Takakazu Yokokura

Harvard University — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Cell death mechanisms and regulation(6), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research(4), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy(3), RNA modifications and cancer(3), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms(2)

Publications18 total

Regulation of miR-219 and its target RalGPS dictates acute synaptic plasticity at the <i>Drosophila</i> neuromuscular junction
2025Open Access
Defining conserved spinal muscular atrophy gene networks that are involved in neuromuscular system using Drosophila SMA model
Journal of Neurology and Neuroscience·2017
Lethality strongly associates with loss of &lt;i&gt;Smn&lt;/i&gt; function in muscle.
Figshare·2015Open Access
脊髄性筋萎縮症(SMA)発症機序の解明
2015
Quality assessment and control of tissue specific RNA-seq libraries of Drosophila transgenic RNAi models
Frontiers in Genetics·2014· 22 citedOpen Access
Genetic circuitry of <i>Survival motor neuron</i> , the gene underlying spinal muscular atrophy
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2013· 35 citedOpen Access
Modeling spinal muscular atrophy in <i>Drosophila</i> links <i>Smn</i> to FGF signaling
The Journal of Cell Biology·2011· 48 cited
Modeling Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Drosophila
PLoS ONE·2008· 171 citedOpen Access
Mitochondrial Disruption in Drosophila Apoptosis
Developmental Cell·2007· 162 citedOpen Access
Dissection of DIAP1 Functional Domains via a Mutant Replacement Strategy
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2004· 42 citedOpen Access
Activation of the innate immunity in <i>Drosophila</i> by endogenous chromosomal DNA that escaped apoptotic degradation
Genes & Development·2002· 87 citedOpen Access
Drosophila Morgue is an F box/ubiquitin conjugase domain protein important for grim-reaper mediated apoptosis
Nature Cell Biology·2002· 121 cited
Identification and Developmental Expression of Inhibitor of Caspase-activated DNase (ICAD) in Drosophila melanogaster
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2000· 45 citedOpen Access
Activation of distinct caspase-like proteases by Fas and reaper in <i>Drosophila</i> cells
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·1997· 33 citedOpen Access
Analysis of phenotypes and genes of mutant croaker with mating behavior abnormalities.
1995
Phenotypic and molecular characterization of croaker, a new mating behavior mutant of Drosophila melanogaster.
The Japanese Journal of Genetics·1995· 27 citedOpen Access
Sequence and expression of a gene encoding a ribosomal protein S4 homolog from Drosophila melanogaster
Gene·1993· 11 cited
CHARACTERIZATION OF POKKURI, A MUTATION AFFECTING LONGEVITY AND EYE DEVELOPMENT OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER : Developmental Biology :
ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE·1990

Frequent Co-authors

David Van Vactor(4), Spyros Artavanis‐Tsakonas(4), Douglas N. Dimlich(3), Mark W. Kankel(3), Anindya Sen(3), Kristin White(3), Shigekazu Nagata(3), Daisuke Yamamoto(3), Anne C. Hart(2), Eltyeb Abdelwahid(2), Neda Huseinovic(2), Naomi Mukae(2), Hideki Yokoyama(2), Yasuhiko Sakoyama(2), Van Vactor David(2), Howard C. Chang(1), Ashim Mukherjee(1), Vasanthi Sridhar(1), Tudor A. Fulga(1), Ronald J. Krieser(1)