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Path to the Synthesis of Polyacetylene Films with Metallic Luster: In Response to Rasmussen’s Article by Shirakawa, Hideki

“…The 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded jointly to Alan J. Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid, and Hideki Shirakawa “for the discovery and development of…”
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The Discovery of Polyacetylene Film: The Dawning of an Era of Conducting Polymers (Nobel Lecture) by Shirakawa, Hideki

“…This lecture is not directly related to our discovery and development of conducting polymers to which the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000 was awarded. However, I…”
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Dual-FRET imaging of IP3 and Ca2+ revealed Ca2+-induced IP3 production maintains long lasting Ca2+ oscillations in fertilized mouse eggs by Matsu-ura, Toru, Shirakawa, Hideki, Suzuki, Kenichi G. N., Miyamoto, Akitoshi, Sugiura, Kotomi, Michikawa, Takayuki, Kusumi, Akihiro, Mikoshiba, Katsuhiko

“…In most species, fertilization induces Ca 2+ transients in the egg. In mammals, the Ca 2+ rises are triggered by phospholipase Cζ (PLCζ) released from the…”
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Nobel Lecture: The discovery of polyacetylene film—the dawning of an era of conducting polymers by Shirakawa, Hideki

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Ca2+ influx-dependent refilling of intracellular Ca2+ stores determines the frequency of Ca2+ oscillations in fertilized mouse eggs by Takahashi, Tooru, Kikuchi, Takashi, Kidokoro, Yusuke, Shirakawa, Hideki

“…► Ca2+ influx and uptake during Ca2+ oscillations in mouse eggs are analyzed. ► Ca2+ influx is transiently activated after each Ca2+ release in the…”
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Calcium Signaling in Mammalian Eggs at Fertilization by Shirakawa, Hideki, Kikuchi, Takashi, Ito, Masahiko

“…The innovation and development of live-cell fluorescence imaging methods have revealed the dynamic aspects of intracellular Ca2+ in a wide variety of cells…”
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Elastic properties of collagen in bone determined by measuring the Debye–Waller factor by Sasaki, Naoki, Shirakawa, Hideki, Nozoe, Tsutomu, Furusawa, Kazuya

“…Abstract Force constant values for thermal vibrational motion of a collagen molecule along the helix axis in tendon, completely demineralized bone (CDB), and…”
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Ca2+ oscillation-inducing phospholipase C zeta expressed in mouse eggs is accumulated to the pronucleus during egg activation by Yoda, Ayako, Oda, Shoji, Shikano, Tomohide, Kouchi, Zen, Awaji, Takeo, Shirakawa, Hideki, Kinoshita, Katsuyuki, Miyazaki, Shunichi

“…Sperm-specific phospholipase C zeta (PLC zeta) is known to induce intracellular Ca(2+) oscillations and egg activation when expressed in mouse eggs by…”
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In vivo Ca2+ dynamics induced by Ca2+ injection in individual rat skeletal muscle fibers by Wakizaka, Mario, Eshima, Hiroaki, Tanaka, Yoshinori, Shirakawa, Hideki, Poole, David C., Kano, Yutaka

“…In contrast to cardiomyocytes, store overload‐induced calcium ion (Ca2+) release (SOICR) is not considered to constitute a primary Ca2+ releasing system from…”
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Essential Role of the Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor/Ca2+ Release Channel in Ca2+ Waves and Ca2+ Oscillations at Fertilization of Mammalian Eggs by Miyazaki, Shunichi, Shirakawa, Hideki, Nakada, Ken, Honda, Yoshiko

“…At fertilization mammalian eggs exhibit repetitive rises in the cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration (Ca2+ oscillations), associated with propagating Ca2+ waves in…”
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Nuclear translocation of phospholipase C-zeta, an egg-activating factor, during early embryonic development by Sone, Yoshie, Ito, Masahiko, Shirakawa, Hideki, Shikano, Tomohide, Takeuchi, Hiroyuki, Kinoshita, Katsuyuki, Miyazaki, Shunichi

“…Phospholipase C-zeta (PLCζ), a strong candidate of the egg-activating sperm factor, causes intracellular Ca 2+ oscillations and egg activation, and is…”
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Spatiotemporal Analysis of Ca2+ Waves in Relation to the Sperm Entry Site and Animal–Vegetal Axis during Ca2+ Oscillations in Fertilized Mouse Eggs by Deguchi, Ryusaku, Shirakawa, Hideki, Oda, Shoji, Mohri, Tatsuma, Miyazaki, Shunichi

“…Fertilized mouse eggs exhibit repetitive rises in intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) necessary for egg activation. Precise spatiotemporal dynamics of…”
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Origin of helical morphology of polyacetylene fibrils synthesized in chiral nematic liquid crystal solvents by Shirakawa, Hideki

“…Polyacetylene fibrils synthesized in chiral nematic (N*) liquid crystals (LCs) as a polymerization solvent show clockwise helical morphology when a clockwise…”
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Block of Ca2+ wave and Ca2+ oscillation by antibody to the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor in fertilized hamster eggs by MIAZAKI, S.-I, YUZAKI, M, NAKADA, K, SHIRAKAWA, H, NAKANISHI, S, NAKADE, S, MIKOSHIBA, K

“…The concentration of cytoplasmic free calcium (Ca2+) increases in various stimulated cells in a wave (Ca2+ wave) and in periodic transients (Ca2+…”
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Development of Inositol Trisphosphate-Induced Calcium Release Mechanism during Maturation of Hamster Oocytes by Fujiwara, Toshihiro, Nakada, Ken, Shirakawa, Hideki, Miyazaki, Shunichi

“…Mature hamster eggs exhibit repetitive increases in the intracellular Ca 2+ concentration ([Ca 2+] i) at fertilization, caused by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate…”
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Spatiotemporal Characterization of Intracellular Ca2+Rise during the Acrosome Reaction of Mammalian Spermatozoa Induced by Zona Pellucida by Shirakawa, Hideki, Miyazaki, Shunichi

“…The mammalian sperm acrosome reaction (AR) is an essential event prior to sperm–egg fusion at fertilization, and it is primarily dependent on an increase in…”
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Developmental changes in the distribution of the endoplasmic reticulum and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors and the spatial pattern of Ca2+ release during maturation of hamster oocytes by Shiraishi, K, Okada, A, Shirakawa, H, Nakanishi, S, Mikoshiba, K, Miyazaki, S

“…During maturation of hamster oocytes, the distribution of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (InsP3Rs) was found to…”
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Synthesis of a Novel Ionic Liquid Crystalline Polythiophene Having Viologen Side Chain by Kijima, Masashi, Setoh, Kenichi, Shirakawa, Hideki

“…A novel polythiophene having an ionic viologen mesogenic side chain at the 3-position was synthesized from a 2,5-dibromo-thiophene derivative by dehalogenative…”
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Hydrogen Peroxide Dynamics In Cytoplasm And Mitochondria Of Mouse Skeletal Muscle During Concentric And Eccentric Contractions: 2099 by Kano, Ryotaro, Shirakawa, Hideki, Poole, David C., Hoshino, Daisuke, Kano, Yutaka

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Fluorescence spectral component analysis by employing multivariate analysis and its application to experiments on cell physiology by Shirakawa, Hideki

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