Search Results - "Kanai, Makoto I."

Response of the microbiome–gut–brain axis in Drosophila to amino acid deficit by Kim, Boram, Kanai, Makoto I., Oh, Yangkyun, Kyung, Minsoo, Kim, Eun-Kyoung, Jang, In-Hwan, Lee, Ji-Hoon, Kim, Sang-Gyu, Suh, Greg S. B., Lee, Won-Jae

“…A balanced intake of macronutrients—protein, carbohydrate and fat—is essential for the well-being of organisms. An adequate calorific intake but with…”
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Drosophila SLC5A11 Mediates Hunger by Regulating K+ Channel Activity by Park, Jin-Yong, Dus, Monica, Kim, Seonil, Abu, Farhan, Kanai, Makoto I., Rudy, Bernardo, Suh, Greg S.B.

“…Hunger is a powerful drive that stimulates food intake. Yet, the mechanism that determines how the energy deficits that result in hunger are represented in the…”
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Drosophila SLC5A11 Mediates Hunger by Regulating K+ Channel Activity by Park, Jin-Yong, Dus, Monica, Kim, Seonil, Abu, Farhan, Kanai, Makoto I., Rudy, Bernardo, Suh, Greg S.B.

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Cellular Organization of the Neural Circuit that Drives Drosophila Courtship Behavior by Yu, Jai Y., Kanai, Makoto I., Demir, Ebru, Jefferis, Gregory S.X.E., Dickson, Barry J.

“…Courtship behavior in Drosophila has been causally linked to the activity of the heterogeneous set of ∼1500 neurons that express the sex-specific transcripts…”
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Compartmentalized Calcium Transients Trigger Dendrite Pruning in Drosophila Sensory Neurons by Kanamori, Takahiro, Kanai, Makoto I., Dairyo, Yusuke, Yasunaga, Kei-ichiro, Morikawa, Rei K., Emoto, Kazuo

“…Dendrite pruning is critical for sculpting the final connectivity of neural circuits as it removes inappropriate projections, yet how neurons can selectively…”
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Regulation of neuroblast proliferation by surface glia in the Drosophila larval brain by Kanai, Makoto I., Kim, Myung-Jun, Akiyama, Takuya, Takemura, Masahiko, Wharton, Kristi, O’Connor, Michael B., Nakato, Hiroshi

“…Despite the importance of precisely regulating stem cell division, the molecular basis for this control is still elusive. Here, we show that surface glia in…”
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Novel Contact-dependent Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) Signaling Mediated by Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans by Dejima, Katsufumi, Kanai, Makoto I., Akiyama, Takuya, Levings, Daniel C., Nakato, Hiroshi

“…We previously proposed a model that DALLY, a Drosophila glypican, acts as a trans co-receptor to regulate BMP signaling in the germ line stem cell niche. To…”
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seven-up Controls Switching of Transcription Factors that Specify Temporal Identities of Drosophila Neuroblasts by Kanai, Makoto I., Okabe, Masataka, Hiromi, Yasushi

“…Drosophila neuronal stem cell neuroblasts (NB) constantly change character upon division, to produce a different type of progeny at the next division…”
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