Osamu Yamashita

Precursor polyprotein for multiple neuropeptides secreted from the suboesophageal ganglion of the silkworm Bombyx mori: characterization of the cDNA encoding the diapause hormone precursor and identification of additional peptides.

Yukihiro Sato, M Oguchi, Nobuo MENJO et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1993 · 229 citations · Full text

Neurotransmitter, Diapause Hormone, Oligonucleotide Probes +17

Membrane‐penetrating trehalase from silkworm <i>Bombyx mori</i> . Molecular cloning and localization in larval midgut

Kanako Mitsumasu, Masaaki Azuma, Teruyuki Niimi et al. · Insect Molecular Biology · 2005 · 102 citations

Neurosecretory Cells Expressing the Gene for Common Precursor for Diapause Hormone and Pheromone Biosynthesis-Activating Neuropeptide in the Suboesophageal Ganglion of the Silkworm, Bombyx mori

Yukihiro Sato, Muneki Ikeda, Osamu Yamashita · General and Comparative Endocrinology · 1994 · 92 citations

Biology, Neuropeptides, Pheromone Biochemistry +9

Honey bee reproduction: vitellogenin and caste-specific regulation of fertility.

Wolf Engels, H. H. Kaatz, Anne Zillikens et al. · 1990 · 91 citations

Biology, Infertility, Reproductive Success +6

A unique protease responsible for selective degradation of a yolk protein in Bombyx mori. Purification, characterization, and cleavage profile.

Leslie S. Indrasith, Takashi Sasaki, Osamu Yamashita · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1988 · 86 citations · Full text

Proteasome, Molecular Biology, Reproductive Biology +18