| Multi-functional roles of a soldier-specific volatile as a worker arrestant, primer pheromone and an antimicrobial agent in a termite Y Mitaka, N Mori, K Matsuura Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284 (1859), 20171134, 2017 | 50 | 2017 |
| Age-based soldier polyethism: old termite soldiers take more risks than young soldiers S Yanagihara, W Suehiro, Y Mitaka, K Matsuura Biology Letters 14 (3), 20180025, 2018 | 47 | 2018 |
| A genomic imprinting model of termite caste determination: not genetic but epigenetic inheritance influences offspring caste fate K Matsuura, N Mizumoto, K Kobayashi, T Nozaki, T Fujita, T Yashiro, ... The American Naturalist 191 (6), 677-690, 2018 | 44 | 2018 |
| Caste-specific and sex-specific expression of chemoreceptor genes in a termite Y Mitaka, K Kobayashi, A Mikheyev, MMY Tin, Y Watanabe, K Matsuura PLoS ONE 11 (1), e0146125, 2016 | 38 | 2016 |
| Caste-, sex-, and age-dependent expression of immune-related genes in a Japanese subterranean termite, Reticulitermes speratus Y Mitaka, K Kobayashi, K Matsuura PLoS ONE 12 (4), e0175417, 2017 | 36 | 2017 |
| A review of termite pheromones: multifaceted, context-dependent, and rational chemical communications Y Mitaka, T Akino Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8, 595614, 2021 | 27 | 2021 |
| Chemical identification of an aggregation pheromone in the termite Reticulitermes speratus Y Mitaka, S Matsuyama, N Mizumoto, K Matsuura, T Akino Scientific Reports 10, 7424, 2020 | 27 | 2020 |
| Transcriptomic analysis of epigenetic modification genes in the termite Reticulitermes speratus Y Mitaka, E Tasaki, T Nozaki, T Fuchikawa, K Kobayashi, K Matsuura Insect Science 27 (2), 202-211, 2020 | 17 | 2020 |
| High expression of the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 in long-lived termite kings E Tasaki, Y Mitaka, T Nozaki, K Kobayashi, K Matsuura, Y Iuchi Aging 10 (10), 2668-2683, 2018 | 15 | 2018 |
| Chemical and molecular identification of the invasive termite Zootermopsis nevadensis (Isoptera: Archotermopsidae) in Japan T Yashiro, Y Mitaka, T Nozaki, K Matsuura Applied Entomology and Zoology 53 (2), 215-221, 2018 | 11 | 2018 |
| A parental volatile pheromone triggers offspring begging in a burying beetle M Takata, Y Mitaka, S Steiger, N Mori iScience 19, 1256-1264, 2019 | 10 | 2019 |
| A termite fungistatic compound, mellein, inhibits entomopathogenic fungi but not egg-mimicking termite ball fungi Y Mitaka, N Mori, K Matsuura Applied Entomology and Zoology 54 (1), 39-46, 2019 | 10 | 2019 |
| Development of a standard medium for culturing the termite Reticulitermes speratus Y Mitaka, T Akino, K Matsuura Insectes Sociaux 70 (2), 265-274, 2023 | 8 | 2023 |
| Age-dependent increase in soldier pheromone of the termite Reticulitermes speratus Y Mitaka, K Matsuura Journal of Chemical Ecology 46 (5-6), 483-489, 2020 | 4 | 2020 |
| The royal food of termites shows king and queen specificity E Tasaki, Y Mitaka, Y Takahashi, ASM Waliullah, Z Tamannaa, ... PNAS nexus 2 (7), pgad222, 2023 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cuticular hydrocarbon profile for queen recognition in the termite Reticulitermes speratus Y Mitaka, T Fujita | 1 | 2021 |
| Dehydroabietic acid, an aromatic abietane diterpenoid, attracts termite workers Y Mitaka, K Matsuura, T Akino Applied Entomology and Zoology 59 (2), 195-201, 2024 | | 2024 |
| Even-and odd-numbered fatty acids used as worker arrestant aggregation pheromone components in the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus Y Mitaka, K Matsuura, T Akino Chemoecology 34 (1), 1-12, 2024 | | 2024 |
| An antifungal compound secreted by termite workers, phenylacetic acid, inhibits the growth of both termite egg-mimicking fungus and entomopathogenic fungi M Nakashima, Y Mitaka, T Inagaki, K Matsuura | | 2024 |
| Media made from brown-rotted elm and pine wood for rearing Reticulitermes termites Y Mitaka, EL Vargo Insectes Sociaux 70 (3), 381-389, 2023 | | 2023 |
Kenji MatsuuraKyoto UniversityVerified email at kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp
