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  • 2010

    1. Kidokoro K, Ito K, Ogoyi DO, Abe H, Mita K, Kadono-Okuda K. (2010) Non-susceptibility genes to Bombyx densovirus type 1, Nid-1 and nsd-1, affect distinct steps of the viral infection pathway. J Invertebr Pathol. 103(1):79-81. Epub 2009 Oct 27. PubMed PMID: 19836396.

    2. Duan J, Li R, Cheng D, Fan W, Zha X, Cheng T, Wu Y, Wang J, Mita K, Xiang Z, Xia Q. (2010) SilkDB v2.0: a platform for silkworm (Bombyx mori ) genome biology. Nucleic Acids Res. 38(Database issue):D453-6. Epub 2009 Sep 30. PubMed PMID: 19793867; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2808975.

    3. Sagisaka A, Fujita K, Nakamura Y, Ishibashi J, Noda H, Imanishi S, Mita K, Yamakawa M, Tanaka H. (2010) Genome-wide analysis of host gene expression in the silkworm cells infected with Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus. Virus Res. 147(2):166-75. Epub 2009 Oct 31. PubMed PMID: 19883703.

    4. Fujii T, Kuwazaki S, Yamamoto K, Abe H, Ohnuma A, Katsuma S, Mita K, Shimada T. (2010) Identification and molecular characterization of a sex chromosome rearrangement causing a soft and pliable (spli) larval body phenotype in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Genome. 53(1):45-54. PubMed PMID: 20130748.

    5. Tsubota T, Shimomura M, Ogura T, Seino A, Nakakura T, Mita K, Shinoda T, Shiotsuki T. (2010) Molecular characterization and functional analysis of novel carboxyl/cholinesterases with GQSAG motif in the silkworm Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 40(2):100-12. Epub 2010 Jan 7. PubMed PMID: 20060470.

    6. Ito K, Katsuma S, Yamamoto K, Kadono-Okuda K, Mita K, Shimada T. (2010) Yellow-e determines the color pattern of larval head and tail spots of the silkworm Bombyx mori. J Biol Chem. 285(8):5624-9. Epub 2009 Dec 8. PubMed PMID:19996320; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2820789.

    7. Tanaka H, Suzuki N, Nakajima Y, Sato M, Sagisaka A, Fujita K, Ishibashi J, Imanishi S, Mita K, Yamakawa M. (2010) Expression profiling of novel bacteria-induced genes from the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. 73(3):148-62. PubMed PMID: 20077574.

    8. Sakudoh T, Iizuka T, Narukawa J, Sezutsu H, Kobayashi I, Kuwazaki S, Banno Y, Kitamura A, Sugiyama H, Takada N, Fujimoto H, Kadono-Okuda K, Mita K, Tamura T, Yamamoto K, Tsuchida K. (2010) A CD36-related transmembrane protein is coordinated with an intracellular lipid-binding protein in selective carotenoid transport for cocoon coloration. J Biol Chem. 285(10):7739-51. Epub 2010 Jan 6.PubMed PMID: 20053988; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2844218.

    9. d'Alencon E, Sezutsu H, Legeai F, Permal E, Bernard-Samain S, Gimenez S, Gagneur C, Cousserans F, Shimomura M, Brun-Barale A, Flutre T, Couloux A, East P, Gordon K, Mita K, Quesneville H, Fournier P, Feyereisen R. (2010) Extensive synteny conservation of holocentric chromosomes in Lepidoptera despite high rates of local genome rearrangements. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.107(17):7680-5. Epub 2010 Apr 13. PubMed PMID: 20388903; PubMed Central PMCID:PMC2867904.

    10. Collin MA, Mita K, Sehnal F, Hayashi CY. (2010) Molecular evolution of lepidopteran silk proteins: insights from the ghost moth, Hepialus californicus. J Mol Evol.70(5):519-29. Epub 2010 May 11. PubMed PMID: 20458474.

  • 2009

    1. Kawaoka S, Katsuma S, Meng Y, Hayashi N, Mita K, Shimada T. (2009) Identification and characterization of globin genes from two lepidopteran insects, Bombyx mori and Samia cynthia ricini. Gene.431(1-2):33-8. Epub 2008 Nov 14. PubMed PMID: 19059317.

    2. Meng Y, Katsuma S, Mita K, Shimada T. (2009) Abnormal red body coloration of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, is caused by a mutation in a novel kynureninase. Genes Cells.14(2):129-40. Epub 2008 Jan 6. PubMed PMID: 19170761.

    3. Namiki T, Niwa R, Higuchi A, Yoshiyama T, Mita K, Kataoka H. (2009) A basic-HLH transcription factor, HLH54F, is highly expressed in the prothoracic gland in the silkworm Bombyx mori and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 73(3):762-5. Epub 2009 Mar 7. PubMed PMID: 19270399.

    4. Ito K, Katsuma S, Yamamoto K, Kadono-Okuda K, Mita K, Shimada T. (2009) A 25bp-long insertional mutation in the BmVarp gene causes the waxy translucent skin of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem Mol Biol.39(4):287-93. Epub 2009 Feb 7. PubMed PMID: 19552891.

    5. Zou Z, Picheng Z, Weng H, Mita K, Jiang H. (2009) A comparative analysis of serpin genes in the silkworm genome. Genomics.93(4):367-75. Epub 2009 Jan 16. PubMed PMID: 19150649; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2772820.

    6. Nakahara Y, Shimura S, Ueno C, Kanamori Y, Mita K, Kiuchi M, Kamimura M. (2009) Purification and characterization of silkworm hemocytes by flow cytometry. Dev Comp Immunol 33(4):439-48. Epub 2008 Oct 7. PubMed PMID: 18840462.

    7. Meng Y, Katsuma S, Daimon T, Banno Y, Uchino K, Sezutsu H, Tamura T, Mita K, Shimada T. (2009) The silkworm mutant lemon (lemon lethal) is a potential insect model for human sepiapterin reductase deficiency. J Biol Chem.284(17):11698-705. Epub 2009 Feb 26. PubMed PMID: 19246455; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2670173.

    8. Mita K. (2009) Genome of a lepidopteran model insect, the silkworm Bombyx mori. Seikagaku.81(5):353-60. Review. Japanese. PubMed PMID: 19522291.

    9. Nita M, Wang HB, Zhong YS, Mita K, Iwanaga M, Kawasaki H. (2009) Analysis of ecdysone-pulse responsive region of BMWCP2 in wing disc of Bombyx mori. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 153(1):101-8. Epub 2009 Feb 20. PubMed PMID: 19233308.

    10. Yonemura N, Mita K, Tamura T, Sehnal F. (2009) Conservation of silk genes in Trichoptera and Lepidoptera. J Mol Evol.68(6):641-53. Epub 2009 May 16. PubMed PMID: 19449053; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2691926.

    11. Arunkumar KP, Mita K, Nagaraju J. (2009) The silkworm Z chromosome is enriched in testis-specific genes. Genetics. 182(2):493-501. Epub 2009 Mar 30. PubMed PMID: 19332883; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2691758.

    12. Yuji Yasukochi, Makiko Tanaka-Okuyama, Fukashi Shibata, Atsuo Yoshido, František Marec, Chengcang Wu, Hongbin Zhang, Marian R. Goldsmith, and Ken Sahara(2009) Extensive Conserved Synteny of Genes between the Karyotypes of Manduca sexta and Bombyx mori Revealed by BAC-FISH Mapping. PLoS One. 4(10): e7465. Published online 2009 October 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007465. PMCID: PMC2759293

    13. Shimomura M, Minami H, Suetsugu Y, Ohyanagi H, Satoh C, Antonio B, Nagamura Y, Kadono-Okuda K, Kajiwara H, Sezutsu H, Nagaraju J, Goldsmith MR, Xia Q, Yamamoto K, Mita K. (2009) KAIKObase: an integrated silkworm genome database and data mining tool. BMC Genomics. 10:486. PubMed PMID: 19843344; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2770533.

  • 2008

    1. Yamamoto K, Nohata J, Kadono-Okuda K, Narukawa J, Sasanuma M, Sasanuma S, Minami H, Shimomura M, Suetsugu Y, Banno Y, Osoegawa K, de Jong PJ, Goldsmith MR, Mita K. (2008) A BAC-based integrated linkage map of the silkworm Bombyx mori. Genome Biol. 9(1):R21. PubMed PMID: 18226216; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2395255.

    2. Kawaoka S, Katsuma S, Daimon T, Isono R, Omuro N, Mita K, Shimada T. (2008) Functional analysis of four Gloverin-like genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. 67(2):87-96. PubMed PMID: 18076111.

    3. Kawaoka S, Minami K, Katsuma S, Mita K, Shimada T. (2008) Developmentally synchronized expression of two Bombyx mori Piwi subfamily genes, SIWI and BmAGO3 in germ-line cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 367(4):755-60. Epub 2008 Jan 10. PubMed PMID: 18191035.

    4. Ito K, Kidokoro K, Sezutsu H, Nohata J, Yamamoto K, Kobayashi I, Uchino K, Kalyebi A, Eguchi R, Hara W, Tamura T, Katsuma S, Shimada T, Mita K, Kadono-Okuda K. (2008) 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. 105(21):7523-7. Epub 2008 May 21. PubMed PMID: 18495929; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2391135.

    5. Daimon T, Taguchi T, Meng Y, Katsuma S, Mita K, Shimada T. (2008) Beta-fructofuranosidase genes of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: insights into enzymatic adaptation of B. mori to toxic alkaloids in mulberry latex. J Biol Chem. 283(22):15271-9. Epub 2008 Apr 8. PubMed PMID: 18397891.

    6. Sato K, Matsunaga TM, Futahashi R, Kojima T, Mita K, Banno Y, Fujiwara H. (2008) Positional cloning of a Bombyx wingless locus flugellos (fl) reveals a crucial role for fringe that is specific for wing morphogenesis. Genetics. 179(2):875-85. Epub 2008 May 27. PubMed PMID: 18505883; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2429881.

    7. Tabunoki H, Shimada T, Banno Y, Sato R, Kajiwara H, Mita K, Satoh J. (2008) Identification of Bombyx mori 14-3-3 orthologs and the interactor Hsp60. Neurosci Res. 61(3):271-80. Epub 2008 Apr 3. PubMed PMID: 18462820.

    8. Abe H, Fujii T, Tanaka N, Yokoyama T, Kakehashi H, Ajimura M, Mita K, Banno Y, Yasukochi Y, Oshiki T, Nenoi M, Ishikawa T, Shimada T. (2008) Identification of the female-determining region of the W chromosome in Bombyx mori. Genetica. 133(3):269-82. Epub 2007 Sep 28. PubMed PMID: 17901928.

    9. Okamoto S, Futahashi R, Kojima T, Mita K, Fujiwara H. (2008) Catalogue of epidermal genes: genes expressed in the epidermis during larval molt of the silkworm Bombyx mori. BMC Genomics. 9:396. PubMed PMID: 18721459; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2542385.

    10. Kawaoka S, Hayashi N, Katsuma S, Kishino H, Kohara Y, Mita K, Shimada T. (2008) Bombyx small RNAs: genomic defense system against transposons in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 38(12):1058-65. Epub 2008 Mar 27. PubMed PMID: 18801438.

    11. Tanaka H, Ishibashi J, Fujita K, Nakajima Y, Sagisaka A, Tomimoto K, Suzuki N, Yoshiyama M, Kaneko Y, Iwasaki T, Sunagawa T, Yamaji K, Asaoka A, Mita K, Yamakawa M. (2008) A genome-wide analysis of genes and gene families involved in innate immunity of Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 38(12):1087-110. Epub 2008 Sep 16. PubMed PMID: 18835443.

    12. Uchino K, Sezutsu H, Imamura M, Kobayashi I, Tatematsu K, Iizuka T, Yonemura N, Mita K, Tamura T. (2008) Construction of a piggyBac-based enhancer trap system for the analysis of gene function in silkworm Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 38(12):1165-73. Epub 2008 Oct 17. PubMed PMID: 18992341.

    13. Fujii T, Abe H, Katsuma S, Mita K, Shimada T. (2008) Mapping of sex-linked genes onto the genome sequence using various aberrations of the Z chromosome in Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 38(12):1072-9. Epub 2008 Mar 21. PubMed PMID: 19216995.

    14. Osanai-Futahashi M, Suetsugu Y, Mita K, Fujiwara H. (2008) Genome-wide screening and characterization of transposable elements and their distribution analysis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem Mol Biol.38(12):1046-57. PubMed PMID: 19280695.

    15. Katsuma S, Kawaoka S, Mita K, Shimada T. (2008) Genome-wide survey for baculoviral host homologs using the Bombyx genome sequence. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 38(12):1080-6. PubMed PMID: 19280699.

    16. Futahashi R, Okamoto S, Kawasaki H, Zhong YS, Iwanaga M, Mita K, Fujiwara H. (2008) Genome-wide identification of cuticular protein genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem Mol Biol.38(12):1138-46. PubMed PMID: 19280704.

    17. The International Silkworm Genome Consortium (2008) The genome of a lepidopteran model insect, the silkworm Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 38:1036–1045. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.11.004.

    18. 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. (2008) yellow and ebony are the responsible genes for the larval color mutants of the silkworm Bombyx mori. Genetics. 180(4):1995-2005. Epub 2008 Oct 14. PubMed PMID: 18854583; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2600937.

  • 2007

    1. Seino, A., Kazuma, T., Tan, A. J., Tanaka, H., Kono, Y., Mita, K. and Shiotsuki, T. (2007) Analysis of two acetylcholinesterase genes in Bombyx mori. Pesticide Biochem. Physiol. 88, 92-101.

    2. Funaguma S, Hashimoto S, Suzuki Y, Omuro N, Sugano S, Mita K, Katsuma S, Shimada T. (2007) SAGE analysis of early oogenesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 37(2):147-54. Epub 2006 Nov 15. PubMed PMID: 17244543.

    3. Fujii T, Yokoyama T, Ninagi O, Kakehashi K, Obara Y, Nenoi M, Ishikawa T, Mita K, Shimada T, Abe H. (2007) Isolation and characterization of sex chromosome rearrangements generating male muscle dystrophy and female abnormal oogenesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Genetica. 130(3):267-80. Epub 2006 Oct 10. PubMed PMID: 17031495.

    4. Tsugehara T, Iwai S, Fujiwara Y, Mita K, Takeda M. (2007) Cloning and characterization of insect arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase from Bombyx mori. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 147(3):358-66. Epub 2007 Feb 7. PubMed PMID: 17449311.

    5. Okada T, Ishiyama S, Sezutsu H, Usami A, Tamura T, Mita K, Fujiyama K, Seki T. (2007) Molecular cloning and expression of two novel beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases from silkworm Bombyx mori. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 71(7):1626-35. Epub 2007 Jul 7. PubMed PMID: 17617724.

    6. Kinjoh T, Kaneko Y, Itoyama K, Mita K, Hiruma K, Shinoda T. (2007) Control of juvenile hormone biosynthesis in Bombyx mori: cloning of the enzymes in the mevalonate pathway and assessment of their developmental expression in the corpora allata. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 37(8):808-18. Epub 2007 Mar 19. PubMed PMID: 17628279.

    7. Suetsugu Y, Minami H, Shimomura M, Sasanuma S, Narukawa J, Mita K, Yamamoto K. (2007) End-sequencing and characterization of silkworm (Bombyx mori) bacterial artificial chromosome libraries. BMC Genomics. 8:314. PubMed PMID: 17822570; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2014780.

    8. Takasu Y, Yamada H, Tamura T, Sezutsu H, Mita K, Tsubouchi K. (2007) Identification and characterization of a novel sericin gene expressed in the anterior middle silk gland of the silkworm Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 37(11):1234-40. Epub 2007 Aug 1. PubMed PMID: 17916509.

    9. Sezutsu H, Kajiwara H, Kojima K, Mita K, Tamura T, Tamada Y, Kameda T. (2007) Identification of four major hornet silk genes with a complex of alanine-rich and serine-rich sequences in Vespa simillima xanthoptera Cameron. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 71(11):2725-34. Epub 2007 Nov 7. PubMed PMID: 17986776.

    10. Katsuma S, Mita K, Shimada T. (2007) ERK- and JNK-dependent signaling pathways contribute to Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection. J Virol. 81(24):13700-9. Epub 2007 Oct 3. PubMed PMID: 17913811; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2168829.

    11. Ha Lee J, Hee Lee I, Noda H, Mita K, Taniai K. (2007) Verification of elicitor efficacy of lipopolysaccharides and peptidoglycans on antibacterial peptide gene expression in Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem Mol Biol.37(12):1338-47. Epub 2007 Sep 6. PubMed PMID: 17967352.

  • 2006

    1. Kimiko Yamamoto, Junko Narukawa, Keiko Kadono-Okuda, Junko Nohata, Motoe Sasanuma, Yoshitaka Suetsugu, Yutaka Banno, Hiroshi Fujii, Marian R. Goldsmith and Kazuei Mita (2006) Construction of a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Linkage Map for the Silkworm, Bombyx mori, Based on BAC End-sequences, Genetics 173, 151–161.

    2. S. Sugiyama, T. Yoshino, K. Tsukamoto, M. Sasou, S. Kuwazaki, H. Takahashi, Y. Suetsugu, J. Narukawa, K. Yamamoto and T. Ohtani (2006) Application of Scanning Probe Microscopy to Genetic Analysis, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys, 45, 2305-230 .

    3. K. Tsukamoto, S. Kuwazaki, K. Yamamoto, M. Shichiri, T. Yoshino, T. Ohtani and S. Sugiyama (2006) Atomic Force Microscopic Study for Dissection and Recovery of Chromosome Fragments, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys, 45, 2337-2341.

    4. K. Tsukamoto, S. Kuwazaki, K. Yamamoto, T. Ohtani and S. Sugiyama (2006) Dissection and High-yield Recovery of Nanometer-Scale Chromosome Fragments Using an Atomic-Force Microscope, Nanotechnology, 17, 1391-1396.

    5. Saito, K., Su, Z-H., Emi, A., Mita, K., Takeda, M. and Fujiwara, Y. (2006) Cloning and expression analysis of takeout/JHBP family genes of silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect Mol. Biol. 15, 245-251

    6. Zhong, Y-S., Mita, K., Shimada, T. and Kawasaki, H. (2006) Glycine-rich protein genes, which encode a major component of the cuticle, have different developmental profiles from other cuticle protein genes in Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 36, 99-110

    7. Tsukioka, H., Takahashi, M., Mon, H., Okano, K., Mita, K., Shimada, T., Lee, J.M., Kawaguchi, Y., Koga, K. and Kusakabe, T. (2006) Role of the silkworm argonaute2 homolog gene in double-strand break repair of extrachromosomal DNA. Nucleic Acids Res. 34, 1092-1101

    8. Yuji Yasukochi, Laksmikutty A. Ashakumary, Kotaro Baba, Atsuo Yoshido, and Ken Sahara (2006) A Second-Generation Integrated Map of the Silkworm Reveals Synteny and Conserved Gene Order Between Lepidopteran Insects, Genetics. 173(3): 1319-1328. PMCID: PMC1526672

    9. Kajiwara H, Itou Y, Imamaki A, Nakamura M, Mita K, and Ishizaki M. (2006) Proteomic analysis of silkworm fat body. J. Insect Biotech. Sericol. 75, 47-56.

    10. Gopalapillai R, Kadono-Okuda K, Tsuchida K, Yamamoto K, Nohata J, Ajimura M, Mita K. (2006) Lipophorin receptor of Bombyx mori: cDNA cloning, genomic structure, alternative splicing, and isolation of a new isoform. J Lipid Res. 47(5):1005-13. Epub 2006 Feb 11. PubMed PMID: 16474173.

    11. 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. (2006) The female-killing chromosome of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, was generated by translocation between the Z and W chromosomes. Genetica. 127(1-3):253-65. PubMed PMID: 16850229.

    12. Katsuma S, Daimon T, Mita K, Shimada T. (2006) Lepidopteran ortholog of Drosophila breathless is a receptor for the baculovirus fibroblast growth factor. J Virol. 80(11):5474-81. PubMed PMID: 16699027; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1472154.

    13. Saito K, Su ZH, Emi A, Mita K, Takeda M, Fujiwara Y. (2006) Cloning and expression analysis of takeout/JHBP family genes of silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect Mol Biol. 15(3):245-51. PubMed PMID: 16756543.

    14. Negre V, Hotelier T, Volkoff AN, Gimenez S, Cousserans F, Mita K, Sabau X, Rocher J, López-Ferber M, d'Alencon E, Audant P, Sabourault C, Bidegainberry V, Hilliou F, Fournier P. (2006) SPODOBASE: an EST database for the lepidopteran crop pest Spodoptera. BMC Bioinformatics. 7:322. PubMed PMID: 16796757; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1539033.

    15. Yoshiyama T, Namiki T, Mita K, Kataoka H, Niwa R. (2006) Neverland is an evolutionally conserved Rieske-domain protein that is essential for ecdysone synthesis and insect growth. Department of Integrated Biosciences. 133(13):2565-74. PubMed PMID: 16763204.

    16. Mauchamp B, Royer C, Garel A, Jalabert A, Da Rocha M, Grenier AM, Labas V, Vinh J, Mita K, Kadono K, Chavancy G. (2006) Polycalin (chlorophyllid A binding protein): a novel, very large fluorescent lipocalin from the midgut of the domestic silkworm Bombyx mori L. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 36(8):623-33. Epub 2006 May 20. PubMed PMID: 16876705.

    17. Trang le TD, Sehadova H, Ichihara N, Iwai S, Mita K, Takeda M. (2006) Casein kinases I of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: their possible roles in circadian timing and developmental determination. J Biol Rhythms. 21(5):335-49. PubMed PMID: 16998154.

    18. Sonobe H, Ohira T, Ieki K, Maeda S, Ito Y, Ajimura M, Mita K, Matsumoto H, Wilder MN. (2006) Purification, kinetic characterization, and molecular cloning of a novel enzyme, ecdysteroid 22-kinase. J Biol Chem. 281(40):29513-24. Epub 2006 Aug 8. PubMed PMID: 16899460.

    19. Yonemura N, Sehnal F, Mita K, Tamura T. (2006) Protein composition of silk filaments spun under water by caddisfly larvae. Biomacromolecules. 7(12):3370-8. PubMed PMID: 17154465.

  • 2005

    1. Yoshitaka Suetsugu, Kazumi Tsukamoto, Motoharu Shichiri, Tomoyuki Yoshino, Shigeru Sugiyama, Seigo Kuwazaki, Hirokazu Takahashi, Junko Narukawa, Toshio Ohtani, and Kimiko Yamamoto (2005) The Scanning Probe Microscope as a Novel Genomic Analysis Tool, NanoBiotechnology 1, 369-378.

    2. Y. Yasukochi, Y. Banno, K. Yamamoto, M. R. Goldsmith, H. Fujii (2005) Integration of molecular and classical linkage groups of the silkworm, Bombyx mori (n = 28). Genome 48, 626-629.

    3. Susumu Katsuma, Shinichiro Tanaka, Naoko Omuro, Lisa Takabuchi, Takaaki Daimon, Shigeo Imanishi, Shuichi Yamashita, Masashi Iwanaga, Kazuei Mita, Susumu Maeda, Masahiko Kobayashi, and Toru Shimada (2005) Novel macula-like virus identified in Bombyx mori cultured cells. Journal of Virology 79, 5577-5584.

    4. A. Yoshido, H. Bando, Y. Yasukochi, K. Sahara (2005) The Bombyx mori karyotype and the assignment of linkage groups. Genetics 170, 675-685.

    5. Kamita SG, Nagasaka K, Chua JW, Shimada T, Mita K, Kobayashi M, Maeda S, and Hammock BD. (2005) A baculovirus-encoded protein tyrosine phosphatase gene induces enhanced locomotory activity in a lepidopteran host. Proc. Natl. Acad. Soc. USA 102, 2584-2589.

    6. H. Abe, M. Seki, F. Ohbayashi, N. Tanaka, J. Yamashita, T. Fujii, T. Yokoyama, M. Takahashi, Y. Banno, K. Sahara, A. Yoshido, J. Ihara, Y. Yasukochi, K. Mita, M. Ajimura, M. G. Suzuki,T. Oshiki, T. Shimada (2005) Partial deletions of the W chromosome due to reciprocal translocation in the silkworm Bombyx mori. Insect Mol Biol. 14, 339-352

    7. Abe, H., Mita, K., Yasukochi, Y., Oshiki, T. and Shimada, T. (2005) Retrotransposable elements on the W chromosome of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Cytogenet. Genome Res. 110, 144-151

    8. Y. Yasukochi, H. Fujii, M. R. Goldsmith (2005) The domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori. In "Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding vol. 7" edited by Chitta R. Kole Science Publishers, Inc. in press

    9. Ote M, Mita K, Kawasaki H, Kobayashi M, Shimada T. (2005) 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. 59, 91-98

    10. Ote M, Mita K, Kawasaki H, Daimon T, Kobayashi M, Shimada T. (2005) Identification of molting fluid carboxypeptidase A (MF-CPA) in Bombyx mori. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 141, 314-322

    11. Huang, J., Miao, X., Jin, W., Couble, P., Mita, K., Zhang, Y., Liu, W., Zhuang, L., Shen, Y., Keime, C., Gandrillon, O., Brouilly, P., Briolay, J., Zhao, G. and Huang, Y. (2005) Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Genomics 86, 233-241

    12. Miao, X.-X., Xu, S.-J., Li, M.-H., Li, M.-W., Huang, J.-H., Dai, F.- Y., Marino, S. W., Mills, D. R., Zheng, P.-Y., Mita, K., Jia, S.-H., Zhang, Y., Liu, W.-B., Xiang, H., Guo, Q.-H., Xu, A.-Y., Kong, X.-Y., Lin, H.-X., Shi, Y.-Z., Lu, G., Zhang, X., Huang, W., Yasukochi, Y., Sugasaki, T., Shimada, T., Nagaraju, J., Xiang, Z.-H., Wang, S.-Y., Goldsmith, M. R., Lu, C., Zhao, G.-P., and Huang, Y.-P. (2005) Simple sequence repeat-based consensus linkage map of Bombyx mori. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 102, 16303-16308

  • 2004

    1. 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., and Sasaki, T. (2004) The Genome Sequence of Silkworm, Bombyx mori. DNA Research 11(1), 27-35

    2. Naruse K, Tanaka M, Mita K, Shima A, Postlethwait J, and Mitani H. (2004) A Medaka Gene Map: The Trace of Ancestral Vertebrate Proto-Chromosomes Revealed by Comparative Gene Mapping. Genome Res. 14, 820-828.

    3. Manabu Ote, Kazuei Mita, Hideki Kawasaki, Motoaki Seki, Junko Nohata, Masahiko Kobayashi, and Toru Shimada. (2004) Microarray analysis of gene expression profiles in wing discs of Bombyx mori during pupal ecdysis. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 34, 775-784.

    4. Niwa R, Matsuda T, Yoshiyama T, Namiki T, Mita K, Fujimoto Y and Kataoka H. (2004) CYP306A1, a cytochrome P450 enzyme, is essential for ecdysteroid biosynthesis in the prothoracic glands of Bombyx and Drosophila. J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 279, Issue 34, 35942-35949

    5. Mita K, Fukuchi K, Hamana K, Ichimura S, and Nenoi M. (2004) Accumulation of spermidine/spermine N(1)-acetyltransferase and alternatively spliced mRNAs as a delayed response of HeLa S3 cells following X-ray irradiation. Int J Radiat Biol. 80, 369-75.

    6. Kawasaki, H., Ote, M., Okano, K., Shimada, T., Quan, G-X. and Mita, K. (2004) Change in the expressed gene patterns of the wing discs during the metamorphosis of Bombyx mori. Gene 343, 133-143.

    7. A. M. S. Reza1, Y. Kanamori, T. Shinoda, S. Shimura, K. Mita, Y. Nakahara, M. Kiuchi, and M. Kamimura (2004) Hormonal control of a metamorphosis-specific transcriptional factor Broad-complex in silkworm. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Ser.B 139, 753-761.

    8. Prasad MD, Muthulakshmi M, Madhu M, Archak S, Mita K, and Nagaraju J. (2004) Survey and analysis of microsatellites in the silkworm, Bombyx mori: Frequency, Distribution, Mutations, Marker potential and their Conservation in heterologous species. Genetics 169, 197-214.

    9. Prasad, M.D., Muthulakshmi, M., Madhu, M., Arunkumar, K.P., Sreenu, V.B., Pavithra, V., Bose, B., Nagarajaram, H.A., Mita, K., Shimada, T., and Nagaraju, J. (2004) SilkSatDb: A microsatellite database of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Nucleic Acids Res. Jan 1;33(Database issue):D403-6.

    10. T. Sakurai, T. Nakagawa, H. Mitsuno, H. Mori, Y. Endo, S. Tanoue, Y. Yasukochi, K. Touhara, T. Nishioka (2004) The sex pheromone receptor in the silkworm moth, Bombyx mori. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 16653-16658

    11. Yasukochi Y, Ashakumary LA, Wu C, Yoshido A, Nohata J, Mita K, and Sahara K. (2004) Organization of the Hox gene cluster of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: a split of the Hox cluster in a non- Drosophila insect. Dev Genes Evol. 214, 606-614.

    12. T. Ijiro, H. Urakawa, Y. Yasukochi, M. Takeda, Y. Fujiwara (2004) cDNA cloning, gene structure, and expression of Broad-Complex (BR-C) genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 34, 963-969

  • 2003

    1. Kawasaki, H., Sugaya, K., Quan, G-X., Nohata, J. and Mita, K. (2003) Analysis of a- and b-tubulin genes of Bombyx mori using an EST database. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 33, 131-137.

    2. Yoshiko Koike, Kazuei Mita, Masataka G. Suzuki, Susumu Maeda3, Hiroaki Abe, Kazutoyo Osoegawa, Pieter J. deJong, and Toru Shimada (2003) Genomic sequence of 320 kb containing a kettin orthologue on the Z chromosome in Bombyx mori. Mol Genet Genomics. 269, 137-149

    3. Takanori Noji, Manabu Ote, Masahisa Takeda, Kazuei Mita, Toru Shimada and Hideki Kawasaki (2003) Isolation and comparison of different ecdysone-responsive cuticle protein genes in wing discs of Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 33, 671-679.

    4. Takaaki Daimon, Koutaro Hamada, Kazuei Mita, Kazuhiro Okano, Masataka G. Suzuki, Masahiko Kobayashi and Toru Shimada (2003) A Bombyx mori gene, BmChi-h, encodes a protein homologous to bacterial and baculoviral chitinases. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 33, 749-759.

    5. Ken Sahara, Atsuo Yoshido, Naoko Kawamura, Akio Omura, Hiroaki Abe, Kazuei Mita, Toshikazu Oshiki, Toru Shimada, Sin-ichiro Asano, Hisanori Bando and Yuji Yasukochi (2003) W-derived BAC probes as a new tool for identification of the W chromosome and its aberrations in Bombyx mori. Chromosoma 112, 48-55.

    6. Anne-Nathalie Volkoff, Janick Rocher, Emmanuelle d'Alencon, Martine Landais, Igor Landais, Enrique Quesada-Moraga, Alain Vey, Philippe Fournier, Kasuei Mita and Gerard Devauchelle (2003) Characterization and transcriptional profiles of three Spodoptera frugiperda genes encoding cysteine-rich peptides. A new class of defensin-like genes from lepidopteran insects? Gene 319, 43-53.

    7. Mita, K., Morimyo, M., Okano, K., Koike, Y., Nohata, J., Kawasaki, H., Kadono-Okuda, K., Yamamoto, K., Suzuki, M.G., Shimada, T., Goldsmith, M.R. and Maeda, S. (2003) The construction of an EST database for Bombyx mori and its application. Proc. Natl. Acad. Soc. USA.100, 14121-14126

    8. Dorington O. Ogoyi, Keiko Kadono-Okuda, Ryoukitsu Eguchi, Youji Furuta, Wajiro Hara, Edward K. Nguu and Kenichi Nagayasu (2003) Linkage and mapping analysis of a non-susceptibility gene to densovirus (nsd-2) in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect Molecular Biology 12, 117-124.

    9. Sahara, K., A. Yoshido, N. Kawamura, A. Ohnuma, H. Abe, K. Mita, T. Oshiki, T. Shimada, S. Asano, H. Bando and Y. Yasukochi (2003) W-derived BAC probes as a new tool for identification of the W chromosome and its aberrations in Bombyx mori. Chromosoma 112, 48-55.

    10. Landais I, Ogliastro M, Mita K, Nohata J, Lopez-Ferber M, Duonor-Cerutti M, Shimada T, Fournier P, Devauchelle G. (2003) 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 19, 2343-2350.

  • 2002

    1. Kakinuma S, Nishimura M, Sasanuma S, Mita K, Suzuki G, Katsura Y, Sado T, Shimada Y. (2002) Spectrum of Znfn1a1 (Ikaros) inactivation and its association with loss of heterozygosity in radiogenic T-cell lymphomas in susceptible B6C3F1 mice. Radiat Res. 157, 331-40.

    2. Quan GX, Kim I, Komoto N, Sezutsu H, Ote M, Shimada T, Kanda T, Mita K, Kobayashi M, and Tamura T. (2002) Characterization of the kynurenine 3-monooxygenase gene corresponding to the white egg 1 mutant in the silkworm Bombyx mori. Mol Genet Genomics. 267, 1-9.

    3. Abe H, Sugasaki T, Terada T, Kanehara M, Ohbayashi F, Shimada T, Kawai S, Mita K, Oshiki T. (2002) Nested retrotransposons on the W chromosome of the wild silkworm Bombyx mandarina. Insect Mol Biol. 11, 307-314.

    4. Mita, K., Morimyo, M., Okano, K., Koike, Y., Nohata, J., Suzuki, M.G. and Shimada, T. (2002) The construction of EST database of Bombyx mori and its application. Current Sci. 83, 426-431.

    5. Tomitori H, Nenoi M, Mita K, Daino K, Igarashi K, and Ichimura S. (2002) Functional characterization of the human spermidine/spermine N(1)-acetyltransferase gene promoter. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1579, 180-184.

    6. Wajiro Hara, Eiichi Kosegawa, Keisuke Mase and Keiko Kadono-Okuda (2002) Improvement of linkage analysis in the silkworm Bombyx mori by using cDNA clones' RFLP. J. Seric. Sci. Jpn. 71, 95-100.

    7. Keiko Kadono-Okuda, Eiichi Kosegawa, Keisuke Mase and Wajiro Hara (2002) Linkage analysis of maternal EST cDNA clones covering all twenty-eight chromosomes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect Molecular Biology 11, 443-451.

    8. Yasukochi, Y. (2002) PCR-based screening for bacterial artificial chromosome libraries. in Methods in Molecular Biology 2nd edition, Edited by B.-Y. Chen and H. W. Janes, Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, USA, 401-410.

    9. Hirai, M., Kamimura, M., Kikuchi, K., Yasukochi Y., Kiuchi, M., Shinoda, T. and Shiotsuki, T. (2002) cDNA cloning and characterization of Bombyx mori juvenile hormone esterase: an inducible gene by the imidazole insect growth regulator KK-42. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 32(6), 627-635.

  • 2001

    1. Quan, G-X., Mita, K., Okano, K., Shimada, T., Ugajin, N., Goto, N., Kannke, E. and Kawasaki, H. (2001) Isolation and particular expression of ecdysteroid-inducible angiotensin-converting enzyme-related gene in wing discs of Bombyx mori. Insect Mol. Biol. 31(1), 97-103.

    2. Ohbayashi, F., Suzuki, M.G., Mita, K., Okano, K. and Shimada, T. (2001) A homologue of the Drosophila doublesex gene is transcribed into sex-specific mRNA isoforms in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Ser.B 128, 145-158.

    3. Abe, H., Ohbayashi, F., Sugasaki, T., Kanehara, M., Terada, T., Shimada, T., Kawai, S., Mita, K., Kanamori, Y., Yamamoto, M-T. and Oshiki, T. (2001) Two novel Pao-like retrotransposons (Kamikaze and Yamato) of the silkworm Bombyx mori and B. mandarina and the common structural feature of Pao-like element. Mol. Gen. Genet. 265, 375-385.

    4. Okano, K., Shimada, T., Mita, K. and Maeda, S. (2001) Comparative expressed-sequence-tag analysis of differential gene expression profiles in BmNPV-infected BmN cells. Virology 282, 348-356.

    5. Masataka G. Suzuki, Fumi Ohbayashi, Kazuei Mita, and Toru Shimada (2001) The mechanism of sex-specific splicing at the doublesex gene is different between Drosophila melanogaster and Bombyx mori. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 31, 1201-1211.

    6. Shimada, Y., Nishimura, M., Kakinuma, S., Takeuchi, T., Ogiu, T., Suzuki, G., Nakata, Y., Sasanuma, S., Mita, K. and Sado, T. (2001) Characteristic association between K-ras gene mutation with loss of heterozygosity in X-ray-induced thymic lymphomas of the B6C3F1 mouse. Int. J. Radiat. Biol. 77, 465-473.

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

    8. Landais, I., Pommet, J-M., Mita, K., Nohata, J., Gimenez, S., Fournier, P., Devauchella, G., Duonor-Cerutti, M. and Ogliastro, M.H. (2001) Characterization of the 90-kDa heat shock protein coding genes in the Lepidoptera Bombyx mori and Spodoptera frugiperda. Gene 271, 223-231.

    9. Nenoi, M., Ichimura, S., Mita, K., Yukawa, O. and Cartwright, I.L. (2001) Regulation of the catalase gene promoter by Sp1, CCAAT-recognizing factors, and a WT1/Egr-related factor in hydrogen peroxide-resistant HP100 cells. Cancer Research 61, 5885-94.

    10. Nirmala, X., Mita, K., Vanisree, V., Zurovec, M. and Sehnal, F. (2001) Identification of four small molecular mass proteins in the silk of Bombyx mori. Insect Mol. Biol. 10, 437-445.

    11. Gan, H., Wang, Y., Jiang, H., Mita, K. and Kanost, M.R. (2001) A bacteria-induced, intracellular serpin in granular hemocytes of Manduca sexta. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 31, 887-898.

    12. Takeda M, Mita K, Quan G, Shimada T, Okano K, Kanke E, and Kawasaki H. (2001) Mass isolation of cuticle protein cDNAs from wing discs of Bombyx mori and their characterizations. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 31(10), 1019-28.

    13. Nishimura M, Kakinuma S, Wakana S, Mukaigawara A, Mita K, Sado T, Ogiu T, and Shimada Y. (2001) Reduced sensitivity to and ras mutation spectrum of N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea-induced thymic lymphomas in adult C.B-17 scid mice. Mutat Res. 486(4), 275-83.

    14. Sugaya K, Sasanuma S, Cook PR, and Mita K. (2001) A mutation in the largest (catalytic) subunit of RNA polymerase II and its relation to the arrest of the cell cycle in G(1) phase. Gene 274, 77-81.

    15. Zhao X, Mita K, Shimada T, Okano K, Quan G, Kanke E, and Kawasaki H. (2001) Isolation and expression of an ecdysteroid-inducible neutral endopeptidase 24.11-like gene in wing discs of Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 31(12), 1213-9.

    16. Shiomi N, Hayashi E, Sasanuma S, Mita K. and Shiomi T. (2001) Disruption of Xpg increases spontaneous mutation frequency, particularly A:T to C:G transversion. Mutat Res. 487, 127-135.

    17. Wajiro Hara, Eiichi Kosegawa, Keisuke Mase, Sumiharu Nagaoka, Kazuhiro Okano and Keiko Kadono-Okuda (2001) Linkage analysis of EST cDNA clones by using RFLP in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. J. Seric. Sci. Jpn. 70, 135-143.

  • 2000

    1. Lee, A.J., Hahn, Y., Yun, J.H., Mita, K. and Chung, J.H. (2000) Characterization of JDP genes, an evolutionarily conserved J domain-only protein family, from human and moths. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1491, 355-363.

    2. Yoshiga, T., Okano, K., Mita, K., Shimada, T. and Matsumoto, S. (2000) cDNA cloning of acyl-CoA desaturase homologs in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Gene 246, 339-345.

    3. Kawano, A., Nenoi, M., Matsushita, S., Matsumoto, T. and Mita, K. (2000) Sequence of 16S rRNA gene of rat-origin cilia-associated respiratory (CAR) Bacillus SMR strain. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 62, 797-800.

    4. Abe, H., Ohbayashi, F., Shimada, T., Sugasaki, T., Kawai, S., Mita, K. and Oshiki, T. (2000) 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. 263, 916-924.

    5. Nenoi, M., Ichimura, S. and Mita, K. (2000) Interspecific comparison in the frequency of concerted evolution at the polyubiquitin gene locus. J. Mol. Evol. 51, 161-165.

    6. Hahn, Y., Lee, Y.J., Yun, J.H., Yang, S.K., Park, C.W., Mita, K., Huh, T-L., Rhee, M. and Chung, J.H. (2000) Duplication of genes encoding non-clathrin coat protein gamma-COP in vertebrate, insect, and plant evolution. FEBS Lett. 482, 31-36.

    7. Uchiumi, T., Nomura, T., Shimizu, T., Katakai, Y., Mita, K., Koike, Y., Nakagaki, M., Taira, H. and Hachimori, A. (2000) A covariant change of the two highly conserved bases within the GTPase-associated center of ribosomal 28S rRNA in silkworms and other moths. J. Biol. Chem. 273, 35116-35121.

    8. Yamauchi, M., Tsuji, S., Mita, K., Saito, T. and Morimyo, M. (2000) A novel minisatellite repeat expansion identified at FRA16B in a Japanese carrier. Genes Genet. Syst. 75(3), 149-154.

    9. K. Kadono-Okuda, B. Ridley, D. Jones and G. Jones (2000) Distinctive structural and kinetic properties of an unusual juvenile hormone-hydrolyzing esterase. Biochemical and Biophyical Research Communication 272, 12-17.

    10. B. S. Finlin, H. Shao, Keiko Kadono-Okuda, N. Guo and D. A. Andres (2000) Rem2, a new member of the Rem/Rad/Gem/Kir family of Ras-related GTPases. Biochem. J 347, 223-231.

  • 1999

    1. Nishimura, M., Wakana, S., Kakinuma, S., Mita, K., Ishii, H., Kobayashi, S., Ogiu, T., Sado, T. and Shimada, Y. (1999) Low frequency of ras gene mutation in spontaneous and gamma-ray-induced thymic lymphoma of scid mice. Radiat. Res. 151, 142-149.

    2. Mita, K., Morimyo, M., Okano, K., Shimada, T. and Maeda, S. (1999) The construction of EST database for genome analysis of Bombyx mori. RIKEN Review 22, 63-67.

    3. H. Shao, K. Kadono-Okuda, B. S. Finlin and D. A. Andres (1999) Biochemical characterization of the Ras-related GTPases Rit and Rin. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 371, 207-219.

    4. Yasukochi, Y. (1999) A simple and accurate method for generating co-dominant markers: an application of conformation-sensitive gel electrophoresis to linkage analysis in the silkworm. Mol. Gen. Genet. 261, 796-802.

    5. Wu, C., S. Asakawa, N. Shimizu, S. Kawasaki and Y. Yasukochi (1999) Construction and characterization of bacterial artificial libraries of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Mol. Genet. Gen. 261, 698-706.
  • 1998

    1. Nenoi, M., Mita, K., Ichimura, S. and Kawano, A. (1998) Higher frequency of concerted evolutionary events in rodents than in man at the polyubiquitin gene VNTR locus. Genetics 148, 867-876.

    2. Suzuki, G., Nakata, Y., Dan, Y., Uzawa, A., Nakagawa, K., Saito, T., Mita, K. and Shirasawa, T. (1998) Loss of SDF-1 receptor expression during positive selection in the thymus. Int. Immunol. 10, 1049-1056.

    3. Sugaya, K., Ajimura, M., Tsuji, H., Morimyo, M. and Mita, K. (1998) Alterration of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II and its effect on chromosome stability in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Mol. Gen. Genet. 258, 279-287.

    4. Fujimori, A. Matsuda, Y., Takemoto, Y., hashimoto, Y., Kubo, E., Araki, R., Fukumura, R., Mita, K., Tatsumi, K. and Muto, M. (1998) Cloning and mapping of Np95 gene which encodes a Novel nuclear protein associated with cell proliferation. Mammalian Genome 9, 1032-1035.

    5. Saito, T., Matsuda, Y., Ishii, H., Mori, M., Araki, R., Fujimori, A., Fukumura, R., Watanabe, F., Hayashi, A., Mita, K., Morimyo, M., Tatsumi, K., Hori, T. and Abe, M. (1998) Mouse Cdc21 only 0.5kb upstream from Dna-pks in a head-to-head organization. Mamm. Genome 9, 769-772.

    6. Ohbayashi, F., Shimada, T., Sugasaki, T., Kawai, S., Mita, K., Oshiki, T. and Abe, H. (1998) Molecular structure of the copia-like retrotransposable element Yokozuna on the W chromosome of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Genes Genet. Syst. 73, 345-352.

    7. K. Kadono-Okuda, F. Weyda and T. Okuda (1998) Dinocampus(=perilitus) coccinellae teratocyte-specific polypeptide:Its accumulative property, localization and characterization. J. Insect Physiology 44, 1073-1080.


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    8. Yasukochi, Y. (1998) A dense genetic map of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, covering all chromosomes based on 1018 molecular markers. Genetics 150, 1513-1525,

    9. Yasukochi Y., T. Kanda and T. Tamura (1998) Cloning of two Bombyx homologues of Drosophila rosy gene and their relationship to larval translucent skin colour mutants. Genet. Res. Camb. 71, 11-19.

  • 1997

    1. Mita, K., Morimyo, M., Ito, K., Sugaya, K., Ebihara, K., Hongo, E., Higashi, T., Hirayama, Y. and Nakamura, Y. (1997) Comprehensive cloning of Schizosaccharomyces pombe genes encoding translation elongation factors. Gene 187, 259-266.

    2. Araki, R., Fujimori, A., Hamatani, K., Mita, K., Saito, T., Mori, M., Fukumura, R., Morimyo, M., Muto, M., Itoh, M., Tatsumi, K. and Abe, M. (1997) Nonsense mutation at Tyr-4046 in the DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit of severe combined immune deficiency mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94, 2438-2443.

    3. Sugaya, K., Sasanuma, S., Nohata, J., Kimura, T., Fukagawa, T., Nakamura, Y., Ando, A., Inoko, H., Ikemura, T. and Mita, K. (1997) Gene organization of human NOTCH4 and (CTG)n polymorphism in this human counterpart gene of mouse proto-oncogene Int3. Gene 189, 235-244.

    4. Sugaya, K., Sasanuma, S., Nohata, J., Kimura, T., Hongo, E., Higashi, T., Morimyo, M., Tsuji, H. and Mita, K. (1997) Cloning and sequencing for the largest subunit of Chinese hamster RNA polymerase II gene: identification of a mutation related to abnormal induction of sister chromatid exchanges. Gene 194, 267-272.

    5. Fujimori, A., Araki, R., Fukumura, R., Saito T., Mori, M., Mita, K., Tatsumi, K. and Abe, M. (1997) The murine DNA-PKcs gene consists of 86 exons dispersed in more than 250 kb. Genomics 45, 194-199.

    6. Ichimura, S., Mita, K. and Sugaya, K. (1997) A major non-LTR retrotransposon of Bombyx mori, L1Bm. J. Mol. Evol. 45, 253-264.

    7. T. Suzuki, T. Kanaya, H. Okazaki, K. Ogawa, A. Usami, H. Watanabe, K. Kadono-Okuda, M. Yamakawa, H. Sato, H. Mori, S. Takahashi and K. Oda (1997) Efficient protein production using a Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis virus lacking the cysteine proteinase gene. J. General Virology 78, 3073-3080.

    8. K. Kadono-Okuda and D. Andres (1997) An expression cloning method to identify monomeric GTP-binding proteins by GTP overlay. Analytical Biochemistry 254, 187-191.

  • 1996

    1. Nenoi, M., Mita, K., Ichimura, S., Cartwright, I.L., Takahashi, E., Yamauchi, M. and Tsuji, H. (1996) Heterogeneous structure of the polyubiquitin gene UbC of HeLa S3 cells. Gene 175, 179-185.

    2. Muto, M., Chen, Y., Kubo, E. and Mita, K. (1996) Analysis of early initiating event(s) in radiation-induced thymic lymphomagenesis. Jpn. J. Cancer Res. 87, 247-257.

    3. Ptushkina, M., Fierro-Monti, I.,van den Heuvel, J., Vasilescu, S., Birkenhager, R., Mita, K. and McCarthy, J.E.G. (1996) Schizosaccharomyces pombe has a novel eukaryotic initiation factor 4F complex containing a cap-binding protein with the human eIF4E C-terminal motif KSGST. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 32818-32824.

    4. Nenoi, M., Cartwright, I.L., Mita, K. and Ichimura, S. (1996) Comparison of the 5' upstream region of the evolutionarily equivalent polyubiquitin gene of humans and Chinese hamsters. Gene 179, 297-299.

    5. M. Shimabukuro, H. K. Choi, K. Taniai, K. Kadono-Okuda, Y. Kato, M. Yamamoto, S. Chowdhury, J. Xu, M. Sugiyama, H. Miyanoshita, N. Debnath and M. Yamakawa (1996) Signal transduction for cecrepine B gene expression in adherent hemocytes of the silkwrom, Bombyx mori. Appl. Entomol. Zool. 31, 135-143.

    6. H. K. Choi, S. K. Choi, K. Taniai, K. Kadono-Okuda, Y. Kato, M. Yamamoto, S. Chowdhury, J. Xu, M. Sugiyama, H. Miyanoshita, N. Debnath, A. Asaoka and M. Yamakawa (1996) Lipopolysaccharide-induced phosphorylation and partial amino acid sequence of a hemocyte protein in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. J. Seric. Sci. Jpn. 65, 262-269.

    7. K. Taniai, K. Kadono-Okuda, Y. Kato, M. Yamamoto, M. Shimabukuro, S. Chowdhury, J. Xu, E. Kotani, S. Tomino and M. Yamakawa (1996) Structure of two cecropine B-encording genes and bacterial-inducibale DNA-binding protein which bind to the 5'upstream reguratory region in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Gene 163, 215-219.

    8. S. Chowdhury, K. Taniai, S. Hara, K. Kadono-Okuda, Y. Kato, J. Xu, M. Yamamoto, S. K. Choi, N. Debnath, H. K. Choi, H. Miyanoshita, M. Sugiyama, A. Asaoka, M and Yamakawa (1996) cDNA cloning, gene expression of bomocin, a novel member of antibacterial peptides from the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 214, 271-278.

  • 1995

    1. Mita, K., Tsuji, H., Morimyo, M., Takahashi, E., Nenoi, M., Ichimura, S., Yamauchi, M., Hongo, E. and Hayashi, A. (1995) The human gene encoding the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II. Gene 159, 285-286.

    2. Mita, K., Nenoi, M., Morimyo, M., Tsuji, H., Ichimura, S., Sawai, M. and Hamana, K. (1995) Bombyx mori beta-tubulin gene specifically expressed in testis. Gene 162, 329-330.

    3. K. Kadono-Okuda, M. Yamamoto, Y. Higashino, K. Taniai, Y. Kato, E. Kotani, K. Nakajima, S. Maeda and M. Yamakawa (1995) Baculovirus-mediated production of human growth hormone in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 213, 389-396.

    4. H. K. Choi, K. Taniai, K. Kadono-Okuda, M. Yamamoto, S. Chowdhury, J. Xu, M. Sugiyama, S. K. Choi, N. Debnath, H. Miyanoshita, A. Asaoka and M. Yamakawa (1995) Induction of activity of protein kinase C and A by bacterial lipopolysaccharide. J. Seric. Sci. Jpn. 64, 450-456.

    5. M. Yamakawa, K. Kadono-Okuda, K. Taniai and Y. Kato (1995) Bombyx mori cecropine B, an antibacterial protein: Structure regukation of the gene expression and antibacterial spectra. Ind. J. Seric. 34, 1-5.

    6. M. Sugiyama, M. Kuniyoshi, E. Kotani, K. Taniai, Y. Kato, K. Kadono-Okuda, M. Shimabukuro, S. Chowdhury, S. K. Choi, H. Kataoka, A. Suzuki and M. Yamakawa (1995) Characterization of a Bombyx mori cDNA encoding a novel member of the attacin family of insect antibacterial protein. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 25, 385-392.

    7. K. Kadono-Okuda, K. Taniai, Y. Kato, E. Kotani and M. Yamakawa (1995) Effects of synthetic Bombyx mori cecropin B on the growth of plant pathogenic bacteria. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 65, 309-310.

    8. E. Kotani, M. Yamakawa, S. Iwamoto, M. Tashiro, H. Mori, M. Sumita, F. Matsubara, K. Taniai, K. Kadono-Okuda, Y. Kato and H. Mori (1995) Cloning and expression of the gene of homocytin an insect humoral lectin which is homologous with the mammalian von Willebrant facter. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1260, 245-258.

    9. S. K. Choi, H. K. Choi, K. Taniai, K. Kadono-Okuda, Y. Kato, M. Yamamoto, S. Chowdhury, J. Xu, M. H. Miyanoshita, N. Debnath, A. Asaoka and M. Yamakawa (1995) Occurence of novel types of nitric oxide synthase in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 207, 452-459.

    10. J. Xu, M. Nishijima, Y. Kohno, K. Taniai, Y. Kato, K. Kadono-Okuda, M. Yamamoto, M. Shimabukuro, S. Chowdhury, S. K. Choi and M. Yamakawa (1995) Indentification of a hemocyte membrane protein of the sillworm, which specifically binds to bacterial lipoplysaccharide. Insect Biochem. Mol Bio. 25, 921-928.

    11. T. Okuda and K. Kadono-Okuda (1995) Perilitus coccinellae teratocyte polypeptide: evidence for production of teratocyte-specific 540 kDa protein. J. Insect Physiol. 41, 819-825.

  • 1994

    1. Nenoi, M., Mita, K., Ichimura, S. and Cartwright, I.L. (1994) Novel structure of a Chinese hamster polyubiquitin gene. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1204, 271-278.

    2. Mita, K., Ichimura, S. and James, T.C. (1994) Highly repetitive structure and its organization of the silk fibroin gene. J. Mol. Evol. 38, 583-592.

    3. Ichimura, S., Mita, k. and Numata, M. (1994) Protein ubiquitination in the posterior silk glands of Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 24, 717-722.

    4. Hongo, E., Morimyo, M., Mita, K., Machida, I., Hama-Inaba, H., Tsuji, H., Ichimura, S. and Noda, Y. (1994) The methyl viologen-resistance-encoding gene smvA of Salmonella typhimurium. Gene 148, 173-174.

    5. Sugaya, K., Fukagawa, T., Matsumoto, K., Mita, K., Takahashi, E., Ando, A., Inoko, H. and Ikemura, T. (1994) Three human MHC class III genes near the junction with the class II locus. Genomics 23, 408-419.

    6. Y. Kato, Y. Motoi, K. Taniai, K. Kadono-Okuda, M. Hiramatsu and M. Yamakawa (1994) Clearance of lipopolysaccharide in hemolymph of the silkworm, Bombyx mori:its role in the terminationo of cecropin mRNA induction. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 24, 539-545.

    7. Y. Kato, Y. Motoi, K. Taniai, K. Kadono-Okuda, M. Yamamoto, Y. Higashino, M. Shimabukuro, S. Chowdhury, J. Xu, M. Sugiyama, M. Hiramatsu and M. Yamakawa (1994) Lipopolysaccharide-lipophorin complex formation in insect hemolymph:a common pathway of lipopoly- accharide detoxification both in insects and mammals. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 24, 547-555.

    8. K. Kadono-Okuda, W. Amornsak and O. Yamashita (1994) The controlled ecdysteroid accumulation in eggs of the silkworm,Bombyx mori by an imidazole compound(KK-42)and embryogenesis in these eggs. Archiv. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 25, 121-135.

    9. K. Kadono-Okuda, H. Sakurai, S. Takeda and T. Okuda (1994) Synchronous development of a parasitoid, Pevilitus coccinellae and its teratocytes with growth of host, Coccinella septempunctata. Ent. Exp. Appl. 75, 145-149.

  • 1993

    1. Morimyo, M. and Mita, K. (1993) A simple and rapid amplification procedure for cDNA cloned in dephosphorylated plasmid. Nucleic Acids Res. 21, 1679-1680.

    2. Mita, K., Morimyo, M. and Hongo, E. (1994) One step DNA sequencing of single-stranded DNA with reverse dye-primer. Nucleic Acids Res. 22, 1507-1508.

    3. Shigeo Imanishi, Hajime Inoue, Jun Kobayashi, Keiko Kadono-Okuda, Hideo Kawamoto, Serge Belloncik, Nbuo Kuwabara, Hidehiko Sakamoto and Shuichiro Tomita (1993) In vitro multiplication of Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis virus. Bull. Natl. Inst. Seric. Entomol. Sci. 7, 9-28.

  • 1992

    1. Nenoi, M., Mita, K. and Ichimura, S. (1992) Evolutionarily conserved structure of the 3' non-translated region of a Chinese hamster poly-ubiquitin gene. Biochim Biophys. Acta. 1130, 247-252.

    2. Ichimura, S. and Mita, K. (1992) Essential role of duplications of short motif sequences in the genomic evolution of Bombyx mori. J. Mol. Evol. 35, 123-130.

    3. K. Kadono-Okuda, S. Imanishi and H. Inoue (1992) Identification of cell lines of Bombyx mori and some Lepidopteran insects by electrophoresis. J. Seric. Sci. Jpn. 57, 184-188.

  • 1991

    1. Mita, K., Ichimura, S. and Nenoi, M. (1991) Essential factors determining codon usage in ubiquitin genes. J. Mol. Evol. 33, 216-225.

  • 1988

    1. Hirai, M., Niimura, N., Zama, M., Mita, K. Ichimura, S., Tokunaga, F. and Ishikawa, Y. (1988) Interparticle interactions and structural changes ofnucleosome core particles in low-salt solution. Biochemistry 27, 7924-7931.

    2. Mita, K., Ichimura, S., Zama, M. and James, T.C. (1988) Specific codon usage pattern and its implications on the secondary structure of silk fibroin mRNA. J. Mol. Biol. 203, 917-925.

  • 1987

    1. K.Kadono-Okuda, E.Kuwano, M.Eto and O.Yamashita (1987) Anti-ecdysteroid action of some imidazole derivatives on pupal-adult development of the silkworm.(Lepidoptera Bombycidae). Appl. Ent. Zool. 22, 370-379.

    2. O. Yamashita, K. Kadono-Okuda, E. Kuwano and M. Eto (1987) An imidazole compound as a potent anti-ecdysteroid in an insect. Agric. Biol. Chem. 51, 2295-2297.

    3. K. Kadono-Okuda, E. Kuwano, M. Eto and O, Yamashita (1987) Inhibitory action of an imidazole compound of ecdysone synthesis in prothoracic glands of the silkworm. Develop. Growth & Differ. 29, 527-539.

    4. Z. Kajiura, K. Kadono-Okuda and O. Yamashita (1987) Induction of dauer larvae by juvenile hormone analogue and their response to ecdysteroids in the silkworm Bombyx mori. J. Seric. Sci. Jpn. 56, 398-406.

  • 1986

    1. K. Kadono-Okuda, O. Yamashita and Z. Kajiura (1986) Induction of perfect superlarvae by the application of juvenile hormone analogue to starved larvae of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. J. Insect Physiol. 32, 1065-1073.

  • 1985

    1. Shimidzu, M., Shindo, H., Matsumoto, U., Mita, K. and Zama, M. (1985) Distinction and similarity in the structure of histone H1 and H5 as indicated by 13C nuclear-magnetic-resonance spectroscopy. Eur. J. Biochem. 148, 431-436.

    2. Shimidzu, M., Shindo, H., Matsumoto, U., Mita, K. and Zama, M. (1985) Involvement of the histidine residues in the pH-indued conformational Change of histone H5. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 241, 692-695.

    3. Ichimura, S., Mita, K., Zama, M. and Numata, M. (1985) Isolation of the giant ramified nuclei of the posterior silk glands of Bombyx mori. Insect Biochem. 15, 277-283.

  • 1984

    1. Zama, M., Mita, K. and Ichimura, S. (1984) Conformation of the HMG17-nucleosome complex. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 783, 100-104.

  • 1983

    1. Hamana, K., Mita, K., Ichimura, S., Zama, M., Kaji, K. and Niimura, N. (1983) Isolation of deuterated histones from yeast grown on media dissolved in 2H2O. FEBS Letters 160, 21-24.

    2. Mita, K., Zama, M., Ichimura, S., Niimura, N., Kaji, K., Hirai, M. and Ishikawa, Y. (1983) Small angle neutron scattering of the structure of nucleosome cores. Physica 120B, 436-439.

  • 1982

    1. Mita, K., Zama, M., Ichimura, S., Niimura, N., Kaji, K. and Hirai, M. (1982) Small angle neutron scattering studies of the structure of nucleosome cores at low ionic strength. Nucleic Acids Res. Sym. Ser. 11, 185-188.

    2. Ichimura, S., Mita, K. and Zama, M. (1982) Essential role of arginine residues in the folding of deoxyribonucleic acid into nucleosome cores. Biochemistry 21, 5329-5334.

  • 1981

    1. Mita, K., Ichimura, S., Zama, M. and Hamana, K. (1981) Nucleosome cores containing H2B, H3, H4 and HMG2 are reconstituted. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 98, 330-336.

    2. Mita, K., Ichimura, S., Zama, M. and Hamana, K. (1981) Kinetics of chemical modification of arginine and lysine residues in calf thymus histone H1. Biopolymers 20, 1103-1112.

  • 1980

    1. Mita, K., Ichimura, S. and Zama, M. (1980) Conformation of poly(L-homoarginine). Biopolymers 19, 1123-1135.

  • 1978

    1. Ichimura, S., Mita, K. and Zama, M. (1978) Conformation of poly(L-arginine) 1. Effects of anions. Biopolymers 17, 2769-2782.

    2. Mita, K., Ichimura, S. and Zama, M. (1978) Conformation of poly(L-arginine) 2. Complexes with polyions. Biopolymers 17, 2783-2798.

  • 1977

    1. Mita, K., Zama, M. and Ichimura, S. (1977) Effect of charge density of cationic polyelectrolytes on complex formation with DNA. Biopolymers 16, 1993-2004.

  • 1976

    1. Mita, K., Okubo, T. and Ise, N. (1976) Heat of dilution of aqueous solutions of sodium salts of partially sulphonated polystyrenes. J. Chem. Soc. Faraday I 72, 504-508.

    2. Mita, K., Okubo, T. and Ise, N. (1976) Theoretical studies of poly-electrolyte "catalysis" of ionic reactions Part 2.-Interionic reactions between similarly charged species. J. Chem. Soc. Faraday I 72, 1033-1042.

    3. Mita, K., Okubo, T. and Ise, N. (1976) Gegenion binding in aqueous solutions of tetra-alkylammonium polyacrylates and poly(styrene-sulphonate)s. J. Chem. Soc. Faraday I 72, 1627-1632.

    4. Shikata, M., Kim, S., Mita, K. and Ise, N. (1976) 'Catalysis' by anionic polyelectrolytes on reactions between cationic species: outer and inner sphere electron transfer reactions of Co complexes. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A. 351, 233-243.

  • 1975

    1. Mita, K., Kunugi, S., Okubo, T. and Ise, N. (1975) Theoretical Studies of polyelectrolyte "catalyst" of ionic reactions Part 1.-Interionic reactions between oppositely charged species. J. Chem. Soc. Faraday I 71, 936-945.

    2. Mita, K., Okubo, T. and Ise, N. (1975) Heats of dilution of Aqueous solutions of polyethylenimine hydrochloride and sodium polyphosphate and heir low molecular weight analogues. J. Chem. Soc. Faraday I 71, 1932-1936.

    3. Okubo, T., Ishiwatari, T., Mita, K. and Ise, N. (1975) Coenzyme model studies. II. Polyelectrolyte influence on the complexation equilibrium between model compounds of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and indole derivatives. J. Phys. Chem. 79, 2108-2112.

  • 1974

    1. Mita, K. and Okubo, T. (1974) Heat of dilution of aqueous solutions of sodium carboxycellulose and sodium polyacrylate. J. Chem. Soc. Faraday I 70, 1546-1550.

  • 1973

    1. Ise, N., Mita, K. and Okubo, T. (1973) Heat of dilution of Aqueous solutions of polyacrylates. J. Chem. Soc. Faraday I 69, 106-112.