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Yuko Ishida, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher Education: Ph.D. Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan Research Interests: Pheromone binding proteins, Pheromone degrading enzyme

Publications:

• Ishida, Y. and Leal, W. S. 2002. Cloning of putative odorant-degrading enzyme and integumental esterase cDNAs from the wild silkmoth, Antheraea polyphemus. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol., 32, 1775-1780. (for a pdf file from the Journal, click here)

• Ishida, Y., Chiang, V. P., and Leal, W. S. 2002. Protein that makes sense in the Argentine ant. Naturwissenschaften, 89, 505-507. (access the Journal here to get a pdf file)

• Ishida, Y., Chiang, V. P., Haverty, M. I., and Leal, W. S. 2002. Odorant-binding proteins from a primitive termite. J. Chem. Ecol. 28:1887-1893. (pdf is here)

• Ishida, Y., Cornel, A. J., and Leal, W. S. 2002. Identification and cloning of a female antenna-specific odorant-binding protein in the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus. J. Chem. Ecol. 28, 867-871. (pdf is here)

• Ishida, Yuko; Niim, Teruyuki; Yamashita, Okitsugu. 2000. The cis-regulatory region responsible for the BomDH-PBAN gene expression in FXPRLamide peptide producing neurosecretory cells of the transformed Drosophila. Nippon Sanshigaku Zasshi 69:111-119.

• Ishida, Yuko; Niimi, Teruyuki; Yamashita,Okitsugu. 1999. The stage-and cell-specific expression of the Bombyx mori diapause hormone-pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (BomDH-PBAN) gene in the transformed Drosophila. Nippon Sanshigaku Zasshi 68:417-427.

• Shiomi, Kunihiro; Ishida, Yuko; Ikeda, Motoko; Sato, Yukihiro; Saito, Hiroyuki; Imai, Kunio; Isobe, Minoru; Yamashita, Okitsugu. 1994. Induction of non-diapause eggs by injection of anti-diapause hormone rabbit serum into the diapause type of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. J. Insect Physiol. 40:693-9.