimada T*.  A Bombyx mori gene, BmChi-h, encodes a protein homologous to bacterial and baculovirus chitinases.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol.  2003: 33, 749-759. DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(03)00084-5

Yokoyama T, Abe H*, Irobe Y, Saito K, Tanaka N, Kawai S, Ohbayashi F, Shimada T, Oshiki T.  Detachment analysis of the translocated W chromosome shows that the female-specific randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) marker, Female-218, is derived from the second chromosome fragment region of the translocated W chromosome of the sex-limited pB silkworm (Bombyx mori) strain.  Heredity.  2003: 138, 148-153. DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-5223.2003.01720.x

Suzuki MG, Funaguma S, Kanda T, Tamura T, Shimada T*.  Analysis of the biological functions of a doublesex homologue in Bombyx mori.  Dev Genes Evol.  2003: 213, 345-354. DOI: 10.1007/s00427-003-0334-8

Noji T, Ote M, Takeda M, Mita K, Shimada T, Kawasaki H*.  Isolation and comparison of different ecdysone-responsive cuticle protein genes in wing discs of Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol.  2003: 33, 671-679. DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(03)00048-1

Markova EP*, Ueda H, Sakamoto K, Oishi K, Shimada T, Takeda M.  Cloning of Cyc (Bmal-1) homolog in Bombyx mori; structural analyses and the tissue specific distributions.  Comp Biochem Physiol B.  2003: 134, 535-542. DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00004-6

Koike Y, Mita K, Suzuki MG, Maeda S, Abe H, Osoegawa K, deJong PJ, Shimada T*.  Genomic sequence of 320 kb containing a kettin orthologue on the Z chromosome in Bombyx mori.  Mol Genet Genomics.  2003: 269, 137-149. DOI: 10.1007/s00438-003-0822-6

■2002

Abe H*, Sugasaki T, Terada T, Kanehara M, Ohbayashi F, Shimada T, Kawai S, Mita K, Oshiki T.  Nested retrotransposons on the W chromosome of the wild silkworm Bombyx mandarina.  Insect Mol Biol. 2002: 11, 307-314. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2002.00339.x

Quan GX, Kim I, Koumoto N, Sezutsu H, Ote M, Shimada T, Kanda T, Mita K, Kobayashi M, Tamura T*.  Characterization of the kynurenine 3-monooxygenase gene corresponding to the white egg 1 mutant in the silkworm Bombyx mori.  Mol Genet Genomics. 2002: 267, 1-9. DOI: 10.1007/s00438-001-0629-2

■2001

Zhao X, Mita K, Shimada T, Okano K, Quan GX, Kanke E, Kawasaki H*.  Isolation and expression of an ecdysteroid-inducible neutral endopeptidase 24.11-like gene in wing discs of Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2001: 31, 1213-1219. DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(01)00069-8

Suzuki MG, Ohbayashi F, Mita K, Shimada T*.  The mechanism of sex-specific splicing at the doublesex gene is different between Drosophila melanogaster and Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2001: 31, 1201-1211. DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(01)00067-4

Takeda M, Mita K, Quan GX, Shimada T, Okano K, Kanke E, Kawasaki H*.  Mass isolation of cuticle protein cDNAs from wing discs of Bombyx mori and their characterizations.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2001: 31, 1019-1028. DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(01)00050-9

Okano K*, Shimada T, Mita K, Maeda S.  Comparative expressed-sequence-tag analysis of differential gene expression profiles in BmNPV-infected BmN cells.  Virology. 2001: 282, 348-356. DOI: 10.1006/viro.2001.0823

Abe H*, Ohbayashi F, Sugasaki T, Kanehara M, Terada T, Shimada T, Kawai S, Mita K, Kanamori Y, Yamamoto MT, Oshiki T.  Two novel Pao-like retrotransposons (Kamikaze and Yamato) from the silkworm species Bombyx mori and B. mandarina: common structural features of Pao-like elements.  Mol Genet Genomics. 2001: 265, 375-385. DOI: 10.1007/s004380000428

Matsumoto S*, Yoshiga T, Yokoyama N, Iwanaga M, Koshiba S, Kigawa T, Hirota H, Yokoyama S, Okano K, Mita K, Shimada T, Tatsuki S.  Characterization of acyl-CoA-binding protein (ACBP) in the pheromone gland of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2001: 31, 603-609. DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(00)00165-X

Ohbayashi F, Suzuki MG, Mita K, Okano K, Shimada T*.  A homologue of the Drosophila doublesex gene is transcribed into sex-specific mRNA isoforms in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Comp Biochem Physiol B. 2001: 128, 145-158. DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(00)00304-3

Quan GX, Mita K, Okano K, Shimada T, Ugajin N, Zhao X, Goto N, Kanke E, Kawasaki H*.  Isolation and expression of the ecdysteroid-inducible angiotensin-converting enzyme-related gene in wing discs of Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2001: 31, 97-103. DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(00)00112-0

■2000

Katsuma S, Deng DX, Zhou CE, Iwanaga M, Noguchi Y, Kobayashi M*, Maeda S.  Identification of novel residues involved in nuclear localization of a baculovirus polyhedrin protein.  Virus Genes. 2000: 21, 233-240. DOI: 10.1023/a:1008151916849

Mikitani K*, Sugasaki T, Shimada T, Kobayashi M, Gustafsson JA.  The chitinase gene of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, contains a novel Tc-like transposable element.  J Biol Chem. 2000: 275, 37725-37732. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M005271200

Abraham EG, Sezutsu H, Kanda T, Sugasaki T, Shimada T, Tamura T*.  Identification and characterization of a silkworm ABC transporter gene homologous to Drosophila white.  Mol Gen Genet. 2000: 264, 11-19. DOI: 10.1007/s004380000283

Abe H*, Ohbayashi F, Shimada T, Sugasaki T, Kawai S, Mita K, Oshiki T.  Molecular structure of a novel gypsy-Ty3-like retrotransposon (Kabuki) and nested retrotransposable elements on the W chromosome of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Mol Gen Genet. 2000: 263, 916-924. DOI: 10.1007/s004380000270

Abe H*, Sugasaki T, Kanehara M, Shimada T, Gomi SJ, Ohbayashi F, Oshiki T.  Identification and genetic mapping of RAPD markers linked to the densonucleosis refractoriness gene, nsd-2, in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Genes Genet Syst. 2000: 75, 93-96. DOI: 10.1266/ggs.75.93

Yoshiga T, Okano K, Mita K, Shimada T, Matsumoto S*.  cDNA cloning of acyl-CoA desaturase homologs in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Gene. 2000: 246, 339-345. DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00047-0

■1999

Katsuma S, Noguchi Y, Shimada T, Nagata M, Kobayashi M, Maeda S.  Molecular characterization of baculovirus Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus polyhedron mutants.  Arch Virol. 1999: 144, 1275-1285. DOI: 10.1007/s007050050586

Katsuma S, Noguchi Y, Zhou CE*, Kobayashi M, Maeda S.  Characterization of the 25K FP gene of the baculovirus Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus: implications for post-mortem host degradation.  J Gen Virol. 1999: 80, 783-791. DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-3-783

Suzuki MG, Shimada T*, Yokoyama T, Kobayashi M.  The influence of triploidy on gene expression in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Heredity. 1999: 82, 661-667. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1999.00526.x

Suzuki MG, Terada T, Kobayashi M, Shimada T*.  Diapause-associated transcription of BmEts, a gene encoding an ETS transcription factor homolog in Bombyx mori.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 1999: 29, 339-347. DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00008-9

Suzuki MG, Shimada T*, Kobayashi M.  Bm kettin, homologue of the Drosophila kettin gene, is located on the Z chromosome in Bombyx mori and is not dosage compensated.  Heredity. 1999: 82, 170–179. DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884570

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