Ruth Yokoyama

Emory University — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

15h-index750citations21works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics(6), Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects(4), Protist diversity and phylogeny(3), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques(2), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations(2)

Publications21 total

Topoisomerase II plays a role in dosage compensation in<i>Drosophila</i>
Transcription·2013· 24 citedOpen Access
Distinct Dosage Compensation Effects by Subunits of Drosophila MSL Complexes
Biophysical Journal·2013Open Access
Distinct contributions of MSL complex subunits to the transcriptional enhancement responsible for dosage compensation in Drosophila
Nucleic Acids Research·2012· 18 citedOpen Access
Role of the ATPase/helicase maleless (MLE) in the assembly, targeting, spreading and function of the male-specific lethal (MSL) complex of Drosophila
Epigenetics & Chromatin·2011· 35 citedOpen Access
The MLE Subunit of the <i>Drosophila</i> MSL Complex Uses Its ATPase Activity for Dosage Compensation and Its Helicase Activity for Targeting
Molecular and Cellular Biology·2007· 42 citedOpen Access
A Plasmid Model System Shows that <i>Drosophila</i> Dosage Compensation Depends on the Global Acetylation of Histone H4 at Lysine 16 and Is Not Affected by Depletion of Common Transcription Elongation Chromatin Marks
Molecular and Cellular Biology·2007· 19 citedOpen Access
Chlamydomonas Flagellar Outer Row Dynein Assembly Protein Oda7 Interacts with Both Outer Row and I1 Inner Row Dyneins
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2006· 59 citedOpen Access
Regulation of flagellar dynein activity by a central pair kinesin
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2004· 85 citedOpen Access
<i>Neg</i>, a nerve growth factor–stimulated gene expressed by fetal neocortical neurons that is downregulated by ethanol
The Journal of Comparative Neurology·2003· 12 cited
ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION OF PHOTORECEPTORS AND VISUAL PIGMENTS IN VERTEBRATES
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics·1996· 186 cited
Molecular characterization of a class IV human alcohol dehydrogenase gene (<i>ADH7</i>)
FEBS Letters·1994· 14 cited
Multiple origins of the green-sensitive opsin genes in fish
Journal of Molecular Evolution·1994· 28 cited
Molecular characterization of a blue visual pigment gene in the fish <i>Astyanax fasciatus</i>
FEBS Letters·1993· 31 cited
Molecular structure of the human alcohol dehydrogenase 3 gene.
The Japanese Journal of Genetics·1992· 4 citedOpen Access
Isolation, DNA sequence and evolution of a color visual pigment gene of the blind cave fish Astyanax fasc1atus
Vision Research·1990· 51 cited
The genes for human alcohol dehydrogenases β<sub>1</sub> and β<sub>2</sub> differ by only one nucleotide
European Journal of Biochemistry·1989· 38 citedOpen Access
Molecular characterization of cDNA clones encoding the human alcohol dehydrogenase .BETA.1 and the evolutionary relationship to the other class I subunits .ALPHA. and .GAMMA..
The Japanese Journal of Genetics·1987· 11 citedOpen Access
Sequence characterization of<i>Tetrahymena</i>macronuclear DNA ends
Nucleic Acids Research·1986· 17 citedOpen Access
Internal micronuclear DNA regions which include sequences homologous to macronuclear telomeres are deleted during development in<i>Tetrahymena</i>
Nucleic Acids Research·1984· 17 citedOpen Access
Elimination of DNA sequences during macronuclear differentiation in Tetrahymena thermophila, as detected by in situ hybridization
Chromosoma·1982· 50 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Shozo Yokoyama(6), John C. Lucchesi(6), Huiping Ling(5), Meng-Chao Yao(3), Yoshinori Matsuo(3), Simona Cugusi(3), David R. Mitchell(2), Rosa Morra(2), Edwin R. Smith(2), Shozo Yokoyama(2), David Dunlap(2), He-Ying Sun(2), Kerry McGill(2), Eileen O’Toole(1), Ghosh Sudipto(1), Judy Freshour(1), Shozo Yokoyama(1), Elizabeth Register(1), Edward Ramos(1), Kevin M Luk(1)