Munetaka Kawamoto

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 936 citations indexed

About

Munetaka Kawamoto is a scholar working on Insect Science, Molecular Biology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Munetaka Kawamoto has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 936 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Insect Science, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Munetaka Kawamoto's work include Silkworms and Sericulture Research (10 papers), Silk-based biomaterials and applications (9 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (7 papers). Munetaka Kawamoto is often cited by papers focused on Silkworms and Sericulture Research (10 papers), Silk-based biomaterials and applications (9 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (7 papers). Munetaka Kawamoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, France and United States. Munetaka Kawamoto's co-authors include Susumu Katsuma, Takashi Kiuchi, Toru Shimada, Yutaka Suzuki, Keisuke Shoji, Sumio Sugano, Shinpei Kawaoka, Hikaru Koga, Masataka G. Suzuki and Genki Ishihara and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Munetaka Kawamoto

22 papers receiving 931 citations

Hit Papers

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  1. A single female-specific piRNA is the primary determiner of sex in the silkworm
    2014 370 citations Takashi Kiuchi, Hikaru Koga et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Munetaka Kawamoto Japan 14 483 466 381 249 112 22 936
Hui Xiang China 14 480 1.0× 411 0.9× 265 0.7× 141 0.6× 64 0.6× 38 956
Quan‐You Yu China 17 670 1.4× 559 1.2× 155 0.4× 227 0.9× 118 1.1× 27 999
Minjin Han China 18 464 1.0× 213 0.5× 147 0.4× 334 1.3× 104 0.9× 59 776
Yoshitaka Suetsugu Japan 15 405 0.8× 514 1.1× 260 0.7× 229 0.9× 142 1.3× 25 919
Baosheng Zeng China 17 579 1.2× 521 1.1× 240 0.6× 116 0.5× 66 0.6× 22 914
Xingfu Zha China 15 509 1.1× 418 0.9× 299 0.8× 147 0.6× 263 2.3× 39 960
Kallare P. Arunkumar India 15 257 0.5× 281 0.6× 243 0.6× 115 0.5× 159 1.4× 38 677
Sherry Miller United States 7 837 1.7× 367 0.8× 170 0.4× 251 1.0× 36 0.3× 10 967
Junko Narukawa Japan 12 485 1.0× 480 1.0× 176 0.5× 178 0.7× 175 1.6× 19 938
Keisuke Shoji Japan 15 665 1.4× 348 0.7× 321 0.8× 416 1.7× 43 0.4× 31 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Munetaka Kawamoto

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Munetaka Kawamoto. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Munetaka Kawamoto based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Munetaka Kawamoto. Munetaka Kawamoto is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kawamoto, Munetaka, et al.. (2023). M1/M2 Macrophage Skewing is Related to Reduction in Types I, V, and VI Collagens with Aging in Sun-Exposed Human Skin. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(6). 100222–100222. 13 indexed citations
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Kawamoto, Munetaka, et al.. (2022). Masculinizer-induced dosage compensation is achieved by transcriptional downregulation of both copies of Z-linked genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Biology Letters. 18(9). 20220116–20220116. 12 indexed citations
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Kawamoto, Munetaka, Takashi Kiuchi, & Susumu Katsuma. (2022). SilkBase: an integrated transcriptomic and genomic database for Bombyx mori and related species. Database. 2022. 14 indexed citations
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Shoji, Keisuke, et al.. (2021). H3K4me3 histone modification in baculovirus-infected silkworm cells. Virus Genes. 57(5). 459–463. 4 indexed citations
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Muller, Héloïse, et al.. (2020). Formation of the CenH3-Deficient Holocentromere in Lepidoptera Avoids Active Chromatin. Current Biology. 31(1). 173–181.e7. 32 indexed citations
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Kawamoto, Munetaka, et al.. (2020). Whole-genome sequencing and comparative transcriptome analysis of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus La strain. Virus Genes. 56(2). 249–259. 9 indexed citations
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Kawamoto, Munetaka, Akiya Jouraku, Atsushi Toyoda, et al.. (2019). High-quality genome assembly of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 107. 53–62. 171 indexed citations
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Lee, Jung, Takashi Kiuchi, Munetaka Kawamoto, Toru Shimada, & Susumu Katsuma. (2018). Accumulation of uric acid in the epidermis forms the white integument of Samia ricini larvae. PLoS ONE. 13(10). e0205758–e0205758. 15 indexed citations
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Kiuchi, Takashi, et al.. (2018). In vivo masculinizing function of the Ostrinia furnacalis Masculinizer gene. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 503(3). 1768–1772. 20 indexed citations
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Katsuma, Susumu, et al.. (2018). Unique sex determination system in the silkworm, <i>Bombyx mori</i>: current status and beyond. Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B. 94(5). 205–216. 39 indexed citations
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Katsuma, Susumu, Munetaka Kawamoto, Keisuke Shoji, et al.. (2018). Transcriptome profiling reveals infection strategy of an insect maculavirus. DNA Research. 25(3). 277–286. 25 indexed citations
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Lee, Jung, Takashi Kiuchi, Munetaka Kawamoto, Toru Shimada, & Susumu Katsuma. (2015). Identification and functional analysis of a Masculinizer orthologue in Trilocha varians (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae). Insect Molecular Biology. 24(5). 561–569. 34 indexed citations
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Shimada, Toru, et al.. (2015). Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus actin rearrangement-inducing factor 1 enhances systemic infection in B. mori larvae. Journal of General Virology. 96(7). 1938–1946. 9 indexed citations
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Kawamoto, Munetaka, Hikaru Koga, Takashi Kiuchi, et al.. (2015). Sexually biased transcripts at early embryonic stages of the silkworm depend on the sex chromosome constitution. Gene. 560(1). 50–56. 8 indexed citations
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Katsuma, Susumu, Munetaka Kawamoto, & Takashi Kiuchi. (2014). Guardian small RNAs and sex determination. RNA Biology. 11(10). 1238–1242. 13 indexed citations
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Shoji, Keisuke, Munetaka Kawamoto, Takashi Kiuchi, et al.. (2014). Silkworm HP1a transcriptionally enhances highly expressed euchromatic genes via association with their transcription start sites. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(18). 11462–11471. 11 indexed citations
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Kiuchi, Takashi, Hikaru Koga, Munetaka Kawamoto, et al.. (2014). A single female-specific piRNA is the primary determiner of sex in the silkworm. Nature. 509(7502). 633–636. 370 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shoji, Keisuke, Takashi Kiuchi, Munetaka Kawamoto, et al.. (2013). Characterization of a novel chromodomain-containing gene from the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Gene. 527(2). 649–654. 7 indexed citations
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Fujii, Tsuguru, Hiroaki Abe, Munetaka Kawamoto, et al.. (2013). Albino (al) is a tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)-deficient mutant of the silkworm Bombyx mori. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 43(7). 594–600. 25 indexed citations

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