Search Results - "Ohshima, Yasumi"

Control of body size in C. elegans dependent on food and insulin/IGF‐1 signal by So, Shuhei, Miyahara, Kohji, Ohshima, Yasumi

“…The body size of an organism is governed by genetic and environmental factors. As an environmental factor, food appears to be the most important for body size…”
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The Importance of cGMP Signaling in Sensory Cilia for Body Size Regulation in Caenorhabditis elegans by Fujiwara, Manabi, Hino, Takahiro, Miyamoto, Ryuta, Inada, Hitoshi, Mori, Ikue, Koga, Makoto, Miyahara, Koji, Ohshima, Yasumi, Ishihara, Takeshi

“…The body size of Caenorhabditis elegans is thought to be controlled by sensory inputs because many mutants with sensory cilium structure defects exhibit small…”
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The C. elegans che-1 gene encodes a zinc finger transcription factor required for specification of the ASE chemosensory neurons by Uchida, Okiko, Nakano, Hiroyuki, Koga, Makoto, Ohshima, Yasumi

“…Chemotaxis to water-soluble chemicals such as NaCl is an important behavior of C. elegans when seeking food. ASE chemosensory neurons have a major role in this…”
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Neural regulation of thermotaxis in Caenorhabditis elegans by Mori, Ikue, Ohshima, Yasumi

“…Thermal stimulus is an important environmental factor influencing animal behaviour. However, the mechanisms underlying thermosensation and thermal adaptation…”
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ADBP-1 Regulates an ADAR RNA-Editing Enzyme to Antagonize RNA-Interference-Mediated Gene Silencing in Caenorhabditis elegans by Ohta, Hiromitsu, Fujiwara, Manabi, Ohshima, Yasumi, Ishihara, Takeshi

“…Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) mediate gene silencing through evolutionarily conserved pathways. In Caenorhabditis elegans, the…”
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A novel zf-MYND protein, CHB-3, mediates guanylyl cyclase localization to sensory cilia and controls body size of Caenorhabditis elegans by Fujiwara, Manabi, Teramoto, Takayuki, Ishihara, Takeshi, Ohshima, Yasumi, McIntire, Steven L

“…Cilia are important sensory organelles, which are thought to be essential regulators of numerous signaling pathways. In Caenorhabditis elegans, defects in…”
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Cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase EGL-4 controls body size and lifespan in C. elegans by Hirose, Takashi, Nakano, Yoshiya, Nagamatsu, Yasuko, Misumi, Takashi, Ohta, Hiromitsu, Ohshima, Yasumi

“…We designed an automatic system to measure body length, diameters and volume of a C. elegans worm. By using this system, mutants with an increased body volume…”
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Mutants carrying two sma mutations are super small in the nematode C. elegans by Watanabe, Naoharu, Ishihara, Takeshi, Ohshima, Yasumi

“…Body size determination is critical for multicellular organisms; however, the mechanisms remain largely unknown. Mutations that alter body size were studied to…”
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Mutations in a Cyclic Nucleotide–Gated Channel Lead to Abnormal Thermosensation and Chemosensation in C. elegans by Komatsu, Hidetoshi, Mori, Ikue, Rhee, Jeong-Seop, Akaike, Norio, Ohshima, Yasumi

“…The C. elegans tax-4 mutants are abnormal in multiple sensory behaviors: they fail to respond to temperature or to water-soluble or volatile chemical…”
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Regulation of Interneuron Function in the C. elegans Thermoregulatory Pathway by the ttx-3 LIM Homeobox Gene by Hobert, Oliver, Mori, Ikue, Yamashita, Yukiko, Honda, Hidehiro, Ohshima, Yasumi, Liu, Yanxia, Ruvkun, Gary

“…Neural pathways, which couple temperature-sensing neurons to motor and autonomic outputs, allow animals to navigate away from and adjust metabolism rates in…”
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Nucleocytoplasmic transport of fluorescent mRNA in living mammalian cells: nuclear mRNA export is coupled to ongoing gene transcription by Tokunaga, Kazuaki, Shibuya, Toshiharu, Ishihama, Yo, Tadakuma, Hisashi, Ide, Miyuki, Yoshida, Minoru, Funatsu, Takashi, Ohshima, Yasumi, Tani, Tokio

“…In eukaryotic cells, export of mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm is one of the essential steps in gene expression. To examine mechanisms involved in the…”
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Control of body size by SMA-5, a homolog of MAP kinase BMK1/ERK5, in C. elegans by Watanabe, Naoharu, Nagamatsu, Yasuko, Gengyo-Ando, Keiko, Mitani, Shohei, Ohshima, Yasumi

“…We have analyzed the sma-5(n678) mutant in C. elegans to elucidate mechanisms controlling body size. The sma-5 mutant is very small, grows slowly and its…”
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SRC-1, a non-receptor type of protein tyrosine kinase, controls the direction of cell and growth cone migration in C. elegans by Itoh, Bunsho, Hirose, Takashi, Takata, Nozomu, Nishiwaki, Kiyoji, Koga, Makoto, Ohshima, Yasumi, Okada, Masato

“…Src family tyrosine kinase (SFK) has been implicated in the regulation of cell adhesion and migration during animal development. We show that SRC-1, an…”
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Mouse ULK2, a novel member of the UNC-51-like protein kinases: unique features of functional domains by Yan, J, Kuroyanagi, H, Tomemori, T, Okazaki, N, Asato, K, Matsuda, Y, Suzuki, Y, Ohshima, Y, Mitani, S, Masuho, Y, Shirasawa, T, Muramatsu, M

“…The UNC-51 serine/threonine kinase of C. elegans plays an essential role in axonal elongation, and unc-51 mutants exhibit uncoordinated movements. We have…”
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The nucleolus is involved in mRNA export from the nucleus in fission yeast by Ideue, Takashi, Azad, Abul Kalam, Yoshida, Jun-ichi, Matsusaka, Tadao, Yanagida, Mitsuhiro, Ohshima, Yasumi, Tani, Tokio

“…To elucidate the mechanism of mRNA export from the nucleus, we isolated five novel temperature-sensitive mutants (ptr7 to ptr11) that accumulate poly(A)(+) RNA…”
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Body size change in various nematodes depending on bacterial food, sex and growth temperature by So, Shuhei, Garan, Yohei, Miyahara, Kohji, Ohshima, Yasumi

“…We previously reported significant body size change in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, depending on the food strain of E. coli. Here, we examined this…”
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cGMP and a germ‐line signal control body size in C. elegans through cGMP‐dependent protein kinase EGL‐4 by Nakano, Yoshiya, Nagamatsu, Yasuko, Ohshima, Yasumi

“…Mechanisms involved in the control of body size are largely unknown. In the nematode C. elegans, several small body size mutants were isolated, and the…”
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Participation of XPB/Ptr8p, a component of TFIIH, in nucleocytoplasmic transport of mRNA in fission yeast by Mizuki, Fumitaka, Namiki, Takeshi, Sato, Hiroshi, Furukawa, Hiromi, Matsusaka, Tadao, Ohshima, Yasumi, Ishibashi, Ryoko, Andoh, Tomoko, Tani, Tokio

“…To identify novel factors involved in nuclear mRNA export in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, we isolated and characterized the ptr8+ gene, mutation of which causes…”
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Active uptake of artificial particles in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans by Kiyama, Yuya, Miyahara, Kohji, Ohshima, Yasumi

“…Feeding and food choice are crucial to the survival of an animal. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans feeds on various microorganisms in nature, and is usually…”
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Functional reconstitution of a heteromeric cyclic nucleotide-gated channel of Caenorhabditis elegans in cultured cells by Komatsu, Hidetoshi, Jin, Young-Ho, L'Etoile, Noelle, Mori, Ikue, Bargmann, Cornelia I, Akaike, Norio, Ohshima, Yasumi

“…The tax-4 and tax-2 genes of Caenorhabditis elegans are essential for normal olfaction, gustation, and thermosensation, suggesting that they have a role in…”
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