Hiromichi Nagasawa

TL;DR: The results from immunolocalization, a knockdown experiment that used RNA interference, and in vitro calcium carbonate crystallization studies strongly indicate that Pif regulates nacre formation.

TL;DR: The identification of a human multiprotein complex (WINAC) that directly interacts with the vitamin D receptor (VDR) through the Williams syndrome transcription factor (WSTF) suggests that WINAC dysfunction contributes to Williams syndrome, which could therefore be considered, at least in part, a chromatin-remodeling factor disease.

TL;DR: The draft genome of the pearl oyster provides a platform for the identification of selection markers and genes for calcification, knowledge of which will be important in the pearl industry.

TL;DR: Three molecular forms of prothoracicotropic hormone were isolated from the head of the adult silkworm, Bombyx mori, and the amino acid sequence of 19 amino acid residues in the amino terminus of these prothornicotropic hormones was determined.

TL;DR: The complete amino acid sequence of 4K-PTTH-II, one of three forms of the M(r) 4400 prothoracicotropic hormone of the silkworm Bombyx mori, active to brainless pupae of Samia cynthia ricini, indicates that it belongs to the insulin family.