Agrogenomics Research Center

Insect Genome Research Unit


  2011-latest (-2010

  1. Nojima Y, Ito K, Ono H, Nakazato T, Bono H, Yokoyama T, Sato R, Suetsugu Y, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K, Satoh J, Tabunoki H, Fugo H (2015) Superoxide dismutases, SOD1 and SOD2, play a distinct role in the fat body during pupation in silkworm Bombyx mori PLoS ONE 10(2):e0116007
  2. Sugahara R, Jouraku A, Nakakura T, Kusakabe T, Yamamoto T, Shinohara Y, Miyoshi H, Shiotsuki T (2015) Two adenine nucleotide translocase paralogues involved in cell proliferation and spermatogenesis in the silkworm Bombyx mori PLoS ONE 10(3):e0119429
  3. Gusev O, Suetsugu Y, Cornette R, Kawashima T, Logacheva MD, Kondrashov AS, Penin AA, Hatanaka R, Kikuta S, Shimura S, Kanamori H, Katayose Y, Matsumoto T, Shagimardanova E, Alexeev D, Govorun V, Wisecaver J, Mikheyev A, Koyanagi R, Fujie M, Nishiyama T, Shigenobu S, Shibata TF, Hasebe M, Okuda T, Satoh N, Kikawada T (2014) Comparative genome sequencing reveals genomic signature of extreme desiccation tolerance in the anhydrobiotic midge Nature Communications DOI:10.1038/ncomms5784
  4. Kobayashi T, Yamamoto K, Suetsugu Y, Kuwazaki S, Hattori M, Jairin J, Sanada-Morimura S, Matsumura M (2014) Genetic mapping of the rice resistance-breaking gene of the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281(1787):20140726
  5. Takahashi H, Yamazaki H, Akanuma S, Kanahara H, Saito T, Chimuro T, Kobayashi T, Ohtani T, Yamamoto K, Sugiyama S, Kobori T (2014) Preparation of Phi29 DNA polymerase free of amplifiable DNA using ethidium monoazide, an ultraviolet-free light-emitting diode lamp and trehalose PLoS ONE 9(2):e82624
  6. Tanaka Y, Suetsugu Y, Yamamoto K, Noda H, Shinoda T (2014) Transcriptome analysis of neuropeptides and G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) for neuropeptides in the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens Peptides 53:125-133
  7. Yoda S, Yamaguchi J, Mita K, Yamamoto K, Banno Y, Ando T, Daimon T, Fujiwara H (2014) The transcription factor Apontic-like controls diverse colouration pattern in caterpillars Nature Communications 5:4936
  8. Xu J, Kusakabe T, Yamamoto K, Suetsugu Y, Mon H, Li Z, Zhu L, Iiyama K, Banno Y, Yoshimura K, Lee J.M (2014) A novel third chromosomal locus controls susceptibility to Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus in the silkworm, Bombyx mori Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 98(7):3049-3058
  9. Tanaka Y, Suetsugu Y, Yamamoto K, Noda H, Shinoda T (2014) Transcriptome analysis of neuropeptides and G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) for neuropeptides in the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens Peptides 53:125-133
  10. Jairin J, Kobayashi T, Yamagata Y, Sanada-Morimura S, Mori K, Tashiro K, Kuhara S, Kuwazaki S, Urio M, Suetsugu Y, Yamamoto K, Matsumura M, Yasui H (2013) A simple sequence repeat- and single-nucleotide polymorphism-based genetic linkage map of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens DNA Research 20(1):17-30
  11. Jouraku A, Yamamoto K, Kuwazaki S, Urio M, Suetsugu Y, Narukawa J, Miyamoto K, Kurita K, Kanamori H, Katayose Y, Matsumoto T, Noda H (2013) KONAGAbase: a genomic and transcriptomic database for the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella BMC Genomics 14:464
  12. Suetsugu Y, Futahashi R, Kanamori H, Kadono-Okuda K, Sasanuma S, Narukawa J, Ajimura M, Jouraku A, Namiki N, Shimomura M, Sezutsu H, Osanai-Futahashi M, Suzuki M.G, 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 K.P, Tomar A, Nagaraju J, Goldsmith M.R, Feng Q, Xia Q, Yamamoto K, Shimada T, Mita K (2013) Large scale full-Length cDNA sequencing reveals a unique genomic landscape in a lepidopteran model insect, Bombyx mori. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics DOI:10.1534/g3.113.006239
  13. Tabunoki H, Ono H, Ode H, Ishikawa K, Kawana N, Banno Y, Shimada T, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K, Satoh J, Bono H (2013) Identification of key uric acid synthesis pathway in a unique mutant silkworm Bombyx mori model of Parkinson’s disease PLoS ONE 8(7):e69130
  14. Yamaguchi J, Banno Y, Mita K, Yamamoto K, Ando T, Fujiwara H (2013) Periodic Wnt1 expression in response to ecdysteroid generates twin-spot markings on caterpillars Nature Communications 4:1857
  15. Futahashi R, Shirataki H, Narita T, Mita K, Fujiwara H (2012) Comprehensive microarray-based analysis for stage-specific larval camouflage pattern-associated genes in the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus BMC Biology 10:46
  16. Osanai-Futahashi M, Tatematsu K, Yamamoto K, Narukawa J, Uchino K, Kayukawa T, Shinoda T, Banno Y, Tamura T, Sezutsu H (2012) Identification of the Bombyx red egg gene reveals the involvement of a novel transporter family gene in the late steps of the insect ommochrome biosynthesis pathway Journal of Biological Chemistry 287(21):17706-17714
  17. Aslam A.F.M, Kiya T, Mita K, Iwami M (2011) Identification of novel bombyxin genes from the genome of the silkmoth Bombyx mori and analysis of their expression Zoological Science 28(8):609-616
  18. Fujii T, Abe H, Yamamoto K, Katsuma S, Shimada T (2011) Interspecies linkage analysis of mo, a Bombyx mori locus associated with mosaicism and gynandromorphism Genetica 139(10):1323-1329
  19. 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 (2011) The silkworm W chromosome is a source of female-enriched piRNAs RNA 17(12):2144-2151
  20. Mase K, Hirayama C, Okada E, lizuka T, Kadono-Okuda K, Narukawa J, Yamamoto K (2011) Reinstatement of the 27th linkage group in the classical linkage map of Bombyx mori by molecular linkage analysis of faint-green cocoon gene Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology 80(2):71-77
  21. Yamamoto-Kihara M, Kotani E, Mori H (2011) Characterization of a novel C-type lectin cDNA, CLEM 20 cDNA, specifically expressed in mouthparts of flesh fly Sarcophaga peregrina Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology 80(1):31-39
  22. Qian S, Fujii T, Ito K, Nakano R, Ishikawa Y (2011) Cloning and functional characterization of a fatty acid transport protein (FATP) from the pheromone gland of a lichen moth, Eilema japonica, which secretes an alkenyl sex pheromone Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 41(1):22-28
  23. Royer C, Briolay J, Garel A, Brouilly P, Sasanuma S, Sasanuma M, Shimomura M, Keime C, Gandrillon O, Huang Y, Chavancy G, Mita K, Couble P (2011) Novel genes differentially expressed between posterior and median silk gland identified by SAGE-aided transcriptome analysis Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 41(2):118-124
  24. Tabunoki H, Ode H, Banno Y, Katsuma S, Shimada T, Mita K, Yamamoto K, Sato R, Ishii-Nozawa R, Satoh J (2011) BmDJ-1 is a key regulator of oxidative modification in the development of the silkworm, Bombyx mori PLoS ONE 6(3):e17683
  25. Tatematsu K, Yamamoto K, Uchino K, Narukawa J, Iizuka T, Banno Y, Katsuma S, Shimada T, Tamura T, Sezutsu H, Daimon T (2011) Positional cloning of silkworm white egg 2 (w-2) locus shows functional conservation and diversification of ABC transporters for pigmentation in insects Genes to Cells 16(4):331-342
  26. Yasukochi Y, Miura N, Nakano R, Sahara K, Ishikawa Y (2011) Sex-linked pheromone receptor genes of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, are in tandem arrays PLoS ONE 6(4):e18843
  27. Yasukochi Y, Tanaka-Okuyama M, Kamimura M, Nakano R, Naito Y, Ishikawa Y, Sahara K (2011) Isolation of BAC clones containing conserved genes from libraries of three distantly related moths: A useful resource for comparative genomics of Lepidoptera Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology 2011:165894
  28. Yoshido A, Yasukochi Y, Sahara K (2011) Samia cynthia versus Bombyx mori: Comparative gene mapping between a species with a low-number karyotype and the model species of Lepidoptera Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 41(6):370-377