Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Expression and purification of a small cytokine growth-blocking peptide from armyworm Pseudaletia separata by an optimized fermentation method using the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris.

Cloning and characterization of the pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide receptor from the silkmoth, Bombyx mori. Significance of the carboxyl terminus in receptor internalization

Isolation and characterization of a humoral factor that stimulates transcription of the acyl-CoA-binding protein in the pheromone gland of the silkmoth, Bombyx mori.

Regulatory mechanisms underlying pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN)-induced internalization of the Bombyx mori PBAN receptor.

Synthesis and biological activities of analogs of D-glucosyl-l-tyrosine, a humoral factor that stimulates transcription of the acyl-CoA binding protein in the pheromone gland of the Silkmoth, Bombyx mori.

Identification of a unique pheromonotropic neuropeptide including double FXPRL motifs from a geometrid species, Ascotis selenaria cretacea, which produces an epoxyalkenyl sex pheromone.

Determination of the pheromone-producing region that has epoxidation activity in the abdominal tip of the Japanese giant looper, Ascotis selenaria cretacea (Lepidoptera: Geometridae).

Molecular mechanisms underlying sex pheromone production in the silkmoth, Bombyx mori: characterization of the molecular components involved in bombykol biosynthesis.

Functional characterization of the Bombyx mori fatty acid transport protein (BmFATP) within the silkmoth pheromone gland.

Molecular mechanisms underlying PBAN signaling in the silkmoth Bombyx mori.

Unraveling the pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) signal transduction cascade that regulates sex pheromone production in moths.

Vitamins & Hormones

Adaptor protein is essential for insect cytokine signaling in hemocytes.

Journal of Insect Physiology

Studies of sex pheromone production under neuroendocrine control by analytical and morphological means in the oriental armyworm, Pseudaletia separata, Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Hormone signaling linked to silkmoth sex pheromone biosynthesis involves Ca²⁺/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II-mediated phosphorylation of the insect PAT family protein Bombyx mori lipid storage droplet protein-1.

Screening for the Genes Involved in Bombykol Biosynthesis: Identification and Functional Characterization of Bombyx mori Acyl Carrier Protein.

Drosophila growth-blocking peptide-like factor mediates acute immune reactions during infectious and non-infectious stress.

Characteristics common to a cytokine family spanning five orders of insects.

Endoplasmic Reticulum aminopeptidase 1 beyond antigenic peptide-processing enzyme in the Endoplasmic Reticulum.

Characterization of the enzymatic properties of human RNPEPL1/aminopeptidase Z

Distinguishing two distinct types of salivary extracellular vesicles: a potential tool for understanding their pathophysiological roles.

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences