List of works - Toru Shimada

The Genome Sequence of Silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article

The genetics and genomics of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

scientific article published in January 2005

A single female-specific piRNA is the primary determiner of sex in the silkworm

scientific article

The construction of an EST database for Bombyx mori and its application

scientific article published on November 12, 2003

Inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and growth by a small-molecule multi-FGF receptor blocker with allosteric properties

scientific article

Non-molting glossy/shroud encodes a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase that functions in the 'Black Box' of the ecdysteroid biosynthesis pathway

scientific article published on June 2010

The Bombyx ovary-derived cell line endogenously expresses PIWI/PIWI-interacting RNA complexes.

scientific article published on 21 May 2009

Analysis of the biological functions of a doublesex homologue in Bombyx mori

scientific article

Role of the male BmDSX protein in the sexual differentiation of Bombyx mori.

scientific article published on January 2005

Precocious metamorphosis in the juvenile hormone-deficient mutant of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article

ERK- and JNK-dependent signaling pathways contribute to Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection

scientific article

Expression profiling of baculovirus genes in permissive and nonpermissive cell lines.

scientific article published on October 2004

Novel macula-like virus identified in Bombyx mori cultured cells

scientific article

Retrotransposable elements on the W chromosome of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

scientific article published in January 2005

In vivo and in vitro analyses of a Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus mutant lacking functional vfgf

scientific article published on 9 August 2006

Developmentally synchronized expression of two Bombyx mori Piwi subfamily genes, SIWI and BmAGO3 in germ-line cells.

scientific article published on 10 January 2008

Beta-fructofuranosidase genes of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: insights into enzymatic adaptation of B. mori to toxic alkaloids in mulberry latex.

scientific article published on 8 April 2008

W-derived BAC probes as a new tool for identification of the W chromosome and its aberrations in Bombyx mori.

scientific article

Genomic sequence of a 320-kb segment of the Z chromosome of Bombyx mori containing a kettin ortholog.

scientific article

Identification of molting fluid carboxypeptidase A (MF-CPA) in Bombyx mori

scientific article published on July 2005

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

scientific article published on October 2005

Deletion of a gene encoding an amino acid transporter in the midgut membrane causes resistance to a Bombyx parvo-like virus.

scholarly article

The baculovirus uses a captured host phosphatase to induce enhanced locomotory activity in host caterpillars.

scientific article

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.

scientific article published on December 2003

Lepidopteran ortholog of Drosophila breathless is a receptor for the baculovirus fibroblast growth factor

scientific article

The silkworm mutant lemon (lemon lethal) is a potential insect model for human sepiapterin reductase deficiency

scientific article published on 26 February 2009

Characterization of the baculovirus Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus gene homologous to the mammalian FGF gene family.

scientific article

Vitellogenin receptor mutation leads to the oogenesis mutant phenotype "scanty vitellin" of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

scientific article published on 20 March 2013

Positional cloning of silkworm white egg 2 (w-2) locus shows functional conservation and diversification of ABC transporters for pigmentation in insects

scientific article published on 7 February 2011

Large scale full-length cDNA sequencing reveals a unique genomic landscape in a lepidopteran model insect, Bombyx mori.

scientific article

Role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection

scientific article published on November 17, 2010

Functional analysis of four Gloverin-like genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article

Identification of novel random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) on the W chromosome of the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori, and the wild silkworm, B. mandarina, and their retrotransposable element-related nucleotide sequences.

scientific article published on August 1998

WildSilkbase: an EST database of wild silkmoths

scientific article

Transgenic analysis of the BmBLOS2 gene that governs the translucency of the larval integument of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 7 June 2010

The silkworm W chromosome is a source of female-enriched piRNAs.

scientific article published on 21 October 2011

A role for transcription from a piRNA cluster in de novo piRNA production

scientific article published on 22 December 2011

Identification of the female-determining region of the W chromosome in Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 28 September 2007

Sex pheromone desaturase functioning in a primitive Ostrinia moth is cryptically conserved in congeners' genomes.

scientific article

Bm kettin, homologue of the Drosophila kettin gene, is located on the Z chromosome in Bombyx mori and is not dosage compensated.

scientific article published on February 1999

Zygotic amplification of secondary piRNAs during silkworm embryogenesis.

scientific article

Isolation and comparison of different ecdysone-responsive cuticle protein genes in wing discs of Bombyx mori

scientific article

Identification and characterisation of a silkworm ABC transporter gene homologous to Drosophila white.

scientific article

Mass isolation of cuticle protein cDNAs from wing discs of Bombyx mori and their characterizations.

scientific article

Genome-wide survey for baculoviral host homologs using the Bombyx genome sequence.

scientific article published on December 2008

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.

scientific article

Mass identification of transcriptional units expressed from the Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus genome

scientific article published on September 29, 2010

Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus ORF34 is required for efficient transcription of late and very late genes

scientific article published on 3 August 2009

The Endosymbiotic Bacterium Wolbachia Selectively Kills Male Hosts by Targeting the Masculinizing Gene.

scientific article published on 14 July 2015

Mapping of sex-linked genes onto the genome sequence using various aberrations of the Z chromosome in Bombyx mori.

scientific article published on 21 March 2008

List of works by Toru Shimada

The Genome Sequence of Silkworm, Bombyx mori

The genetics and genomics of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

A single female-specific piRNA is the primary determiner of sex in the silkworm

The construction of an EST database for Bombyx mori and its application

Inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and growth by a small-molecule multi-FGF receptor blocker with allosteric properties

Non-molting glossy/shroud encodes a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase that functions in the 'Black Box' of the ecdysteroid biosynthesis pathway

The Bombyx ovary-derived cell line endogenously expresses PIWI/PIWI-interacting RNA complexes.

Analysis of the biological functions of a doublesex homologue in Bombyx mori

Role of the male BmDSX protein in the sexual differentiation of Bombyx mori.

Precocious metamorphosis in the juvenile hormone-deficient mutant of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

ERK- and JNK-dependent signaling pathways contribute to Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection

Expression profiling of baculovirus genes in permissive and nonpermissive cell lines.

Novel macula-like virus identified in Bombyx mori cultured cells

Retrotransposable elements on the W chromosome of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

In vivo and in vitro analyses of a Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus mutant lacking functional vfgf

Developmentally synchronized expression of two Bombyx mori Piwi subfamily genes, SIWI and BmAGO3 in germ-line cells.

Beta-fructofuranosidase genes of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: insights into enzymatic adaptation of B. mori to toxic alkaloids in mulberry latex.

W-derived BAC probes as a new tool for identification of the W chromosome and its aberrations in Bombyx mori.

Genomic sequence of a 320-kb segment of the Z chromosome of Bombyx mori containing a kettin ortholog.

Identification of molting fluid carboxypeptidase A (MF-CPA) in Bombyx mori

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

Deletion of a gene encoding an amino acid transporter in the midgut membrane causes resistance to a Bombyx parvo-like virus.

The baculovirus uses a captured host phosphatase to induce enhanced locomotory activity in host caterpillars.

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.

Lepidopteran ortholog of Drosophila breathless is a receptor for the baculovirus fibroblast growth factor

The silkworm mutant lemon (lemon lethal) is a potential insect model for human sepiapterin reductase deficiency

Characterization of the baculovirus Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus gene homologous to the mammalian FGF gene family.

Vitellogenin receptor mutation leads to the oogenesis mutant phenotype "scanty vitellin" of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

Positional cloning of silkworm white egg 2 (w-2) locus shows functional conservation and diversification of ABC transporters for pigmentation in insects

Large scale full-length cDNA sequencing reveals a unique genomic landscape in a lepidopteran model insect, Bombyx mori.

Role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection

Functional analysis of four Gloverin-like genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Identification of novel random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) on the W chromosome of the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori, and the wild silkworm, B. mandarina, and their retrotransposable element-related nucleotide sequences.

WildSilkbase: an EST database of wild silkmoths

Transgenic analysis of the BmBLOS2 gene that governs the translucency of the larval integument of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

The silkworm W chromosome is a source of female-enriched piRNAs.

A role for transcription from a piRNA cluster in de novo piRNA production

Identification of the female-determining region of the W chromosome in Bombyx mori

Sex pheromone desaturase functioning in a primitive Ostrinia moth is cryptically conserved in congeners' genomes.

Bm kettin, homologue of the Drosophila kettin gene, is located on the Z chromosome in Bombyx mori and is not dosage compensated.

Zygotic amplification of secondary piRNAs during silkworm embryogenesis.

Isolation and comparison of different ecdysone-responsive cuticle protein genes in wing discs of Bombyx mori

Identification and characterisation of a silkworm ABC transporter gene homologous to Drosophila white.

Mass isolation of cuticle protein cDNAs from wing discs of Bombyx mori and their characterizations.

Genome-wide survey for baculoviral host homologs using the Bombyx genome sequence.

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.

Mass identification of transcriptional units expressed from the Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus genome

Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus ORF34 is required for efficient transcription of late and very late genes

The Endosymbiotic Bacterium Wolbachia Selectively Kills Male Hosts by Targeting the Masculinizing Gene.

Mapping of sex-linked genes onto the genome sequence using various aberrations of the Z chromosome in Bombyx mori.