Laboratory Of Developmental Biology„ Department of Life Science  Graduate School of Science and Engineering Saitama University

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Publications

Original Papers

Kim, J., Lee, S., Tsuda, S., Zhang, X., Chow, N., Namburi, P., Kee, M., Cunha, C., Gloss, B., Feng, G., Augustine, G.J.
Optogenetic mapping of local inhibitory circuitry in cerebellum reveals spatial coordination of interneurons via electrical synapses.
Cell Rep. Vol. 7(5), 1601-13 (2014)[PubMed]

Yukiko Nakayama, Hiroshi Kikuta, Maiko Kanai, Kimihito Yoshikawa, Akinori Kawamura, Kana Kobayashi, Zhe Wang, Alam Khan, Koichi Kawakami, and Kyo Yamasu
Gbx2 functions as a transcriptional repressor to regulate the specification and morphogenesis of the mid-hindbrain junction in a dosage- and stage-dependent manner.
Mech. Dev. 130, 532-552 (2013) [PubMed]

A. Khan, A. Nakamoto, S. Okamoto, M. Tai, Y. Nakayama, K. Kobayashi, A. Kawamura, H. Takeda, and K. Yamasu
Pou2, a class V POU-type transcription factor in zebrafish, regulates dorsoventral patterning and convergent extension movement at different blastula stages.
Mech. Dev. 129, 219-235 (2012) [PubMed]

A. Khan, A. Nakamoto, M. Tai, S. Saito, Y. Nakayama, A. Kawamura, H. Takeda, and K. Yamasu
Mesendoderm specification depends on the function of Pou2, the class V POU-type transcription factor, during zebrafish embryogenesis.
Develop. Growth Differ. 54, 686-701 (2012) [PubMed]

M. Saito, K. Yamasu, & T. Suyemitsu
Binding properties of thyroxine to nuclear extract from sea urchin larvae.
Zool. Sci.29, 79-82 (2012) [PubMed]

A. Ishioka, T. Jindo, T. Kawanabe, K. Hatta, M. S. Parvin, M. Nikaido, Y. Kuroyanagi, H. Takeda, and K. Yamasu
Retinoic acid-dependent establishment of positional information in the hindbrain was conserved during vertebrate evolution.
Dev. Biol. 350, 154-168 (2011) [PubMed]

T. Okubo, A. Kawamura, J. Takahashi, H, Yagi, M. Morishima, R. Matsuoka, and S. Takada
Ripply3, a Tbx1 repressor, is required for development of pharyngeal apparatus and its derivatives in mice
Development 138, 339-348 (2011) [PubMed]

S. Ota, N. Tonou-Fujimori, Y. Nakayama, Y. Ito, A. Kawamura, and K. Yamasu
FGF receptor gene expression and its regulation by FGF signaling during early zebrafish development.
Genesis. (in press)

S. Ota, N. Tonou-Fujimori, and K. Yamasu
The roles of the FGF signal in zebrafish embryos analyzed using constitutive activation and dominant-negative suppression of different FGF receptors.
Mech. Dev. 126, 1-17 (2009)[PubMed]

M. S. Parvin, N. Okuyama, F. Inoue, M. E. Islam, A. Kawakami, H. Takeda, & K. Yamasu
An autoregulatory loop and retinoic acid repression regulate pou2/pou5f1 gene expression in the zebrafish embryonic brain.
Dev. Dyn. 237, 1373-1388 (2008) [PubMed]

Kawamura A, Koshida S, Takada S.
Activator-to-repressor conversion of T-box transcription factors by the Ripply family of Groucho/TLE-associated mediators.
Mol. Cell. Biol. 28, 3236-3244 (2008) [PubMed]

F. Inoue, M. S. Parvin, & K. Yamasu
Transcription of fgf8 is regulated by activating and repressive cis-elements at the midbrain-hindbrain boundary in zebrafish embryos.
Dev. Biol. 316, 471-486 (2008) [PubMed]

M. Nikaido, K. Doi, T. Shimizu, M. Hibi, Y. Kikuchi, & K. Yamasu
Initial specification of the epibranchial placode in zebrafish embryos depends on the FGF signal.
Dev. Dyn. 236, 564-571 (2007)[PubMed]

M. E. Islam, H. Kikuta, F. Inoue, M. Kanai, A. Kawakami, M. S. Parvin, H. Takeda, & K. Yamasu
Three enhancer regions regulate gbx2 gene expression in the isthmic region during zebrafish development.
Mech. Dev. 123, 907-924 (2006) [PubMed]

F. Inoue, S. Nagayoshi, S. Ota, M. E. Islam, N. Tonou-Fujimori, Y. Odaira, K. Kawakami, & K. Yamasu
Genomic organization, alternative splicing, and multiple regulatory regions of the zebrafish fgf8 gene.
Develop. Growth & Differ. 48, 447- 62 (2006)[PubMed]

H. Kikuta, M. Kanai, Y. Ito, & K. Yamasu
gbx2 homeobox gene is required for the maintenance of the isthmic region in the zebrafish embryonic brain.
Dev. Dyn. 228, 433-450 (2003)[PubMed]

K. Horii, G. Suzuki, T. Suyemitsu, & K. Yamasu
Characterization of the upstream region that regulates the transcription of the gene for the precursor to EGF-related peptides, exogastrula-inducing peptides, of the sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina.
Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B Biochem. Mol. Biol. 136, 15-26 (2003)[PubMed]

Y. Hirate, H. Okamoto, & K. Yamasu
Structure of the zebrafish fasciclin I-related extracellular matrix protein (big-h3) and its characteristic expression during embryogenesis.
Gene Expr. Patterns 3, 331-336 (2003)[PubMed]

A. F. Giusti, F. J. O'Neill, K. Yamasu, K. R. Foltz, & L. A. Jaffe
Function of a sea urchin egg src family kinase in initiating Ca2+ release at fertilization.
Dev. Biol. 256, 367-378 (2003)[PubMed]

N. Tonou-Fujimori, M. Takahashi, H. Onodera, H. Kikuta, S. Koshida, H. Takeda & K. Yamasu
Expression of the FGF receptor 2 gene (fgfr2) during embryogenesis in the zebrafish Danio rerio.
Mech. Dev. 119, Suppl 1, S173-178 (2002)[PubMed]

M. Nikaido, A. Kawakami, A. Sawada, M. Furutani-Seiki, H. Takeda, & K. Araki
Tbx24, encoding a T-box protein, is mutated in the zebrafish somite-segmentation mutant fused somites.
Nat. Genet. 31, 195-199 (2002)[PubMed]

Y. Haruguchi, K. Horii, G. Suzuki, T. Suyemitsu, K. Ishihara, & K. Yamasu
Genomic organization of the gene that encodes the precursor to EGF-related peptides, exogastrula-inducing peptides, of the sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1574, 311-320 (2002)[PubMed]

K. Tomita, K. Yamasu, & T. Suyemitsu
Role of syndecan in the elongation of postoral arms in sea urchin larvae.
Develop. Growth & Differ. 44, 45-53@(2002)[PubMed]

Y. Hirate, M. Mieda, T. Harada, K. Yamasu, & H. Okamoto
Identification of ephrin-A3 and novel genes specific to the midbrain-MHB in embryonic zebrafish by ordered differential display.
Mech. Dev. 107, 83-96 (2001) [PubMed]

K. Yamasu, G. Suzuki, K. Horii, & T. Suyemitsu
Transcriptional regulation of the gene for epidermal growth factor-like peptides in sea urchin embryos.
Int. J. Dev. Biol. 44, 777-784 (2000) [PubMed]

K. Tomita, K. Yamasu, & T. Suyemitsu
Cloning and characterization of the cDNA for syndecan core portein in sea urchin embryos.
Develop. Growth & Differ. 42, 449-458 (2000) [PubMed]

A. Sawada, A. Fritz, Y.-J. Jiang, A. Yamamoto, K. Yamasu, A. Kuroiwa, Y. Saga & H. Takeda
Zebrafish Mesp family genes, mesp-a and mesp-b are segmentally expressed in the presomitic mesoderm, and Mesp-b confers the anterior identity to the developing somites.
Development 127, 1691-1702 (2000) [PubMed]

M. Saito & K. Yamasu
Expression of the gene for translation elongation factor 1a-related protein during development of the sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina.
Zool.Sci. 16, 785-792 (1999) [J stage]

Y. Hirate, K. Tomita, S. Yamamoto, K. Kobari, I. Uemura, K. Yamasu, & T. Suyemitsu
Association of the sea urchin EGF-related peptide, EGIP-D, with fasciclin I related ECM proteins from the sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina.
Develop. Growth & Differ. 41, 483-494 (1999) [PubMed]

H. Onodera, K. Kobari, M. Sakuma, M. Sato, T. Suyemitsu, & K. Yamasu
Expression of a src-type protein tyrosine kinase gene, AcSrc1, in the sea urchin embryo.
Develop. Growth & Differ. 41, 19-28 (1999) [PubMed]

K. Yamasu & F. H. Wilt
The functional organization of DNA elements regulating SM30a, a spicule matrix gene of sea urchin embryos.
Develop.Growth & Differ. 41, 81-91 (1999) [PubMed]

M. Saito, M. Seki, S. Amemiya, K. Yamasu, T. Suyemitsu, & K. Ishihara
Induction of metamorphosis in the sand dollar Peronella japonica by thyroid hormones.
Develop. Growth & Differ. 40, 307-312 (1998) [PubMed]

M. Sakuma, H. Onodera, T. Suyemitsu, & K. Yamasu
The protein tyrosine kinases of the sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina.
Zool. Sci. 14, 941-946 (1997) [PubMed]

Y. Fujita, Y. Hirate, T, Hiyama, K. Yamasu, T. Suyemitsu, & K. Ishihara
Purification of EGIP-D-binding protein from the embryos of the sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina.
Zool. Sci. 14, 931-934 (1997) [PubMed]

K.Yamasu, H.Watanabe, C.Kohchi, G.-I.Soma, D.Mizuno, K.Akasaka, H.Shimada, T.Suyemitsu, & K.Ishihara
Molecular cloning of a cDNA that encodes the precursor to several exogstrula- inducing peptides, epidermal-growth-factor-related polypeptides of the sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina.
Eur.J.Biochem. 228, 515-523 (1995) [PubMed]

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