Ecdysone signaling regulates soldier-specific cuticular pigmentation in the termiteZootermopsis nevadensis

Gene expression changes in the tyrosine metabolic pathway regulate caste-specific cuticular pigmentation of termites

(2016) Yudai Masuoka et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Dopamine regulates termite soldier differentiation through trophallactic behaviours

(2016) Hajime Yaguchi et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Expressions of juvenile hormone biosynthetic genes during presoldier differentiation in the incipient colony of Zootermopsis nevadensis (Isoptera: Archotermopsidae)

(2015) Hajime Yaguchi et al.   APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY

Knockdown of the juvenile hormone receptor gene inhibits soldier-specific morphogenesis in the damp-wood termite Zootermopsis nevadensis (Isoptera: Archotermopsidae)

(2015) Yudai Masuoka et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Expression and function of a limb-patterning geneDistal-lessin the soldier-specific morphogenesis in the nasute termiteNasutitermes takasagoensis

(2015) Kouhei Toga et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Molecular traces of alternative social organization in a termite genome

(2014) Nicolas Terrapon et al.   Nature Communications

Social interactions affecting caste development through physiological actions in termites

(2014) Dai Watanabe et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

High Laccase2 expression is likely involved in the formation of specific cuticular structures during soldier differentiation of the termite Reticulitermes speratus

(2013) Yudai Masuoka et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Termite Soldier Differentiation in Incipient Colonies is Related to Parental Proctodeal Trophallactic Behavior

(2012) Kiyoto Maekawa et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

A visible dominant marker for insect transgenesis

(2012) Mizuko Osanai-Futahashi et al.   Nature Communications

Disruption of an N-acetyltransferase gene in the silkworm reveals a novel role in pigmentation

(2010) S. Zhan et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Developmental characterization, function and regulation of a Laccase2 encoding gene in the honey bee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apinae)

(2010) Moysés Elias-Neto et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Symbiotic Bacterium Modifies Aphid Body Color

(2010) T. Tsuchida et al.   SCIENCE

siDirect 2.0: updated software for designing functional siRNA with reduced seed-dependent off-target effect

(2009) Yuki Naito et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Endocrine signatures underlying plasticity in postembryonic development of a lower termite,Cryptotermes secundus(Kalotermitidae)

(2009) Judith Korb et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Arthropod nuclear receptors and their role in molting

(2009) Yoshiaki Nakagawa et al.   FEBS Journal

The molecular mechanisms of cuticular melanization: The ecdysone cascade leading to dopa decarboxylase expression in Manduca sexta

(2009) Kiyoshi Hiruma et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Molecular and Functional Analyses of Amino Acid Decarboxylases Involved in Cuticle Tanning inTribolium castaneum

(2009) Yasuyuki Arakane et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Histology of the hormone-producing glands in the damp-wood termite Hodotermopsis sjostedti (Isoptera, Termopsidae): A focus on soldier differentiation

(2008) R. Cornette et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Compound Eye Development During Caste Differentiation in the Termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

(2008) Kiyoto Maekawa et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE