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  1. Diversity of spore morphology among fission yeasts

    Article • PLOS One, August 2026, PLOS

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  2. Correction: Tahara et al. Quick-Freeze, Deep-Etch Electron Microscopy Reveals the Characteristic Architecture of the Fission Yeast Spore. J. Fungi 2021, 7, 7

    Article • Journal of Fungi, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Makoto Miyata, Professor Taro Nakamura

  3. Quick-Freeze, Deep-Etch Electron Microscopy Reveals the Characteristic Architecture of the Fission Yeast Spore

    Article • Journal of Fungi, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Makoto Miyata, Professor Taro Nakamura

  4. The Fission Yeast RNA-Binding Protein Meu5 Is Involved in Outer Forespore Membrane Breakdown during Spore Formation

    Article • Journal of Fungi, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Makoto Miyata, Professor Taro Nakamura

  5. The asymmetric chemical structures of two mating pheromones reflect their differential roles in conjugation of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Article • February 2019, openRxiv

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  6. The asymmetric chemical structures of two mating pheromones reflect their differential roles in mating of fission yeast

    Article • Journal of Cell Science, January 2019, The Company of Biologists

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  7. The fission yeast SPB component Dms1 is required to initiate forespore membrane formation and maintain meiotic SPB components

    Article • PLOS One, May 2018, PLOS

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  8. Meiosis-specific localization of the exocytic Rab Ypt2 in fission yeast

    Article • Small GTPases, September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  9. The exocytic Rabs Ypt3 and Ypt2 regulate the early step of biogenesis of the spore plasma membrane in fission yeast

    Article • Molecular Biology of the Cell, November 2016, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  10. Molecular coevolution of a sex pheromone and its receptor triggers reproductive isolation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  11. The fission yeast spore is coated by a proteinaceous surface layer comprising mainly Isp3

    Article • Molecular Biology of the Cell, May 2014, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  12. The meiosis-specific nuclear passenger protein is required for proper assembly of forespore membrane in fission yeast

    Article • Journal of Cell Science, January 2014, The Company of Biologists

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  13. Distal and Proximal Actions of Peptide Pheromone M-Factor Control Different Conjugation Steps in Fission Yeast

    Article • PLOS One, July 2013, PLOS

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  14. The Fission Yeast Synaptobrevin Ortholog Syb1 Plays an Important Role in Forespore Membrane Formation and Spore Maturation

    Article • Eukaryotic Cell, May 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  15. Remarkably Simple Sequence Requirement of the M-Factor Pheromone ofSchizosaccharomyces pombe

    Article • Genetics, July 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  16. Endocytosis is essential for dynamic translocation of a syntaxin 1 orthologue during fission yeast meiosis

    Article • Molecular Biology of the Cell, October 2011, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  17. The fission yeast pleckstrin homology domain protein Spo7 is essential for initiation of forespore membrane assembly and spore morphogenesis

    Article • Molecular Biology of the Cell, September 2011, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  18. Schizosaccharomyces pombe Calmodulin, Cam1, Plays a Crucial Role in Sporulation by Recruiting and Stabilizing the Spindle Pole Body Components Responsible for Assembly of the Forespore Membrane

    Article • Eukaryotic Cell, September 2010, ASM Journals

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  19. Mannosylinositol phosphorylceramide is a major sphingolipid component and is required for proper localization of plasma-membrane proteins inSchizosaccharomyces pombe

    Article • Journal of Cell Science, May 2010, The Company of Biologists

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  20. Role of Septins in the Orientation of Forespore Membrane Extension during Sporulation in Fission Yeast

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Biology, February 2010, ASM Journals

    Professor Jurg Bahler, Professor Taro Nakamura

  21. Autophagy in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Article • FEBS Letters, December 2009, Wiley

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  22. Autophagy-deficient Schizosaccharomyces pombe mutants undergo partial sporulation during nitrogen starvation

    Article • Microbiology, December 2009, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  23. NBRP databases: databases of biological resources in Japan

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, November 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  24. Ectopic Overproduction of a Sporulation-Specific Transcription Factor Induces Assembly of Prespore-Like Membranous Compartments in Vegetative Cells of Fission Yeast

    Article • Genetics, November 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  25. Two Fission Yeast Rab7 Homologs, Ypt7 and Ypt71, Play Antagonistic Roles in the Regulation of Vacuolar Morphology

    Article • Traffic, June 2009, Wiley

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  26. TheSchizosaccharomyces pombeSyntaxin 1 Homolog, Psy1, Is Essential in the Development of the Forespore Membrane

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, February 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  27. Live Observation of Forespore Membrane Formation in Fission Yeast

    Article • Molecular Biology of the Cell, August 2008, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  28. Meiotic Spindle Pole Bodies Acquire the Ability to Assemble the Spore Plasma Membrane by Sequential Recruitment of Sporulation-specific Components in Fission Yeast

    Article • Molecular Biology of the Cell, June 2008, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  29. Geranylgeranyl Diphosphate Synthase in Fission Yeast Is a Heteromer of Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase (FPS), Fps1, and an FPS-like Protein, Spo9, Essential for Sporulation

    Article • Molecular Biology of the Cell, September 2007, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  30. Localization of Type I Myosin and F-actin to the Leading Edge Region of the Forespore Membrane in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Article • Cell Structure and Function, January 2006, Japan Society for Cell Biology

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  31. A Fission Yeast SNAP-25 Homologue, SpSec9, Is Essential for Cytokinesis and Sporulation

    Article • Cell Structure and Function, January 2005, Japan Society for Cell Biology

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  32. A Role for Fission Yeast Rab GTPase Ypt7p in Sporulation

    Article • Cell Structure and Function, January 2005, Japan Society for Cell Biology

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  33. The cation-transporting P-type ATPase Cta4 is required for assembly of the forespore membrane in fission yeast

    Article • Genes & Genetic Systems, January 2005, Genetics Society of Japan

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  34. The Sec14 family glycerophospholipid‐transfer protein is required for structural integrity of the spindle pole body during meiosis in fission yeast

    Article • Genes to Cells, November 2004, Wiley

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  35. Sorting nexin homologues are targets of phosphatidylinositol 3‐phosphate in sporulation of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Article • Genes to Cells, June 2004, Wiley

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  36. Ribosomal proteins S0 and S21 are involved in the stability of 18S rRNA in fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, November 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  37. The Fission Yeastspo14+Gene Encoding a Functional Homologue of Budding Yeast Sec12 Is Required for the Development of Forespore Membranes

    Article • Molecular Biology of the Cell, March 2003, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  38. Role of phosphatidylinositol 3‐phosphate in formation of forespore membrane in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Article • Yeast, January 2003, Wiley

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  39. Irreversible Deacylation of Plasma Membrane Phospholipids by the Combined Action of Mg2+ and a Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Synthetase Inhibitor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, January 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  40. TheSchizosaccharomyces pombe spo3+Gene Is Required for Assembly of the Forespore Membrane and Genetically Interacts withpsy1+-encoding Syntaxin-like Protein

    Article • Molecular Biology of the Cell, December 2001, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  41. TheSchizosaccharomyces pombe spo20+Gene Encoding a Homologue ofSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSec14 Plays an Important Role in Forespore Membrane Formation

    Article • Molecular Biology of the Cell, April 2001, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  42. Yeast Crv4/Ttp1, a predicted type II membrane protein, is involved in an event important for growth, functionally overlapping with the event regulated by calcineurin- and Mpk1-mediated pathways

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, November 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  43. Genetic evidence for the functional redundancy of the calcineurin- and Mpk1-mediated pathways in the regulation of cellular events important for growth in

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, January 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  44. Cloning and characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae SVS1 gene which encodes a serine- and threonine-rich protein required for vanadate resistance

    Article • Gene, January 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  45. Ca2+/calmodulin‐activated protein phosphatase

    Article • FEBS Letters, August 1992, Wiley

    Professor Taro Nakamura

  46. Cloning and Molecular Analysis of cDNA Encoding a Carboxymethylcellulase of the YeastCryptococcus flavus

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, January 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Taro Nakamura