Research field (4)：
Developmental biology
, Conservation science (plants)
, Molecular biology
, Animals: biochemistry, physiology, behavioral science
Research keywords (10)：
juvenile hormone
, metamorphosis
, insect cuticle
, cuticular protein
, insect physiology and biochemistry
, gene expression
, gene cluster
, Bombyx mori
, Anopheles gambiae
, Anopheles gambiae
Research theme for competitive and other funds (1)：
2023 - 2027 複合材としての昆虫外骨格:外骨格硬化を担う二つの化学反応とその応用・進化
Papers (20)：
Sakura Ohkubo, Tohki Shintaku, Shotaro Mine, Daisuke S. Yamamoto, Toru Togawa. Mosquitoes possess specialized cuticular proteins that are evolutionarily related to the elastic protein resilin. Insects. 2023. 14. 12. 941-941
Yuri Homma, Tomohiro Inui, Takumi Kayukawa, Kouhei Toga, Tetsuro Shinoda, and Toru Togawa. The mitochondrial phosphatase PTPMT1 is required for the proper growth rate in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Zoological Science. 2022. 39. 3. 236-241
Toga, K., Homma, and Togawa, T. Control of the ecdysteroid level plays a crucial role in density-dependent metamorphosis in the giant mealworm beetle Zophobas atratus. Developmental Biology. 2021. 473. 71-79
Homma, Y., Toga, K., Daimon, T, Shinoda, T., and Togawa, T. A mitochondrial phosphatase PTPMT1 is essential for the early development of silkworm, Bombyx mori. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2020. 530. 4. 713-718
