G Protein α Subunit Genes in Octopus Photoreceptor Cells (2000)
Tatsuo Iwasa, Takanori Yanai, Masashi Nakagawa, Satoshi Kikkawa, Shuichi Obata, Jiro Usukura, ...
The G protein messages in Octopus vulgaris photoreceptor were isolated and characterized with molecular biological techniques. Four classes of G protein α subunit cDNA were isolated from an octopus...
ATP-dependent structural change of the eukaryotic clamp-loader protein, replication factor C
Shiomi, Yasushi, Usukura, Jiro, Masamura, Yusuke, Takeyasu, Kunio, Nakayama, Yoshikazu, Obuse, Chikashi, ...
The eukaryotic DNA sliding clamp that keeps DNA polymerase engaged at a replication fork, called proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), is loaded onto the 3′ ends of primer DNA through its...
Yasuda, Takeshi, Morimatsu, Katsumi, Kato, Ryuichi, Usukura, Jiro, Takahashi, Masayuki, Ohmori, Haruo
The Escherichia coli dinI gene is one of the LexA-regulated genes, which are induced upon DNA damage. Its overexpression conferred severe UV sensitivity on wild-type cells and resulted in the...
Phosphorylation by Rho Kinase Regulates CRMP-2 Activity in Growth Cones
Arimura, Nariko, Ménager, Céline, Kawano, Yoji, Yoshimura, Takeshi, Kawabata, Saeko, Hattori, Atsushi, ...
Collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP-2) enhances the advance of growth cones by regulating microtubule assembly and Numb-mediated endocytosis. We previously showed that Rho kinase...
ATP-dependent structural change of the eukaryotic clamp-loader protein, replication factor C
Shiomi, Yasushi, Usukura, Jiro, Masamura, Yusuke, Takeyasu, Kunio, Nakayama, Yoshikazu, Obuse, Chikashi, ...
The eukaryotic DNA sliding clamp that keeps DNA polymerase engaged at a replication fork, called proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), is loaded onto the 3′ ends of primer DNA through its...
Yasuda, Takeshi, Morimatsu, Katsumi, Kato, Ryuichi, Usukura, Jiro, Takahashi, Masayuki, Ohmori, Haruo
The Escherichia coli dinI gene is one of the LexA-regulated genes, which are induced upon DNA damage. Its overexpression conferred severe UV sensitivity on wild-type cells and resulted in the...
Phosphorylation by Rho Kinase Regulates CRMP-2 Activity in Growth Cones
Arimura, Nariko, Ménager, Céline, Kawano, Yoji, Yoshimura, Takeshi, Kawabata, Saeko, Hattori, Atsushi, ...
Collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP-2) enhances the advance of growth cones by regulating microtubule assembly and Numb-mediated endocytosis. We previously showed that Rho kinase...
Morone, Nobuhiro, Fujiwara, Takahiro, Murase, Kotono, Kasai, Rinshi S., Ike, Hiroshi, Yuasa, Shigeki, ...
Three-dimensional images of the undercoat structure on the cytoplasmic surface of the upper cell membrane of normal rat kidney fibroblast (NRK) cells and fetal rat skin keratinocytes were...
Physiological Properties of Rod Photoreceptor Cells in Green-sensitive Cone Pigment Knock-in Mice
Sakurai, Keisuke, Onishi, Akishi, Imai, Hiroo, Chisaka, Osamu, Ueda, Yoshiki, Usukura, Jiro, ...
Rod and cone photoreceptor cells that are responsible for scotopic and photopic vision, respectively, exhibit photoresponses different from each other and contain similar phototransduction proteins...
Yamauchi, Yohei, Kiriyama, Kazuya, Kubota, Naomi, Kimura, Hiroshi, Usukura, Jiro, Nishiyama, Yukihiro
The protein encoded by the UL14 gene of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 is expressed late in infection and is a minor component of the virion tegument. An UL14-deficient HSV-1 mutant...
Gating-associated conformational changes in the mechanosensitive channel MscL
Yoshimura, Kenjiro, Usukura, Jiro, Sokabe, Masahiro
Bacterial cells avoid lysis in response to hypoosmotic shock through the opening of the mechanosensitive channel MscL. Upon channel opening, MscL is thought to expand in the plane of the membrane and...