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  1. LSPromotion of Young Researchers for the Next Generation of Microscopic Sciences

    Article • Microscopy, November 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Takuo Yasunaga

  2. Filopodia formation by crosslinking of F-actin with fascin in two different binding manners

    Article • Cytoskeleton, June 2016, Wiley

    Takuo Yasunaga

  3. Actin Filaments Bundling Mechanisms by Fascin in Filopodia were Revealed with Cryo-ET

    Article • Biophysical Journal, February 2016, Elsevier

    Takuo Yasunaga

  4. C6-P-11Recent Progress of development of Eos/PIONE for three-dimensional electron microscopy

    Article • Microscopy, November 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Takuo Yasunaga

  5. Lis1 restricts the conformational changes in cytoplasmic dynein on microtubules

    Article • Microscopy, September 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Takuo Yasunaga

  6. GM130 is a parallel tetramer with a flexible rod-like structure and N-terminally open (Y-shaped) and closed (I-shaped) conformations

    Article • FEBS Journal, April 2015, Wiley

    Takuo Yasunaga

  7. Metallothionein labeling for CLEM method for identification of protein subunits

    Article • Microscopy, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Takuo Yasunaga

  8. Structural analysis of the 26S proteasome by cryo-electron microscopy and Single-Particle Analysis

    Article • Microscopy, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Takuo Yasunaga

  9. Revealing the intracellular ultrastructure of filopodia with cryo-electron tomography

    Article • Microscopy, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Takuo Yasunaga

  10. Cell observation method under near-living conditions by scanning electron microscopy

    Article • Microscopy, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Takuo Yasunaga

  11. Development of a user-friendly system for image processing of electron microscopy by integrating a web browser and PIONE with Eos

    Article • Microscopy, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Takuo Yasunaga

  12. Development of virtual electron microscopy to supply unified user interface

    Article • Microscopy, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Takuo Yasunaga

  13. Transformation from Multi- to Single-lamellar Vesicle by Addition of a Cationic Lipid to 1,2-Dilauroyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine Explored with SAXS and TEM

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 2014, Chemical Society of Japan

    Takuo Yasunaga

  14. Kinesin-1 regulates dendrite microtubule polarity in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Article • eLife, March 2013, eLife

    Takuo Yasunaga

  15. Structural Basis for Actin Assembly, Activation of ATP Hydrolysis, and Delayed Phosphate Release

    Article • Cell, October 2010, Elsevier

    Takuo Yasunaga

  16. Three outer arm dynein heavy chains of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii operate in a coordinated fashion both in vitro and in vivo

    Article • Cytoskeleton, June 2010, Wiley

    Takuo Yasunaga

  17. Structure and Function of Small Heat Shock Proteins from the Magnetotactic Bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1

    Article • KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU, January 2010, Society of Polymer Science, Japan

    Professor Masafumi Yohda, Takuo Yasunaga

  18. Unconventional Model for Dynein-Driven Movement

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2010, Elsevier

    Takuo Yasunaga

  19. Expression of excess receptors and negative feedback control of signal pathways are required for rapid activation and prompt cessation of signal transduction

    Article • Cell Communication and Signaling, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Takuo Yasunaga

  20. Domains 16 and 17 of tropoelastin in elastic fibre formation

    Article • Biochemical Journal, February 2007, Portland Press Ltd.

    Takuo Yasunaga

  21. Atomic model construction of protein complexes from electron micrographs and visualization of their 3D structure using a virtual reality system

    Article • Journal of Plasma Physics, December 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Takuo Yasunaga

  22. Comparative analysis of the protein folding activities of two chaperonin subunits of Thermococcus strain KS-1: the effects of beryllium fluoride

    Article • Extremophiles, October 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masafumi Yohda, Takuo Yasunaga

  23. Structural Basis for Ca2+-regulated Muscle Relaxation at Interaction Sites of Troponin with Actin and Tropomyosin

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, September 2005, Elsevier

    Takuo Yasunaga, Professor Masaru Tanokura

  24. Archaeal group II chaperonin mediates protein folding in the cis-cavity without a detachable GroES-like co-chaperonin11Edited by W. Baumeister

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, January 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Yohda, Takuo Yasunaga

  25. The importance of the hydrophobic pocket in actin subdomain 4 for Ca2+-activation of actin-activated myosin ATPase in the presence of Tropomyosin-Troponin

    Article • January 2002, Elsevier

    Takuo Yasunaga

  26. Ca2+-induced switching of troponin and tropomyosin on actin filaments as revealed by electron cryo-microscopy1 1Edited by A. Klug

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, April 2001, Elsevier

    Takuo Yasunaga

  27. ATP-Induced Transconformation of Myosin Revealed by Determining Three-Dimensional Positions of Fluorophores from Fluorescence Energy Transfer Measurements

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, October 2000, Elsevier

    Takuo Yasunaga

  28. Role of Residues 230 and 236 of Actin in Myosin-ATPase Activation by Actin-Tropomyosin

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, August 2000, Elsevier

    Takuo Yasunaga

  29. Structural basis for the higher Ca 2+ -activation of the regulated actin-activated myosin ATPase observed with Dictyostelium/Tetrahymena actin chimeras 1 1Edited by A. Klug

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, February 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Murray Stewart, Takuo Yasunaga

  30. Acetylation at the N-Terminus of Actin Strengthens Weak Interaction between Actin and Myosin

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, February 2000, Elsevier

    Takuo Yasunaga

  31. Extensible and Object-Oriented System Eos Supplies a New Environment for Image Analysis of Electron Micrographs of Macromolecules

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, January 1996, Elsevier

    Takuo Yasunaga

  32. Structural Basis for Calcium-Regulated Relaxation of Striated Muscles at Interaction Sites of Troponin with Actin and Tropomyosin

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Takuo Yasunaga, Professor Masaru Tanokura