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Phosphorylation of NtMAP65-1 by a MAP kinase down-regulates its activity of microtubule bundling and stimulates progression of cytokinesis of tobacco cells by Sasabe, Michiko, Soyano, Takashi, Takahashi, Yuji, Sonobe, Seiji, Igarashi, Hisako, Itoh, Tomohiko J, Hidaka, Mikiko, Machida, Yasunori

“…The tobacco mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade, which includes MAPK NRK1/NTF6, positively regulates expansion of the cytokinetic machinery known…”
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Polarity-Regulating Kinase Partitioning-Defective 1/Microtubule Affinity-Regulating Kinase 2 Negatively Regulates Development of Dendrites on Hippocampal Neurons by Terabayashi, Takeshi, Itoh, Tomohiko J, Yamaguchi, Hideki, Yoshimura, Yuta, Funato, Yosuke, Ohno, Shigeo, Miki, Hiroaki

“…Neurons are highly polarized cells that possess two morphologically and functionally different types of protrusions, axons and dendrites, that function in the…”
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Filament Formation of MSF-A, a Mammalian Septin, in Human Mammary Epithelial Cells Depends on Interactions with Microtubules by Nagata, Koh-Ichi, Kawajiri, Aie, Matsui, Seiya, Takagishi, Mihoko, Shiromizu, Takashi, Saitoh, Noriko, Izawa, Ichiro, Kiyono, Tohru, Itoh, Tomohiko J, Hotani, Hirokazu, Inagaki, Masaki

“…Septins are a family of conserved proteins implicated in a variety of cellular functions such as cytokinesis and vesicle trafficking, but their properties and…”
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GTP Is Required for the Microtubule Catastrophe-Inducing Activity of MAP200, a Tobacco Homolog of XMAP215 by Hamada, Takahiro, Itoh, Tomohiko J, Hashimoto, Takashi, Shimmen, Teruo, Sonobe, Seiji

“…Widely conserved among eukaryotes, the microtubule-associated protein 215 (MAP215) family enhances microtubule dynamic instability. The family member studied…”
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Direct Optical Microscopic Observation of the Microtubule Polymerization Intermediate Sheet Structure in the Presence of Gas7 by Uchida, Takafumi, Akiyama, Hirotada, Sakamoto, Wataru, Koga, Tomoe, Yan, Kangmin, Uchida, Chiyoko, Hirose, Keiko, Itoh, Tomohiko J.

“…The process of microtubule elongation is thought to consist of two stages—formation of a tubulin sheet structure and its closure into a tube. However,…”
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RGS2 promotes formation of neurites by stimulating microtubule polymerization by Heo, Kyun, Ha, Sang Hoon, Chae, Young Chan, Lee, Sukmook, Oh, Yong-Seok, Kim, Yun-Hee, Kim, Sun-Hee, Kim, Jung Hwan, Mizoguchi, Akira, Itoh, Tomohiko J., Kwon, H. Moo, Ryu, Sung Ho, Suh, Pann-Ghill

“…Regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS) proteins interact with α subunits of heterotrimeric G-proteins via the RGS domain and attenuate their activity by…”
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Characterization of a 200 kDa microtubule-associated protein of tobacco BY-2 cells, a member of the XMAP215/MOR1 family by Hamada, T. (University of Hyogo, Kakogawa (Japan)), Igarashi, H, Itoh, T.J, Shimmen, T, Sonobe, S

“…A microtubule-associated protein composed of a 200 kDa polypeptide (MAP200) was isolated from tobaccocultured BY-2 cells. Analysis of the partial amino acid…”
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Arabidopsis SPIRAL2 promotes uninterrupted microtubule growth by suppressing the pause state of microtubule dynamics by Yao, Maki, Wakamatsu, Yoshinori, Itoh, Tomohiko J, Shoji, Tsubasa, Hashimoto, Takashi

“…SPIRAL2 (SPR2) of Arabidopsis thaliana is a microtubule-associated protein containing multiple HEAT repeats that are found only in the plant lineage. We show…”
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CRMP-2 binds to tubulin heterodimers to promote microtubule assembly by Kaibuchi, Kozo, Fukata, Yuko, Itoh, Tomohiko J, Kimura, Toshihide, Ménager, Céline, Nishimura, Takashi, Shiromizu, Takashi, Watanabe, Hiroyasu, Inagaki, Naoyuki, Iwamatsu, Akihiro, Hotani, Hirokazu

“…Regulated increase in the formation of microtubule arrays is thought to be important for axonal growth. Collapsin response mediator protein-2 (CRMP-2) is a…”
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Modulation of the Stathmin-like Microtubule Destabilizing Activity of RB3, a Neuron-specific Member of the SCG10 Family, by Its N-terminal Domain by Nakao, Chitose, Itoh, Tomohiko J., Hotani, Hirokazu, Mori, Nozomu

“…RB3 is a neuron-specific homologue of the SCG10/stathmin family proteins, possessing a unique N-terminal membrane-associated domain and the stathmin-like…”
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Truncation of the Projection Domain of MAP4 (Microtubule-Associated Protein 4) Leads to Attenuation of Microtubule Dynamic Instability by Permana, Sofy, Hisanaga, Shin-ichi, Nagatomo, Yoko, Iida, Junko, Hotani, Hirokazu, Itoh, Tomohiko J.

“…MAP4, a ubiquitous heat-stable MAP, is composed of an asymmetric structure common to the heat-stable MAPs, consisting of an N-terminal projection (PJ) domain…”
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Phosphorylation States of Microtubule-Associated Protein 2 (MAP2) Determine the Regulatory Role of MAP2 in Microtubule Dynamics by Itoh, Tomohiko J, Hisanaga, Shin-ichi, Hosoi, Tomoko, Kishimoto, Takeo, Hotani, Hirokazu

“…Phosphorylation-dependent regulation of microtubule-stabilizing activities of microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) was examined using optical microscopy…”
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The Projection Domain of MAP4 Suppresses the Microtubule-bundling Activity of the Microtubule-binding Domain by Iida, Junko, Itoh, Tomohiko J., Hotani, Hirokazu, Nishiyama, Ken-ichiro, Murofushi, Hiromu, Bulinski, Jeannette C., Hisanaga, Shin-ichi

“…Microtubule-associated protein 4 (MAP4), a major MAP expressed in proliferating non-neuronal cells, consists of an N-terminal projection (PJ) domain and a…”
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Microtubule dynamics and the regulation by microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) by Itoh, Tomohiko J, Hotani, Hirokazu

“…Individual microtubules (MTs) repeat alternating phases of polymerization and depolymerization, a process known as "dynamic instability." The dynamic…”
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n-Butanol induces depolymerization of microtubules in vivo and in vitro by Hirase, Ai, Hamada, Takahiro, Itoh, Tomohiko J, Shimmen, Teruo, Sonobe, Seiji

“…The effects of butanol on microtubules (MTs) were examined by immunofluorescence microscopy. Fragmentation of cortical MTs was induced by n-butanol, but not by…”
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Microtubule-Stimulated Phosphorylation of tau at Ser202 and Thr205 by cdk5 Decreases Its Microtubule Nucleation Activity by Wada, Yasutaka, Ishiguro, Koichi, Itoh, Tomohiko J., Uchida, Tsuneko, Hotani, Hirokazu, Saito, Taro, Kishimoto, Takeo, Hisanaga, Shin-ichi

“…Phosphorylation of tau, a heat-stable neuron-specific microtubule-associated protein, by cdk5 was stimulated in the presence of microtubules (MTs). This…”
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Dynamic changes in microtubule organization during division of the primitive dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina by Kato, Koichi H., Moriyama, Akihiko, Itoh, Tomohiko J., Yamamoto, Masayuki, Horio, Tetsuya, Huitorel, Philippe

“…The marine dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina has three major microtubular systems: the flagellar apparatus made of one transverse and one longitudinal flagella…”
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Visualization of the GDP-dependent switching in the growth polarity of microtubules by Tanaka-Takiguchi, Y, Itoh, T J, Hotani, H

“…Microtubules are filamentous polar polymers with plus and minus ends. This polarity plays a crucial role in a variety of cellular functions such as chromosome…”
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Inhibition of Microtubule Assembly by HPC-1/Syntaxin 1A, An Exocytosis Relating Protein by Itoh, Tomohiko J., Fujiwara, Tomonori, Shibuya, Tadashi, Akagawa, Kimio, Hotani, Hirokazu

“…HPC-1/syntaxin 1A (HPC-1), which has been identified as a presynaptic membrane protein, is believed to regulate the synaptic exocytosis as a component of…”
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Molecular process of the dynamic instability of microtubule by Itoh, Tomohiko J

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