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Expanded palette of Nano-lanterns for real-time multicolor luminescence imaging by Takai, Akira, Nakano, Masahiro, Saito, Kenta, Haruno, Remi, Watanabe, Tomonobu M., Ohyanagi, Tatsuya, Jin, Takashi, Okada, Yasushi, Nagai, Takeharu

“…Fluorescence live imaging has become an essential methodology in modern cell biology. However, fluorescence requires excitation light, which can sometimes…”
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The mitochondrial intermembrane space protein mitofissin drives mitochondrial fission required for mitophagy by Fukuda, Tomoyuki, Furukawa, Kentaro, Maruyama, Tatsuro, Yamashita, Shun-ichi, Noshiro, Daisuke, Song, Chihong, Ogasawara, Yuta, Okuyama, Kentaro, Alam, Jahangir Md, Hayatsu, Manabu, Saigusa, Tetsu, Inoue, Keiichi, Ikeda, Kazuho, Takai, Akira, Chen, Lin, Lahiri, Vikramjit, Okada, Yasushi, Shibata, Shinsuke, Murata, Kazuyoshi, Klionsky, Daniel J., Noda, Nobuo N., Kanki, Tomotake

“…Mitophagy plays an important role in mitochondrial homeostasis by selective degradation of mitochondria. During mitophagy, mitochondria should be fragmented to…”
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High hydrostatic pressure induces slow contraction in mouse cardiomyocytes by Yamaguchi, Yohei, Nishiyama, Masayoshi, Kai, Hiroaki, Kaneko, Toshiyuki, Kaihara, Keiko, Iribe, Gentaro, Takai, Akira, Naruse, Keiji, Morimatsu, Masatoshi

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Addition of urea and thiourea to electrophoresis sample buffer improves efficiency of protein extraction from TCA/acetone‐treated smooth muscle tissues for phos‐tag SDS‐PAGE by Takeya, Kosuke, Kaneko, Toshiyuki, Miyazu, Motoi, Takai, Akira

“…Phosphorylation analysis by using phos‐tag technique has been reported to be suitable for highly sensitive quantification of smooth muscle myosin regulatory…”
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MicroRNAs as Potential Mediators for Cigarette Smoking Induced Atherosclerosis by Yokoyama, Yuka, Mise, Nathan, Suzuki, Yuka, Tada-Oikawa, Saeko, Izuoka, Kiyora, Zhang, Lingyi, Zong, Cai, Takai, Akira, Yamada, Yoshiji, Ichihara, Sahoko

“…Smoking increases the risk of atherosclerosis-related events, such as myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke. Recent studies have examined the expression…”
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Protein phosphatases 1 and 2A and their naturally occurring inhibitors: current topics in smooth muscle physiology and chemical biology by Takai, Akira, Eto, Masumi, Hirano, Katsuya, Takeya, Kosuke, Wakimoto, Toshiyuki, Watanabe, Masaru

“…Protein phosphatases 1 and 2A (PP1 and PP2A) are the most ubiquitous and abundant serine/threonine phosphatases in eukaryotic cells. They play fundamental…”
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Elephant’s breast milk contains large amounts of glucosamine by TAKATSU, Zenta, TSUDA, Muneya, YAMADA, Akio, MATSUMOTO, Hiroshi, TAKAI, Akira, TAKEDA, Yasuhiro, TAKASE, Mitsunori

“…Hand-reared elephant calves that are nursed with milk substitutes sometimes suffer bone fractures, probably due to problems associated with nutrition,…”
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Essential role of Dkk3 for head formation by inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin and Nodal/Vg1 signaling pathways in the basal chordate amphioxus by Onai, Takayuki, Akira Takai, Setiamarga, Davin H. E., Holland, Linda Z.

“…SUMMARY To dissect the molecular mechanism of head specification in the basal chordate amphioxus, we investigated the function of Dkk3, a secreted protein in…”
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Force-inhibiting effect of Ser/Thr protein phosphatase 2A inhibitors on bovine ciliary muscle by Ishida, Minori, Takeya, Kosuke, Miyazu, Motoi, Yoshida, Akitoshi, Takai, Akira

“…Ciliary muscle is a smooth muscle characterized by a rapid response to muscarinic receptor stimulation and sustained contraction. Although it is evident that…”
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Urinary sex steroid hormone and placental leucine aminopeptidase concentration differences between live births and stillbirth of Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) by Kinoshita, Kodzue, Sano, Yusuke, Takai, Akira, Shimizu, Mika, Kobayashi, Toshio, Ouchi, Akihiro, Kuze, Noko, Inoue‐Murayama, Miho, Idani, Gen'ichi, Okamoto, Munehiro, Ozaki, Yasuhiko

“…Background Under the environment of pregnancy, the placenta assumes an important steroidogenic role in the maintenance of pregnancy. Methods Urinary placental…”
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Crystal Structure of the Complex between Calyculin A and the Catalytic Subunit of Protein Phosphatase 1 by Kita, Akiko, Matsunaga, Shigeki, Takai, Akira, Kataiwa, Hirotaka, Wakimoto, Toshiyuki, Fusetani, Nobuhiro, Isobe, Minoru, Miki, Kunio

“…The crystal structure of the catalytic subunit of the protein phosphatase 1 (PP1), PP1γ, in complex with a marine toxin, calyculin A, was determined at 2.0 Å…”
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Protein phosphatase inhibitory activity of tautomycin photoaffinity probes evaluated at femto-molar level by Sydnes, Magne O., Kuse, Masaki, Kurono, Masakuni, Shimomura, Aya, Ohinata, Hiroshi, Takai, Akira, Isobe, Minoru

“…Development of a highly sensitive firefly bioluminescence assay system was, in fact, applied to ten tautomycin analogs having photoaffinity probes to obtain…”
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Effects of specific modifications of several hydroxyls of tetrodotoxin on its affinity to rat brain membrane by Yotsu-Yamashita, M, Sugimoto, A, Takai, A, Yasumoto, T

“…The widely used sodium channel blocker tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a compound that has six hydroxyl residues at the C-4, C-6, C-8, C-9, C-10, and C-11 positions in…”
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Two types of non-selective cation channel opened by muscarinic stimulation with carbachol in bovine ciliary muscle cells by Takai, Yoshiko, Sugawara, Ryoichi, Ohinata, Hiroshi, Takai, Akira

“…In the ciliary muscle, the tonic contraction requires a sustained influx of Ca 2+ through the cell membrane. However, little has hitherto been known about the…”
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Cranial cartilages: Players in the evolution of the cranium during evolution of the chordates in general and of the vertebrates in particular by Onai, Takayuki, Aramaki, Toshihiro, Takai, Akira, Kakiguchi, Kisa, Yonemura, Shigenobu

“…The present contribution is chiefly a review, augmented by some new results on amphioxus and lamprey anatomy, that draws on paleontological and developmental…”
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Role of TRPC6 on Single Cell Mechanics in Mouse Cardiomyocytes by Yamaguchi, Yohei, Iribe, Gentaro, Naruse, Keiji, Takai, Akira

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High hydrostatic pressure induces slow contraction in mouse cardiomyocytes by Yamaguchi, Yohei, Nishiyama, Masayoshi, Kai, Hiroaki, Kaneko, Toshiyuki, Kaihara, Keiko, Iribe, Gentaro, Takai, Akira, Naruse, Keiji, Morimatsu, Masatoshi

“…Cardiomyocytes are contractile cells that regulate heart contraction. Ca2+ flux via Ca2+ channels activates actomyosin interactions, leading to cardiomyocyte…”
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Smooth muscle myosin phosphatase inhibition and force enhancement by black sponge toxin by Takai, Akira, Bialojan, Corinna, Troschka, Monika, Caspar Rüegg, J.

“…Smooth muscle contraction depends on the state of myosin phosphorylation and hence on the balance of myosin light chain kinase and phosphatase activity…”
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Phosphorylated retinoblastoma protein stimulates DNA polymerase α by TAKEMURA, M, KITAGAWA, T, IZUTA, S, WASA, J, TAKAI, A, AKIYAMA, T, YOSHIDA, S

“…Human retinoblastoma (Rb) protein, immunopurified from an extract of recombinant baculovirus infected cells, stimulated 10-100-fold the activity of DNA…”
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Molecular shape analysis and activity of tautomycin, a protein phosphatase inhibitor by Sugiyama, Yukiteru, Ohtani, Ikuko I., Isobe, Minoru, Takai, Akira, Ubukata, Makoto, Isono, Kiyoshi

“…Tautomycin, a well-known protein phosphatase inhibitor, exists in two forms (acid anhydride and diacid). We successfully isolated them and proved that diacid…”
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