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A hyperpolarizing neuron recruits undocked innexin hemichannels to transmit neural information in Caenorhabditis elegans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2024-05-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Airi Nakayama; Masakatsu Watanabe; Riku Yamashiro; Hiroo Kuroyanagi; Hironori J. Matsuyama; Atsunori Oshima; Ikue Mori; Shunji Nakano
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Piezo1 mutant zebrafish as a model of idiopathic scoliosis

Frontiers in Genetics
2024-01-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1664-8021
Contributors: Ramli; Toshihiro Aramaki; Masakatsu Watanabe; Shigeru Kondo
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Connexin 41.8 mediates the correct temporal induction of haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells

2023-07-28 | Preprint
Contributors: Tim Petzold; Masakatsu Watanabe; Julien Y. Bertrand
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Fish-specific N-terminal domain sequence in Connexin 39.4 plays an important role in zebrafish stripe formation by regulating the opening and closing of gap junctions and hemichannels

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects
2023-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0304-4165
Contributors: Masakatsu Watanabe
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Masakatsu Watanabe

Somatic GJA4 gain-of-function mutation in orbital cavernous venous malformations

Angiogenesis
2023-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0969-6970
Part of ISSN: 1573-7209
Contributors: Hiroki Hongo; Satoru Miyawaki; Yu Teranishi; Jun Mitsui; Hiroto Katoh; Daisuke Komura; Kinya Tsubota; Takashi Matsukawa; Masakatsu Watanabe; Masakazu Kurita et al.
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Masakatsu Watanabe

Structures of human pannexin-1 in nanodiscs reveal gating mediated by dynamic movement of the N terminus and phospholipids

Science Signaling
2022-02-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Maki Kuzuya; Hidemi Hirano; Kenichi Hayashida; Masakatsu Watanabe; Kazumi Kobayashi; Tohru Terada; Md. Iqbal Mahmood; Florence Tama; Kazutoshi Tani; Yoshinori Fujiyoshi et al.
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Studies of Turing pattern formation in zebrafish skin

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
2021-12-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Shigeru Kondo; Masakatsu Watanabe; Seita Miyazawa
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Role of the Connexin C-terminus in skin pattern formation of Zebrafish

BBA Advances
2021-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Yuu Usui; Masakatsu Watanabe
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Masakatsu Watanabe

A stalled-ribosome rescue factor Pth3 is required for mitochondrial translation against antibiotics in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Communications Biology
2021-03-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Soichiro Hoshino; Ryohei Kanemura; Daisuke Kurita; Yukihiro Soutome; Hyouta Himeno; Masak Takaine; Masakatsu Watanabe; Nobukazu Nameki
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The Genetic Basis of Morphological Diversity in Domesticated Goldfish

Current Biology
2020-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
Contributors: Tetsuo Kon; Yoshihiro Omori; Kentaro Fukuta; Hironori Wada; Masakatsu Watanabe; Zelin Chen; Miki Iwasaki; Tappei Mishina; Shin-ichiro S. Matsuzaki; Daiki Yoshihara et al.
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Cryo-EM structures of undocked innexin-6 hemichannels in phospholipids

Science Advances
2020-02-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Batuujin Burendei; Ruriko Shinozaki; Masakatsu Watanabe; Tohru Terada; Kazutoshi Tani; Yoshinori Fujiyoshi; Atsunori Oshima
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KLF4-Induced Connexin40 Expression Contributes to Arterial Endothelial Quiescence

Frontiers in Physiology
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Denis, Jean-Francois; Diagbouga, Mannekomba R.; Molica, Filippo; Hautefort, Aurelia; Linnerz, Tarija; Watanabe, Masakatsu; Lemeille, Sylvain; Bertrand, Julien Y.; Kwak, Brenda R.
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The minimal gap-junction network among melanophores and xanthophores required for stripe-pattern formation in zebrafish

Development
2019-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Yuu Usui; Toshihiro Aramaki; Shigeru Kondo; Masakatsu Watanabe
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Connexin Communication Compartments and Wound Repair in Epithelial Tissue

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Chanson, Marc; Watanabe, Masakatsu; O'Shaughnessy, Erin M.; Zoso, Alice; Martin, Patricia E.
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Melanophore multinucleation pathways in zebrafish

Development, Growth & Differentiation
2018-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Yuu Usui; Shigeru Kondo; Masakatsu Watanabe
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Gap Junction in the Teleost Fish Lineage: Duplicated Connexins May Contribute to Skin Pattern Formation and Body Shape Determination

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
2017 | Journal article
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The Physiological Characterization of Connexin41.8 and Connexin39.4, Which Are Involved in the Striped Pattern Formation of Zebrafish

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Watanabe, Masakatsu; Sawada, Risa; Aramaki, Toshihiro; Skerrett, I. Martha; Kondo, Shigeru
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Two Different Functions of Connexin43 Confer Two Different Bone Phenotypes in Zebrafish

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Misu, Akihiro; Yamanaka, Hiroaki; Aramaki, Toshihiro; Kondo, Shigeru; Skerrett, Martha; Iovine, M. Kathryn; Watanabe, Masakatsu
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Black, yellow, or silver: Which one leads skin pattern formation?

Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research: The Official Journal of the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies and the Society for Melanoma Research
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Kondo, Shigeru; Watanabe, Masakatsu
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Comment on "Local reorganization of xanthophores fine-tunes and colors the striped pattern of zebrafish"

Science
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Watanabe, Masakatsu; Kondo, Shigeru
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Is pigment patterning in fish skin determined by the Turing mechanism?

Trends in Genetics
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Watanabe, Masakatsu; Kondo, Shigeru
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Construction of Chromosome Markers from the Lake Victoria Cichlid Paralabidochromis chilotes and Their Application to Comparative Mapping

Cytogenetic and Genome Research
2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Kuroiwa, A.; Terai, Y.; Kobayashi, N.; Yoshida, K.; Suzuki, M.; Nakanishi, A.; Matsuda, Y.; Watanabe, M.; Okada, N.
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Involvement of Delta/Notch signaling in zebrafish adult pigment stripe patterning

Development
2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Hamada, Hiroki; Watanabe, Masakatsu; Lau, Hiu Eunice; Nishida, Tomoki; Hasegawa, Toshiaki; Parichy, David M.; Kondo, Shigeru
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Tetraspanin 3c requirement for pigment cell interactions and boundary formation in zebrafish adult pigment stripes

Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research: The Official Journal of the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies and the Society for Melanoma Research
2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Inoue, Shinya; Kondo, Shigeru; Parichy, David M.; Watanabe, Masakatsu
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Changing clothes easily: connexin41.8 regulates skin pattern variation

Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research: The Official Journal of the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies and the Society for Melanoma Research
2012 | Journal article
Contributors: Watanabe, Masakatsu; Kondo, Shigeru
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Melanophore Migration and Survival during Zebrafish Adult Pigment Stripe Development Require the Immunoglobulin Superfamily Adhesion Molecule Igsf11

PLOS Genetics
2012 | Journal article
Contributors: Eom, Dae Seok; Inoue, Shinya; Patterson, Larissa B.; Gordon, Tiffany N.; Slingwine, Rebecca; Kondo, Shigeru; Watanabe, Masakatsu; Parichy, David M.
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Polyamine sensitivity of gap junctions is required for skin pattern formation in zebrafish

Scientific Reports
2012 | Journal article
Contributors: Watanabe, Masakatsu; Watanabe, Daisuke; Kondo, Shigeru
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B Chromosomes Have a Functional Effect on Female Sex Determination in Lake Victoria Cichlid Fishes

PLOS Genetics
2011 | Journal article
Contributors: Yoshida, Kohta; Terai, Yohey; Mizoiri, Shinji; Aibara, Mitsuto; Nishihara, Hidenori; Watanabe, Masakatsu; Kuroiwa, Asato; Hirai, Hirohisa; Hirai, Yuriko; Matsuda, Yoichi et al.
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Control of skin pattern formation by gap junction in zebrafish

Developmental Biology
2010 | Journal article
Contributors: Watanabe, Masakatsu; Kondo, Shigeru
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Extensive analysis of EST sequences reveals that all cichlid species in Lake Victoria share almost identical transcript sets

Gene
2009 | Journal article
Contributors: Kobayashi, Naoki; Watanabe, Masakatsu; Horiike, Tokumasa; Kohara, Yuji; Okada, Norihiro
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Functional diversification of kir7.1 in cichlids accelerated by gene duplication

Gene
2007 | Journal article
Contributors: Watanabe, Masakatsu; Hiraide, Kazue; Okada, Norihiro
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Divergent selection on opsins drives incipient speciation in Lake Victoria cichlids

PLoS Biology
2006 | Journal article
Contributors: Terai, Yohey; Seehausen, Ole; Sasaki, Takeshi; Takahashi, Kazuhiko; Mizoiri, Shinji; Sugawara, Tohru; Sato, Tetsu; Watanabe, Masakatsu; Konijnendijk, Nellie; Mrosso, Hillary D. J. et al.
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magp4 gene may contribute to the diversification of cichlid morphs and their speciation

Gene
2006 | Journal article
Contributors: Kobayashi, Naoki; Watanabe, Masakatsu; Kijimoto, Teiya; Fujimura, Koji; Nakazawa, Masumi; Ikeo, Kazuho; Kohara, Yuji; Gojobori, Takashi; Okada, Norihiro
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Pigment pattern in jaguar/obelix zebrafish is caused by a Kir7.1 mutation: Implications for the regulation of melanosome movement

PLOS Genetics
2006 | Journal article
Contributors: Iwashita, Motoko; Watanabe, Masakatsu; Ishii, Masaru; Chen, Tim; Johnson, Stephen L.; Kurachi, Yoshihisa; Okada, Norihiro; Kondo, Shigeru
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Spot pattern of leopard Danio is caused by mutation in the zebrafish connexin41.8 gene

EMBO Reports
2006 | Journal article
Contributors: Watanabe, Masakatsu; Iwashita, Motoko; Ishii, Masaru; Kurachi, Yoshihisa; Kawakami, Atsushi; Kondo, Shigeru; Okada, Norihiro
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Study of zebrafish pigmentation mutant Jaguar (Obelix)

Zoological Science
2006 | Journal article
Contributors: Iwashita, Motoko; Watanabe, Masakatsu; Ishii, Masaru; Kurachi, Yoshihisa; Okada, Norihiro; Kondo, Shigeru
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cimp1, a novel astacin family metalloproteinase gene from East African cichlids, is differentially expressed between species during growth

Molecular Biology and Evolution
2005 | Journal article
Contributors: Kijimoto, T; Watanabe, M; Fujimura, K; Nakazawa, M; Murakami, Y; Kuratani, S; Kohara, Y; Gojobori, T; Okada, N
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Extensive analysis of ORF sequences from two different cichlid species in Lake Victoria provides molecular evidence for a recent radiation event of the Victoria species flock - Identity of EST sequences between Haplochromis chilotes and Haplochromis sp "Redtailsheller"

Gene
2004 | Journal article
Contributors: Watanabe, M; Kobayashi, N; Shin-I, T; Horiike, T; Tateno, Y; Kohara, Y; Okada, N
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Construction of a BAC library for Haplochromis chilotes, a cichlid fish from Lake Victoria

Genes & Genetic Systems
2003 | Journal article
Contributors: Watanabe, M; Kobayashi, N; Fujiyama, A; Okada, N
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Genetic and biochemical characterization of EshA, a protein that forms large multimers and affects developmental processes in Streptomyces griseus

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2003 | Journal article
Contributors: Saito, N; Matsubara, K; Watanabe, M; Kato, F; Ochi, K
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Crystal structure of archaeosine tRNA-guanine transglycosylase

Journal of Molecular Biology
2002 | Journal article
Contributors: Ishitani, R; Nureki, O; Fukai, S; Kijimoto, T; Nameki, N; Watanabe, M; Kondo, H; Sekine, M; Okada, N; Nishimura, S et al.
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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the archaeosine tRNA-guanine transglycosylase from Pyrococcus horikoshii

Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology
2001 | Journal article
Contributors: Ishitani, R; Nureki, O; Kijimoto, T; Watanabe, M; Kondo, H; Nameki, N; Okada, N; Nishimura, S; Yokoyama, S
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Molecular and functional analyses of the gene (eshA) encoding the 52-kilodalton protein of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) required for antibiotic production

Journal of Bacteriology
2001 | Journal article
Contributors: Kawamoto, S; Watanabe, M; Saito, N; Hesketh, A; Vachalova, K; Matsubara, K; Ochi, K
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tRNA recognition of tRNA-guanine transglycosylase from a hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrococcus horikoshii

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2001 | Journal article
Contributors: Watanabe, M; Nameki, N; Matsuo-Takasaki, M; Nishimura, S; Okada, N
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Biosynthesis of archaeosine, a novel derivative of 7-deazaguanosine specific to archaeal tRNA, proceeds via a pathway involving base replacement on the tRNA polynucleotide chain

Journal of Biological Chemistry
1997 | Journal article
Contributors: Watanabe, M; Matsuo, M; Tanaka, S; Akimoto, H; Asahi, S; Nishimura, S; Katze, JR; Hashizume, T; Crain, PF; McCloskey, JA et al.
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A NOVEL ENZYMATIC DECARBOXYLATION PROCEEDS VIA A THIOL ESTER INTERMEDIATE

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
1995 | Journal article
Contributors: KAWASAKI, T; WATANABE, M; OHTA, H
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