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A study of the extraordinarily strong and tough silk produced by bagworms by Yoshioka, Taiyo, Tsubota, Takuya, Tashiro, Kohji, Jouraku, Akiya, Kameda, Tsunenori

“…Global ecological damage has heightened the demand for silk as ‘a structural material made from sustainable resources’. Scientists have earnestly searched for…”
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Microhomology-mediated end-joining-dependent integration of donor DNA in cells and animals using TALENs and CRISPR/Cas9 by Nakade, Shota, Tsubota, Takuya, Sakane, Yuto, Kume, Satoshi, Sakamoto, Naoaki, Obara, Masanobu, Daimon, Takaaki, Sezutsu, Hideki, Yamamoto, Takashi, Sakuma, Tetsushi, Suzuki, Ken-ichi T.

“…Genome engineering using programmable nucleases enables homologous recombination (HR)-mediated gene knock-in. However, the labour used to construct targeting…”
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A major endogenous glycoside hydrolase mediating quercetin uptake in Bombyx mori by Waizumi, Ryusei, Hirayama, Chikara, Tomita, Shuichiro, Iizuka, Tetsuya, Kuwazaki, Seigo, Jouraku, Akiya, Tsubota, Takuya, Yokoi, Kakeru, Yamamoto, Kimiko, Sezutsu, Hideki

“…Quercetin is a common plant flavonoid which is involved in herbivore-plant interactions. Mulberry silkworms (domestic silkworm, Bombyx mori, and wild silkworm,…”
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Reference Transcriptome Data in Silkworm Bombyx mori by Yokoi, Kakeru, Tsubota, Takuya, Jouraku, Akiya, Sezutsu, Hideki, Bono, Hidemasa

“…Herein, we performed RNA-seq analysis of ten major tissues/subparts of silkworm larvae. The sequences were mapped onto the reference genome assembly and the…”
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Characteristics of the takeout protein ce-0330 in the silkworm, Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) by Shiotsuki, Takahiro, Suzuki, Rintaro, Tsuchiya, Wataru, Yamazaki, Toshimasa, Shimomura, Masaru, Tsubota, Takuya, Nakakura, Takayo, Henmi, Shuhei

“…Insect juvenile hormone (JH)-binding protein (JHBP) transports JH in the hemolymph. The JHBP gene is a member of the takeout gene superfamily, which has more…”
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Cooperative Self-Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles on the Hydrophobic Surface of Vesicles in Water by Gorgoll, Ricardo M, Tsubota, Takuya, Harano, Koji, Nakamura, Eiichi

“…Adsorption of gold nanoparticles (NPs) on a hydrophobic fullerene bilayer vesicle ca. 30 nm in diameter occurs through cooperation of vesicle/NP and NP/NP…”
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Genomic analysis of carboxyl/cholinesterase genes in the silkworm Bombyx mori by Tsubota, Takuya, Shiotsuki, Takahiro

“…Carboxyl/cholinesterases (CCEs) have pivotal roles in dietary detoxification, pheromone or hormone degradation and neurodevelopment. The recent completion of…”
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Hox transcription factor Antp regulates sericin-1 gene expression in the terminal differentiated silk gland of Bombyx mori by Kimoto, Mai, Tsubota, Takuya, Uchino, Keiro, Sezutsu, Hideki, Takiya, Shigeharu

“…Hox genes are well-known master regulators in developmental morphogenesis along the anteroposterior axis of animals. However, the molecular mechanisms by which…”
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LIM-homeodomain transcription factor Awh is a key component activating all three fibroin genes, fibH, fibL and fhx, in the silk gland of the silkworm, Bombyx mori by Kimoto, Mai, Tsubota, Takuya, Uchino, Keiro, Sezutsu, Hideki, Takiya, Shigeharu

“…In the silkworm Bombyx mori, three fibroin genes, fibroin-heavy-chain (fibH), fibroin-light-chain (fibL) and fibrohexamerin (fhx), are coexpressed only in the…”
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A defective prostaglandin E synthase could affect egg formation in the silkworm Bombyx mori by Yamamoto, Kohji, Tsubota, Takuya, Uno, Tomohide, Tsujita, Yutaro, Yokota, Shingo, Sezutsu, Hideki, Mita, Kazuei

“…We had previously reported a prostaglandin E synthase (bmPGES) in the silkworm Bombyx mori that catalyzes the isomerization of PGH2 to PGE2. The present study…”
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Highly accurate genome assembly of an improved high-yielding silkworm strain, Nichi01 by Waizumi, Ryusei, Tsubota, Takuya, Jouraku, Akiya, Kuwazaki, Seigo, Yokoi, Kakeru, Iizuka, Tetsuya, Yamamoto, Kimiko, Sezutsu, Hideki

“…Abstract The silkworm (Bombyx mori) is an important lepidopteran model insect and an industrial domestic animal traditionally used for silk production. Here,…”
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Time-course transcriptome data of silk glands in day 0–7 last-instar larvae of Bombyx mori (w1 pnd strain) by Masuoka, Yudai, Jouraku, Akiya, Tsubota, Takuya, Ono, Hiromasa, Chiba, Hirokazu, Sezutsu, Hideki, Bono, Hidemasa, Yokoi, Kakeru

“…Time-course transcriptome expression data were constructed for four parts of the silk gland (anterior, middle, and posterior parts of the middle silk gland,…”
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Transcriptomic analysis of the bagworm moth silk gland reveals a number of silk genes conserved within Lepidoptera by Tsubota, Takuya, Yoshioka, Taiyo, Jouraku, Akiya, Suzuki, Takao K., Yonemura, Naoyuki, Yukuhiro, Kenji, Kameda, Tsunenori, Sezutsu, Hideki

“…Lepidopteran insects produce cocoons with unique properties. The cocoons are made of silk produced in the larval tissue silk gland and our understanding of the…”
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Gene expression analysis in the larval silk gland of the eri silkworm Samia ricini by Tsubota, Takuya, Yamamoto, Kimiko, Mita, Kazuei, Sezutsu, Hideki

“…Insects produce silk for a range of purposes. In the Lepidoptera, silk is utilized as a material for cocoon production and serves to protect larvae from…”
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Silk Gland Factor-2, Involved in Fibroin Gene Transcription, Consists of LIM Homeodomain, LIM-interacting, and Single-stranded DNA-binding Proteins by Ohno, Kaoru, Sawada, Jun-ichi, Takiya, Shigeharu, Kimoto, Mai, Matsumoto, Akiko, Tsubota, Takuya, Uchino, Keiro, Hui, Chi-chung, Sezutsu, Hideki, Handa, Hiroshi, Suzuki, Yoshiaki

“…SGF-2 binds to promoter elements governing posterior silk gland-specific expression of the fibroin gene in Bombyx mori. We purified SGF-2 and showed that SGF-2…”
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Regulation of Silk Genes by Hox and Homeodomain Proteins in the Terminal Differentiated Silk Gland of the Silkworm Bombyx mori by Takiya, Shigeharu, Tsubota, Takuya, Kimoto, Mai

“…The silk gland of the silkworm is a long tubular organ that is divided into several subparts along its anteroposterior (AP) axis. As a trait of terminal…”
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Characterization of Juvenile Hormone Epoxide Hydrolase and Related Genes in the Larval Development of the Silkworm Bombyx mori by SEINO, Atsushi, OGURA, Takehiko, TSUBOTA, Takuya, SHIMOMURA, Masaru, NAKAKURA, Takayo, TAN, Anjiang, MITA, Kazuei, SHINODA, Tetsuro, NAKAGAWA, Yoshiaki, SHIOTSUKI, Takahiro

“…Juvenile hormone epoxide hydrolases (JHEHs) are a family of enzymes that hydrolyze juvenile hormones (JHs). They are important in terms of organ-specific…”
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Identification and Expression Analysis of Ras Gene in Silkworm, Bombyx mori by Ogura, Takehiko, Tan, Anjiang, Tsubota, Takuya, Nakakura, Takayo, Shiotsuki, Takahiro

“…Ras proteins play important roles in development especially for cell proliferation and differentiation in various organisms. However, their functions in the…”
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Characterization and Analysis of Novel Carboxyl/Cholinesterase Genes Possessing the Thr-316 Motif in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori by TSUBOTA, Takuya, NAKAKURA, Takayo, SHINODA, Tetsuro, SHIOTSUKI, Takahiro

“…Juvenile hormone esterases (JHEs) function in juvenile hormone (JH) degradation. In the silkworm, Bombyx mori, we have characterized authentic JHE (Bmjhe) and…”
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phiC31-integrase-mediated, site-specific integration of transgenes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) by Yonemura, Naoyuki, Tamura, Toshiki, Uchino, Keiro, Kobayashi, Isao, Tatematsu, Ken-ichiro, Iizuka, Tetsuya, Tsubota, Takuya, Sezutsu, Hideki, Muthulakshmi, Mayandi, Nagaraju, Javaregowda, Kusakabe, Takahiro

“…Transgenic silkworms can be useful for investigating the functions of genes in the post-genomic era. However, the common method of using a transposon as an…”
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