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Functional analysis of Samd11, a retinal photoreceptor PRC1 component, in establishing rod photoreceptor identity by Kubo, Shun, Yamamoto, Haruka, Kajimura, Naoko, Omori, Yoshihiro, Maeda, Yamato, Chaya, Taro, Furukawa, Takahisa

“…Establishing correct neuronal cell identity is essential to build intricate neural tissue architecture and acquire precise neural function during vertebrate…”
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Dispersibility and surface properties of hydrocortisone-incorporated self-assemblies by Wakileh, Ward, Watanabe, Nozomi, Suga, Keishi, Ikushima, Naoki, Kajimura, Naoko, Mitsuoka, Kaoru, Okamoto, Yukihiro, Umakoshi, Hiroshi

“…The ability of lipidic self-assembly systems to solubilize hydrophobic drugs allows for the enhancement of the delivery of poorly water-soluble drugs…”
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Biochemical and morphological classification of disease-associated alpha-synuclein mutants aggregates by Tanaka, Goki, Yamanaka, Tomoyuki, Furukawa, Yoshiaki, Kajimura, Naoko, Mitsuoka, Kaoru, Nukina, Nobuyuki

“…Alpha-synuclein (a-syn) aggregation in brain is implicated in several synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB),…”
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A novel capsid protein network allows the characteristic internal membrane structure of Marseilleviridae giant viruses by Chihara, Akane, Burton-Smith, Raymond N., Kajimura, Naoko, Mitsuoka, Kaoru, Okamoto, Kenta, Song, Chihong, Murata, Kazuyoshi

“…Marseilleviridae is a family of giant viruses, showing a characteristic internal membrane with extrusions underneath the icosahedral vertices. However, such…”
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Loss of ift122, a Retrograde Intraflagellar Transport (IFT) Complex Component, Leads to Slow, Progressive Photoreceptor Degeneration Due to Inefficient Opsin Transport by Boubakri, Meriam, Chaya, Taro, Hirata, Hiromi, Kajimura, Naoko, Kuwahara, Ryusuke, Ueno, Akiko, Malicki, Jarema, Furukawa, Takahisa, Omori, Yoshihiro

“…In the retina, aberrant opsin transport from cell bodies to outer segments leads to retinal degenerative diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa. Opsin transport…”
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Pikachurin, a dystroglycan ligand, is essential for photoreceptor ribbon synapse formation by Kajimura, Naoko, Miyoshi, Tomomitsu, Toda, Tatsushi, Furukawa, Takahisa, Kondo, Mineo, Kanagawa, Motoi, Fujikado, Takashi, Sato, Shigeru, Koyasu, Toshiyuki, Miyata, Kentaro, Funabiki, Kazuo, Sawai, Hajime, Katoh, Kimiko, Kobayashi, Kazuhiro, Tani, Akiko, Usukura, Jiro, Omori, Yoshihiro, Tano, Yasuo

“…This study identifies a dystroglycan-interacting protein, pikachurin, that is localized in the extracellular space between photoreceptors and bipolar cells…”
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Lrit1, a Retinal Transmembrane Protein, Regulates Selective Synapse Formation in Cone Photoreceptor Cells and Visual Acuity by Ueno, Akiko, Omori, Yoshihiro, Sugita, Yuko, Watanabe, Satoshi, Chaya, Taro, Kozuka, Takashi, Kon, Tetsuo, Yoshida, Satoyo, Matsushita, Kenji, Kuwahara, Ryusuke, Kajimura, Naoko, Okada, Yasushi, Furukawa, Takahisa

“…In the vertebrate retina, cone photoreceptors play crucial roles in photopic vision by transmitting light-evoked signals to ON- and/or OFF-bipolar cells…”
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Negative regulation of ciliary length by ciliary male germ cell-associated kinase (Mak) is required for retinal photoreceptor survival by Omori, Yoshihiro, Chaya, Taro, Katoh, Kimiko, Kajimura, Naoko, Sato, Shigeru, Muraoka, Koichiro, Ueno, Shinji, Koyasu, Toshiyuki, Kondo, Mineo, Furukawa, Takahisa, Nathans, Jeremy

“…Cilia function as cell sensors in many organs, and their disorders are referred to as "ciliopathies." Although ciliary components and transport machinery have…”
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Single microfilaments mediate the early steps of microtubule bundling during preprophase band formation in onion cotyledon epidermal cells by Takeuchi, Miyuki, Karahara, Ichirou, Kajimura, Naoko, Takaoka, Akio, Murata, Kazuyoshi, Misaki, Kazuyo, Yonemura, Shigenobu, Staehelin, L Andrew, Mineyuki, Yoshinobu

“…The preprophase band (PPB) is a cytokinetic apparatus that determines the site of cell division in plants. It originates as a broad band of microtubules (MTs)…”
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Effects of C-terminal Truncation of Chaperonin GroEL on the Yield of In-cage Folding of the Green Fluorescent Protein by Ishino, So, Kawata, Yasushi, Taguchi, Hideki, Kajimura, Naoko, Matsuzaki, Katsumi, Hoshino, Masaru

“…Chaperonin GroEL from Escherichia coli consists of two heptameric rings stacked back-to-back to form a cagelike structure. It assists in the folding of…”
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Dependence of the Core–Shell Structure on the Lipid Composition of Nanostructured Lipid Carriers: Implications for Drug Carrier Design by Izza, Ni’matul, Watanabe, Nozomi, Okamoto, Yukihiro, Suga, Keishi, Wibisono, Yusuf, Kajimura, Naoko, Mitsuoka, Kaoru, Umakoshi, Hiroshi

“…Nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) are a new generation of lipid vectors for drug delivery systems (DDSs), which are composed of solid and liquid lipids…”
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Putative Neural Network Within an Olfactory Sensory Unit for Nestmate and Non-nestmate Discrimination in the Japanese Carpenter Ant: The Ultra-structures and Mathematical Simulation by Takeichi, Yusuke, Uebi, Tatsuya, Miyazaki, Naoyuki, Murata, Kazuyoshi, Yasuyama, Kouji, Inoue, Kanako, Suzaki, Toshinobu, Kubo, Hideo, Kajimura, Naoko, Takano, Jo, Omori, Toshiaki, Yoshimura, Ryoichi, Endo, Yasuhisa, Hojo, Masaru K, Takaya, Eichi, Kurihara, Satoshi, Tatsuta, Kenta, Ozaki, Koichi, Ozaki, Mamiko

“…Ants are known to use a colony-specific blend of cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) as a pheromone to discriminate between nestmates and non-nestmates and the CHCs…”
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Electron tomographic analysis of cytokinesis in the brown alga Silvetia babingtonii (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) by Nagasato, Chikako, Kajimura, Naoko, Terauchi, Makoto, Mineyuki, Yoshinobu, Motomura, Taizo

“…In brown algae, membrane resources for the new cell partition during cytokinesis are mainly flat cisternae (FCs) and Golgi-derived vesicles. We used electron…”
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A method to achieve homogeneous dispersion of large transmembrane complexes within the holes of carbon films for electron cryomicroscopy by Cheung, Martin, Kajimura, Naoko, Makino, Fumiaki, Ashihara, Masamichi, Miyata, Tomoko, Kato, Takayuki, Namba, Keiichi, Blocker, Ariel J.

“…Difficulties associated with using X-ray crystallography for structural studies of large macromolecular complexes have made single particle cryo-electron…”
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A new mouse allele of glutamate receptor delta 2 with cerebellar atrophy and progressive ataxia by Miyoshi, Yuka, Yoshioka, Yoshichika, Suzuki, Kinuko, Miyazaki, Taisuke, Koura, Minako, Saigoh, Kazumasa, Kajimura, Naoko, Monobe, Yoko, Kusunoki, Susumu, Matsuda, Junichiro, Watanabe, Masahiko, Hayasaka, Naoto

“…Spinocerebellar degenerations (SCDs) are a large class of sporadic or hereditary neurodegenerative disorders characterized by progressive motion defects and…”
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Anti-cachectic effect of ghrelin in nude mice bearing human melanoma cells by Hanada, Takeshi, Toshinai, Koji, Kajimura, Naoko, Nara-Ashizawa, Noriko, Tsukada, Toshihiko, Hayashi, Yujiro, Osuye, Kazuhiro, Kangawa, Kenji, Matsukura, Shigeru, Nakazato, Masamitsu

“…Ghrelin is a novel brain-gut peptide that stimulates food intake and body weight gain. We studied the anabolic effect of ghrelin in a cancer cachexia mouse…”
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Morphofunctional changes of the astrocyte in rat hippocampus under different corticosteroid conditions by Yang, Chun-Ying, Matsuzaki, Toshiyuki, Iijima, Norio, Kajimura, Naoko, Ozawa, Hitoshi

“…In the present study, we examined the changes in the morphofunction of astrocytes in rat hippocampus under different circulating corticosteroid conditions by…”
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Cryptic Dimer Interface and Domain Organization of the Extracellular Region of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 1 by Tsuji, Y, Shimada, Y, Takeshita, T, Kajimura, N, Nomura, S, Sekiyama, N, Otomo, J, Usukura, J, Nakanishi, S, Jingami, H

“…Previously, we produced the whole extracellular region of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 1 (mGluR1) in a soluble form. The soluble receptor retained a…”
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Upregulation of ghrelin expression in cachectic nude mice bearing human melanoma cells by Hanada, Takeshi, Toshinai, Koji, Date, Yukari, Kajimura, Naoko, Tsukada, Toshihiko, Hayashi, Yujiro, Kangawa, Kenji, Nakazato, Masamitsu

“…Ghrelin is a gastrointestinal peptide that stimulates food intake and growth hormone (GH) secretion. We studied the biosynthesis and secretion of ghrelin in a…”
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Abstract 1777 Loss of photoreceptor ankyrin repeat proteins Panky and Panky-like disturbs the photoreceptor cell membrane integrity and dampens the photoreceptor cell function in the mouse retina by Tu, Hung-Ya, Gyoten, Daichi, Michikawa, Kayoko, Varner, Leah, Sumihiro, Hitoshi, Kajimura, Naoko, Chaya, Taro, Ikeda, Kazutaka, Furukawa, Takahisa

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