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• Localized diacylglycerol drives the polarization of the microtubule-organizing center in T cells.

  The reorientation of the T cell microtubule-organizing center (MTOC) toward the antigen-presenting cell enables the directional secretion of cytokines…

  Authors: Emily J Quann, Ernesto Merino, Toshiaki Furuta, Morgan Huse

  Source: Nature immunology. 2009 Jun

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• The E1 mechanism in photo-induced beta-elimination reactions for green-to-red conversion of fluorescent proteins.

  KikGR is a fluorescent protein engineered to display green-to-red photoconvertibility that is induced by irradiation with ultraviolet or violet light.…

  Authors: Hidekazu Tsutsui, Hideaki Shimizu, Hideaki Mizuno, Nobuyuki Nukina, Toshiaki Furuta, Atsushi Miyawaki

  Source: Chemistry & biology. 2009 Nov 25

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• Photoinduced nitric oxide release from a hindered nitrobenzene derivative by two-photon excitation.

  Here, we demonstrated photoinduced NO generation from a 2,6-dimethylnitrobenzene-based compound (Flu-DNB) via a two-photon excitation (TPE) process. A…

  Authors: Kazuhiro Hishikawa, Hidehiko Nakagawa, Toshiaki Furuta, Kiyoshi Fukuhara, Hiroki Tsumoto, Takayoshi Suzuki, Naoki Miyata

  Source: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2009 Jun 10

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• Photo-induced peptide cleavage in the green-to-red conversion of a fluorescent protein.

  Green fluorescent protein from the jellyfish (Aequorea GFP) and GFP-like proteins from coral species encode light-absorbing chromophores within their …

  Authors: Hideaki Mizuno, Tapas Kumar Mal, Kit I Tong, Ryoko Ando, Toshiaki Furuta, Mitsuhiko Ikura, Atsushi Miyawaki

  Source: Molecular cell. 2003 Oct

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• Multiple bond-conjugated photoinduced nitric oxide releaser working with two-photon excitation.

  Four novel nitric oxide (NO) releasers working via two-photon excitation (TPE), based on an acceptor-donor-acceptor (A-D-A) molecular design, were syn…

  Authors: Kazuhiro Hishikawa, Hidehiko Nakagawa, Toshiaki Furuta, Kiyoshi Fukuhara, Hiroki Tsumoto, Takayoshi Suzuki, Naoki Miyata

  Source: Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters. 2010 Jan 1

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• Crystallographic evidence for water-assisted photo-induced peptide cleavage in the stony coral fluorescent protein Kaede.

  A coral fluorescent protein from Trachyphyllia geoffroyi, Kaede, possesses a tripeptide of His62-Tyr63-Gly64, which forms a chromophore with green flu…

  Authors: Ikuko Hayashi, Hideaki Mizuno, Kit I Tong, Toshiaki Furuta, Fujie Tanaka, Masato Yoshimura, Atsushi Miyawaki, Mitsuhiko Ikura

  Source: Journal of molecular biology. 2007 Sep 28

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• Phototriggers for nucleobases with improved photochemical properties.

  Synthesis and photochemical properties of new photoremovable protecting groups for nucleobases are described. Four caged 2'-deoxycytidines (dCs) were …

  Authors: Toshiaki Furuta, Takayoshi Watanabe, Satoshi Tanabe, Jun Sakyo, Chie Matsuba

  Source: Organic letters. 2007 Nov 8

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• Lhx2 mediates the activity of Six3 in zebrafish forebrain growth.

  The telencephalon shows the greatest degree of size variation in the vertebrate brain. Understanding the genetic cascade that regulates telencephalon …

  Authors: Hideki Ando, Makoto Kobayashi, Tatsuya Tsubokawa, Keiichi Uyemura, Toshiaki Furuta, Hitoshi Okamoto

  Source: Developmental biology. 2005 Nov 15

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• A sea urchin egg jelly peptide induces a cGMP-mediated decrease in sperm intracellular Ca(2+) before its increase.

  Speract, a sperm-activating peptide (SAP) from sea urchin eggs, increases the intracellular concentration of Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)]i) and modulates sperm mo…

  Authors: Takuya Nishigaki, Christopher D Wood, Yoshiro Tatsu, Noboru Yumoto, Toshiaki Furuta, David Elias, Kogiku Shiba, Shoji A Baba, Alberto Darszon

  Source: Developmental biology. 2004 Aug 15

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• Light-activated gene expression from site-specific caged DNA with a biotinylated photolabile protection group.

  A new method for site-specific caging of plasmid DNA was developed to enable light-activation of gene expression in living cells by exposure to a low …

  Authors: Satoshi Yamaguchi, Yanjie Chen, Soh Nakajima, Toshiaki Furuta, Teruyuki Nagamune

  Source: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England). 2010 Apr 7

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