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S. Sakurai

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h-index: 33
Works: 105
Citations: 3,103

Most-cited papers

Water temperature-dependent degradation of environmental DNA and its relation to bacterial abundance
Satsuki Tsuji, Masayuki Ushio, S. Sakurai, T. Minamoto +1 more
2017PLoS ONE215 citations Open access
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Quantitative monitoring of multispecies fish environmental DNA using high-throughput sequencing
Masayuki Ushio, Hiroaki Murakami, R. Masuda, T. Sado +5 more
2017bioRxiv200 citations Open access
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A simple method for preserving environmental DNA in water samples at ambient temperature by addition of cationic surfactant
H. Yamanaka, T. Minamoto, Junichi Matsuura, S. Sakurai +9 more
2017Limnology164 citations Open access
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Nutritional status affects 20-hydroxyecdysone concentration and progression of oogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster.
J. Terashima, K. Takaki, S. Sakurai, M. Bownes
2005Journal of Endocrinology163 citations Open access
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Development changes in juvenile hormone and juvenile hormone acid titers in the hemolymph and in-vitro juvenile hormone synthesis by corpora allata of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.
S. Niimi, S. Sakurai
1997Journal of insect physiology109 citations
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Regulation of soluble and membrane-bound trehalase activity and expression of the enzyme in the larval midgut of the bamboo borer Omphisa fuscidentalis.
Nujira Tatun, T. Singtripop, Jatuporn Tungjitwitayakul, S. Sakurai
2008Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology82 citations
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Juvenile hormone inhibits ecdysone secretion and responsiveness to prothoracicotropic hormone in prothoracic glands of Bombyx mori.
S. Sakurai, M. Okuda, T. Ohtaki
1989General and Comparative Endocrinology79 citations
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Programmed cell death triggered by insect steroid hormone, 20-hydroxyecdysone, in the anterior silk gland of the silkworm, Bombyx mori
J. Terashima, Noriko Yasuhara, M. Iwami, S. Sakurai +1 more
2000Development, Genes and Evolution78 citations
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Mediation of ecdysone synthesis in manduca sexta by a hemolymph enzyme
S. Sakurai, J. T. Warren, L. Gilbert
198974 citations
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Coordinate responses of transcription factors to ecdysone during programmed cell death in the anterior silk gland of the silkworm, Bombyx mori
Takayuki Sekimoto, M. Iwami, S. Sakurai
2006Insect molecular biology (Print)72 citations Open access
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Ecdysteroid-inducible genes in the programmed cell death during insect metamorphosis.
S. Tsuzuki, M. Iwami, S. Sakurai
2001Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology71 citations
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Dual control of midgut trehalase activity by 20-hydroxyecdysone and an inhibitory factor in the bamboo borer Omphisa fuscidentalis Hampson.
Nujira Tatun, T. Singtripop, S. Sakurai
2008Journal of insect physiology61 citations
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Prothoracic gland synthesis of 3-dehydroecdysone and its hemolymph 3β-reductase mediated conversion to ecdysone in representative insects
S. Kiriishi, D. B. Rountree, S. Sakurai, Lawrence I. Gilbert
1990Experientia59 citations
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Synthesis and secretion of ecdysteroids by the prothoracic glands of Manduca sexta
J. T. Warren, S. Sakurai, D. B. Rountree, L. Gilbert
198859 citations
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Presence of membrane ecdysone receptor in the anterior silk gland of the silkworm Bombyx mori.
M. Elmogy, M. Iwami, S. Sakurai
2004European Journal of Biochemistry58 citations
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Juvenile hormone-mediated termination of larval diapause in the bamboo borer, Omphisa fuscidentalis.
T. Singtripop, S. Wanichacheewa, S. Sakurai
2000Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology50 citations
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Nongenomic action of an insect steroid hormone in steroid-induced programmed cell death.
M. Iga, M. Iwami, S. Sakurai
2007Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology49 citations
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20‐Hydroxyecdysone regulation of two isoforms of the Ets transcription factor E74 gene in programmed cell death in the silkworm anterior silk gland
Takayuki Sekimoto, M. Iwami, S. Sakurai
2007Insect molecular biology (Print)44 citations Open access
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A novel member of the bombyxin gene family: structure and expression of bombyxin G1 gene, an insulin-related peptide gene of the silkmoth Bombyx mori
I. Yoshida, Ken-ichi Moto, S. Sakurai, M. Iwami
1998Development, Genes and Evolution44 citations Open access
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Sensitivities to juvenile hormone and ecdysteroid in the diapause larvae of Omphisa fuscidentalis based on the hemolymph trehalose dynamics index.
T. Singtripop, Y. Oda, S. Wanichacheewa, S. Sakurai
2002Journal of insect physiology42 citations
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Larval Growth and Diapause in a Tropical Moth, Omphisa fuscidentalis Hampson
T. Singtripop, S. Wanichacheewa, S. Tsuzuki, S. Sakurai
199940 citations Open access
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Expression of Heat Shock Protein Genes in Different Developmental Stages and After Temperature Stress in the Maize Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Jatuporn Tungjitwitayakul, Nujira Tatun, Boongeua Vajarasathira, S. Sakurai
2015Journal of Economic Entomology39 citations
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Ecdysteroid control of cell cycle and cellular commitment in insect wing imaginal discs.
Takashi Koyama, M. Iwami, S. Sakurai
2004Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology39 citations
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Regulation of prothoracic gland ecdysteroidogenic activity leading to pupal metamorphosis.
K. Takaki, S. Sakurai
2003Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology39 citations
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Characteristic Expression of Three Heat Shock-Responsive Genes During Larval Diapause in the Bamboo Borer Omphisa fuscidentalis
Jatuporn Tungjitwitayakul, Nujira Tatun, T. Singtripop, S. Sakurai
2008Zoological Science38 citations
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Commencement of pupal commitment in late penultimate instar and its hormonal control in wing imaginal discs of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.
Takashi Koyama, Yoshikazu Obara, M. Iwami, S. Sakurai
2004Journal of insect physiology38 citations
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A putative route to ecdysteroids: Metabolism of cholesterol in vitro by mildly disrupted prothoracic glands of Manduca sexta
M. Grieneisen, J. T. Warren, S. Sakurai, L. Gilbert
199138 citations
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Intracellular mobilization of Ca2+ by the insect steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone during programmed cell death in silkworm anterior silk glands.
M. Manaboon, M. Iga, M. Iwami, S. Sakurai
2009Journal of insect physiology37 citations
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Bombyxin gene expression in tissues other than brain detected by reverse transcriptionpolymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and in situ hybridization
M. Iwami, A. Tanaka, N. Hano, S. Sakurai
1996Experientia37 citations
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Developmental arrest induced by juvenile hormone in larvae of Bombyx mori
S. Sakurai, Hiroshi Imokawa
198835 citations
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Expression of 20-hydroxyecdysone-induced genes in the silkworm brain and their functional analysis in post-embryonic development.
Monwar Hossain, Sakiko Shimizu, M. Matsuki, M. Imamura +2 more
2008Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology33 citations Open access
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Developmental Profile of Annexin IX and its Possible Role in Programmed Cell Death of the Bombyx mori Anterior Silk Gland
Y. Kaneko, K. Takaki, M. Iwami, S. Sakurai
2006Zoological Science33 citations Open access
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Inhibitory effects of plant extracts on growth, development and α-amylase activity in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Nujira Tatun, Boonguea Vajarasathira, Jatuporn Tungjitwitayakul, S. Sakurai
201429 citations Open access
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3.8 – Feedback Regulation of Prothoracic Gland Activity
S. Sakurai
200527 citations
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Death commitment in the anterior silk gland of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.
M. Kakei, M. Iwami, S. Sakurai
2005Journal of insect physiology27 citations
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Trehalase Activity in Fungus-Growing Termite, Odontotermes feae (Isoptera: Termitideae) and Inhibitory Effect of Validamycin
Nujira Tatun, Orathai Wangsantitham, Jatuporn Tungjitwitayakul, S. Sakurai
2014Journal of Economic Entomology22 citations
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Involvement of adipokinetic hormone in the homeostatic control of hemolymph trehalose concentration in the larvae of Bombyx mori.
Y. Oda, M. Uejuma, M. Iwami, S. Sakurai
2000Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology22 citations
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Hormonal regulation of the death commitment in programmed cell death of the silkworm anterior silk glands.
Hiroto Matsui, M. Kakei, M. Iwami, S. Sakurai
2012Journal of insect physiology21 citations Open access
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Larval fat body cells die during the early pupal stage in the frame of metamorphosis remodelation in Bombyx mori.
Y. Kaneko, T. Yasanga, Misa Suzuki, S. Sakurai
2011Journal of insect physiology21 citations
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Gene transfer into insect brain and cell-specific expression of bombyxin gene
Ken-ichi Moto, S. E. Abdel Salam, S. Sakurai, M. Iwami
1999Development, Genes and Evolution21 citations Open access
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Identification, characterization, and developmental regulation of two storage proteins in the bamboo borer Omphisa fuscidentalis.
Jatuporn Tungjitwitayakul, T. Singtripop, Anchalee Nettagul, Y. Oda +3 more
2008Journal of insect physiology20 citations
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A Rapid Increase in cAMP in Response to 20-Hydroxyecdysone in the Anterior Silk Glands of the Silkworm, Bombyx mori
M. Elmogy, J. Terashima, M. Iga, M. Iwami +1 more
2006Zoological Science20 citations Open access
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EcR expression in the prothoracicotropic hormone‐producing neurosecretory cells of the Bombyx mori brain
Monwar Hossain, Sakiko Shimizu, H. Fujiwara, S. Sakurai +1 more
2006The FEBS Journal20 citations Open access
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Correlation of oxygen consumption, cytochrome c oxidase, and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene expression in the termination of larval diapause in the bamboo borer, Omphisa fuscidentalis.
T. Singtripop, Manasawan Saeangsakda, Nujira Tatun, Y. Kaneko +1 more
2007Journal of insect physiology19 citations
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Pupal commitment and its hormonal control in wing imaginal discs.
Yoshikazu Obara, M. Miyatani, Y. Ishiguro, K. Hirota +4 more
2002Journal of insect physiology19 citations
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Structure and expression of bombyxin E1 gene: a novel family gene that encodes bombyxin-IV, an insect insulin-related neurosecretory peptide.
S. Tsuzuki, Tomonori Masuta, Masaaki Furuno, S. Sakurai +1 more
1997Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry19 citations
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Bombyxin F1 Gene: Structure and Expression of a New Bombyxin Family Gene That Forms a Pair with Bombyxin B10 Gene
I. Yoshida, S. Tsuzuki, S. E. A. Salam, M. Ino +3 more
1997Zoological Science19 citations Open access
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Effects of ultraviolet-C and microwave irradiation on the expression of heat shock protein genes in the maize weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Jatuporn Tungjitwitayakul, Nujira Tatun, Boongeua Vajarasathira, S. Sakurai
201618 citations Open access
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Manduca sexta prothoracicotropic hormone: evidence for a role beyond steroidogenesis.
R. Rybczynski, Chelsea A. Snyder, J. Hartmann, S. Sakurai +1 more
2009Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology18 citations
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Content and possible role of ecdysteroids in the larval ovary of the silkworm, Bombyx mori
O. Parlak, S. Sakurai, Masae Kaya, T. Ohtaki
199218 citations
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