Ryusuke Niwa

Control of actin reorganization by Slingshot, a family of phosphatases that dephosphorylate ADF/cofilin.

Control of growth cone motility and morphology by LIM kinase and Slingshot via phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of cofilin.

Distinct developmental modes and lesion-induced reactions of dendrites of two classes of Drosophila sensory neurons.

Cell cycle-associated changes in Slingshot phosphatase activity and roles in cytokinesis in animal cells.

Differential activities, subcellular distribution and tissue expression patterns of three members of Slingshot family phosphatases that dephosphorylate cofilin.

Phosphoinositide 3-kinase-mediated activation of cofilin phosphatase Slingshot and its role for insulin-induced membrane protrusion.

A pathway of neuregulin-induced activation of cofilin-phosphatase Slingshot and cofilin in lamellipodia.

CYP306A1, a cytochrome P450 enzyme, is essential for ecdysteroid biosynthesis in the prothoracic glands of Bombyx and Drosophila.

Identification of a novel prothoracicostatic hormone and its receptor in the silkworm Bombyx mori.

Cytochrome P450 CYP307A1/Spook: a regulator for ecdysone synthesis in insects.

Neverland is an evolutionally conserved Rieske-domain protein that is essential for ecdysone synthesis and insect growth.

The evolution of animal microRNA function.

Differential regulation of ecdysteroidogenic P450 gene expression in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

The expression of the Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein-like gene is regulated by developmental timing microRNAs and their targets in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Juvenile hormone acid O-methyltransferase in Drosophila melanogaster.

A basic-HLH transcription factor, HLH54F, is highly expressed in the prothoracic gland in the silkworm Bombyx mori and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

C. elegans sym-1 is a downstream target of the hunchback-like-1 developmental timing transcription factor.

Non-molting glossy/shroud encodes a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase that functions in the 'Black Box' of the ecdysteroid biosynthesis pathway.

The nuclear receptor gene nhr-25 plays multiple roles in the Caenorhabditis elegans heterochronic gene network to control the larva-to-adult transition.

Identification of a spatio-temporal enhancer element for the Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein-like-1 gene in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

The Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster as a Model System to Study Cholesterol Metabolism and Homeostasis.

Reversible response of protein localization and microtubule organization to nutrient stress during Drosophila early oogenesis.

The conserved Rieske oxygenase DAF-36/Neverland is a novel cholesterol-metabolizing enzyme.

Precocious metamorphosis in the juvenile hormone-deficient mutant of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

Fungal ecdysteroid-22-oxidase, a new tool for manipulating ecdysteroid signaling and insect development.

Rhn1, a nuclear protein, is required for suppression of meiotic mRNAs in mitotically dividing fission yeast.

Mutations in the neverland gene turned Drosophila pachea into an obligate specialist species.

Large scale full-length cDNA sequencing reveals a unique genomic landscape in a lepidopteran model insect, Bombyx mori.

Neural control of steroid hormone biosynthesis during development in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

Transcriptional control of steroid biosynthesis genes in the Drosophila prothoracic gland by ventral veins lacking and knirps.

Enzymes for ecdysteroid biosynthesis: their biological functions in insects and beyond.

A Halloween gene noppera-bo encodes a glutathione S-transferase essential for ecdysteroid biosynthesis via regulating the behaviour of cholesterol in Drosophila.

Serotonergic neurons respond to nutrients and regulate the timing of steroid hormone biosynthesis in Drosophila.

Autocrine regulation of ecdysone synthesis by β3-octopamine receptor in the prothoracic gland is essential for Drosophila metamorphosis.

The silkworm glutathione S-transferase gene noppera-bo is required for ecdysteroid biosynthesis and larval development.

A practical fluorogenic substrate for high-throughput screening of glutathione S-transferase inhibitors.

Recent progress in understanding the role of ecdysteroids in adult insects: Germline development and circadian clock in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

The Drosophila Zinc Finger Transcription Factor Ouija Board Controls Ecdysteroid Biosynthesis through Specific Regulation of spookier.

Transcriptional regulation of insect steroid hormone biosynthesis and its role in controlling timing of molting and metamorphosis.

Mating-Induced Increase in Germline Stem Cells via the Neuroendocrine System in Female Drosophila.

Ouija board: A transcription factor evolved for only one target in steroid hormone biosynthesis in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.