Yoshinori Watanabe

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Affiliation: University of Tokyo
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Pre-meiotic S phase is linked to reductional chromosome segregation and recombination
    Y Watanabe
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Japan
    Nature 409:359-63. 2001
  2. ncbi [The role of pre-meiotic S phase]
    Yoshinori Watanabe
    Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso 47:45-50. 2002
  3. ncbi Cohesin Rec8 is required for reductional chromosome segregation at meiosis
    Y Watanabe
    Cell Cycle Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, UK
    Nature 400:461-4. 1999
  4. ncbi [RNA binding protein Mei2, a master regulator of meiosis]
    Yoshinori Watanabe
    Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso 48:398-403. 2003
  5. ncbi Two histone marks establish the inner centromere and chromosome bi-orientation
    Yuya Yamagishi
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Science 330:239-43. 2010
  6. ncbi Phosphorylation of H2A by Bub1 prevents chromosomal instability through localizing shugoshin
    Shigehiro A Kawashima
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Science 327:172-7. 2010
  7. ncbi Shugoshin collaborates with protein phosphatase 2A to protect cohesin
    Tomoya S Kitajima
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
    Nature 441:46-52. 2006
  8. ncbi Shugoshin enables tension-generating attachment of kinetochores by loading Aurora to centromeres
    Shigehiro A Kawashima
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Genes Dev 21:420-35. 2007
  9. ncbi Studies of meiosis disclose distinct roles of cohesion in the core centromere and pericentromeric regions
    Takeshi Sakuno
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Chromosome Res 17:239-49. 2009
  10. ncbi Phosphorylation of the CPC by Cdk1 promotes chromosome bi-orientation
    Tatsuya Tsukahara
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Nature 467:719-23. 2010

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  1. ncbi Pre-meiotic S phase is linked to reductional chromosome segregation and recombination
    Y Watanabe
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Japan
    Nature 409:359-63. 2001
    ....
  2. ncbi [The role of pre-meiotic S phase]
    Yoshinori Watanabe
    Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso 47:45-50. 2002
  3. ncbi Cohesin Rec8 is required for reductional chromosome segregation at meiosis
    Y Watanabe
    Cell Cycle Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, UK
    Nature 400:461-4. 1999
    ..This results in the reductional pattern of chromosome segregation necessary to reduce a diploid zygote to haploid gametes...
  4. ncbi [RNA binding protein Mei2, a master regulator of meiosis]
    Yoshinori Watanabe
    Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso 48:398-403. 2003
  5. ncbi Two histone marks establish the inner centromere and chromosome bi-orientation
    Yuya Yamagishi
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Science 330:239-43. 2010
    ..Haspin colocalizes with cohesin by associating with Pds5, whereas Bub1 localizes at kinetochores. Thus, the inner centromere is defined by intersection of two histone kinases...
  6. ncbi Phosphorylation of H2A by Bub1 prevents chromosomal instability through localizing shugoshin
    Shigehiro A Kawashima
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Science 327:172-7. 2010
    ..Thus, Bub1 kinase creates a mark for shugoshin localization and the correct partitioning of chromosomes...
  7. ncbi Shugoshin collaborates with protein phosphatase 2A to protect cohesin
    Tomoya S Kitajima
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
    Nature 441:46-52. 2006
    ..Thus, we have revealed a conserved mechanism of centromeric protection of eukaryotic chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis...
  8. ncbi Shugoshin enables tension-generating attachment of kinetochores by loading Aurora to centromeres
    Shigehiro A Kawashima
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Genes Dev 21:420-35. 2007
    ..We propose that ensuring bipolar attachment of kinetochores is the primary role of shugoshin and the role of cohesion protection might have codeveloped to facilitate this process...
  9. ncbi Studies of meiosis disclose distinct roles of cohesion in the core centromere and pericentromeric regions
    Takeshi Sakuno
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Chromosome Res 17:239-49. 2009
    ..We propose that cohesion at the core centromere and pericentromeric regions plays distinct roles, especially in defining the orientation of kinetochores...
  10. ncbi Phosphorylation of the CPC by Cdk1 promotes chromosome bi-orientation
    Tatsuya Tsukahara
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Nature 467:719-23. 2010
    ..In human cells, the phosphorylation of Borealin has a comparable role. Thus, our study resolves the conserved mechanisms of CPC targeting to centromeres, highlighting a key role of Cdk1-cyclin B in chromosome bi-orientation...
  11. ncbi Condensin association with histone H2A shapes mitotic chromosomes
    Kenji Tada
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Nature 474:477-83. 2011
    ..Our results elucidate the molecular basis for the spatiotemporal regulation of mitotic chromosome architecture, which is crucial for chromosome partitioning...
  12. ncbi Heterochromatin links to centromeric protection by recruiting shugoshin
    Yuya Yamagishi
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Nature 455:251-5. 2008
    ..Taken together, our findings suggest that the recruitment of shugoshin is the important primary role for centromeric heterochromatin in ensuring eukaryotic chromosome segregation...
  13. ncbi Shugoshin-PP2A counteracts casein-kinase-1-dependent cleavage of Rec8 by separase
    Tadashi Ishiguro
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Nat Cell Biol 12:500-6. 2010
    ..Thus, our studies prove the key notion that the balance between Rec8 phosphorylation and its dephosphorylation by Sgo1-PP2A regulates the step-wise loss of chromosomal cohesion in meiosis...
  14. ncbi Phosphorylation of mammalian Sgo2 by Aurora B recruits PP2A and MCAK to centromeres
    Yuji Tanno
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Genes Dev 24:2169-79. 2010
    ..This mechanism seems applicable to germ cells as well. Thus, our study identifies Sgo2 as a hitherto unknown crucial cellular substrate of Aurora B in mammalian cells...
  15. ncbi The conserved kinetochore protein shugoshin protects centromeric cohesion during meiosis
    Tomoya S Kitajima
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113 0033, Japan
    Nature 427:510-7. 2004
    ..These findings provide insights into the evolution of meiosis and kinetochore regulation during mitosis and meiosis...
  16. ncbi Cohesins determine the attachment manner of kinetochores to spindle microtubules at meiosis I in fission yeast
    Shihori Yokobayashi
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Mol Cell Biol 23:3965-73. 2003
    ..We conclude that cohesin is a crucial determinant of the attachment manner of kinetochores to the spindle microtubules at meiosis I in fission yeast...
  17. ncbi Shugoshin protects cohesin complexes at centromeres
    Yoshinori Watanabe
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 360:515-21, discussion 521. 2005
    ..Bub1 plays a crucial role in the localization of shugoshin to centromeres in both fission yeast and humans...
  18. ncbi The kinetochore protein Moa1 enables cohesion-mediated monopolar attachment at meiosis I
    Shihori Yokobayashi
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, Graduate Program in Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, SORST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Cell 123:803-17. 2005
    ..Moa1 physically interacts with Rec8, implying that Moa1 functions only through Rec8, presumably to facilitate central core cohesion. These results prove that monoorientation of kinetochores is established in a cohesion-mediated manner...
  19. ncbi Repositioning of aurora B promoted by chiasmata ensures sister chromatid mono-orientation in meiosis I
    Takeshi Sakuno
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Promotion of Independence for Young Investigators, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Dev Cell 21:534-45. 2011
    ..Our results elucidate how chiasmata favor biorientation of bivalents over that of univalents at meiosis I...
  20. ncbi Human Bub1 defines the persistent cohesion site along the mitotic chromosome by affecting Shugoshin localization
    Tomoya S Kitajima
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Curr Biol 15:353-9. 2005
    ..These results reveal a hitherto concealed role for human Bub1 in defining the persistent cohesion site of mitotic chromosomes...
  21. ncbi Distinct cohesin complexes organize meiotic chromosome domains
    Tomoya S Kitajima
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113 0033, Japan
    Science 300:1152-5. 2003
    ..These findings define distinct modes of assembly and functions for cohesin complexes at different regions along chromosomes...
  22. ncbi Kinetochore geometry defined by cohesion within the centromere
    Takeshi Sakuno
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Nature 458:852-8. 2009
    ..Our study may reveal a general mechanism for the geometric regulation of kinetochores, which collaborates with previously defined tension-dependent reorientation machinery...
  23. ncbi Recruitment of cohesin to heterochromatic regions by Swi6/HP1 in fission yeast
    Nobuhiro Nonaka
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113 0033, Japan
    Nat Cell Biol 4:89-93. 2002
    ..These data define a conserved function of Swi6/HP1 in recruitment of cohesin to heterochromatic regions, promoting the proper segregation of chromosomes...
  24. ncbi Sister chromatid cohesion along arms and at centromeres
    Yoshinori Watanabe
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Trends Genet 21:405-12. 2005
    ..Recent studies have illuminated the underlying molecular mechanisms that strengthen and protect centromeric cohesion in mitosis and meiosis, and the central role of a conserved protein, shugoshin...
  25. ncbi [Mechanism of chromosome segregation in meiosis]
    Takeshi Sakuno
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Seikagaku 77:1396-404. 2005
  26. ncbi 14-3-3 protein interferes with the binding of RNA to the phosphorylated form of fission yeast meiotic regulator Mei2p
    Masamitsu Sato
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113 0033, Hongo, Japan
    Curr Biol 12:141-5. 2002
    ..This model will explain, at least partly, why phosphorylation by Pat1 kinase inhibits the meiosis-inducing activity of Mei2p...
  27. ncbi Rec8 cleavage by separase is required for meiotic nuclear divisions in fission yeast
    Tomoya S Kitajima
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113 0033, Japan
    EMBO J 22:5643-53. 2003
    ..We propose that the segregation of homologues at meiosis I and of sisters at meiosis II requires the cleavage of Rec8 along chromosome arms and at the centromeres, respectively...
  28. ncbi A new meiosis-specific cohesin complex implicated in the cohesin code for homologous pairing
    Kei Ichiro Ishiguro
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1 1 1 Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    EMBO Rep 12:267-75. 2011
    ..Further, we show that the removal of cohesins and synaptonemal complex during late meiotic prophase is promoted by Polo-like kinase 1, which is similar to the mitotic prophase pathway...
  29. ncbi Chromatid cohesion: acetylation joins the sisters
    Koichi Tanaka
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo, Japan
    Curr Biol 18:R917-9. 2008
    ..Three recent studies in yeast and humans reveal that the acetyltransferase activity of Eco1 targets the cohesin subunit Smc3 to facilitate the establishment of cohesion...
  30. ncbi CENP-C functions as a scaffold for effectors with essential kinetochore functions in mitosis and meiosis
    Koichi Tanaka
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Dev Cell 17:334-43. 2009
    ..Overall, therefore, our studies identify effectors of CENP-C in mitosis and meiosis and establish the concept that CENP-C serves as a scaffold for the specific recruitment of essential kinetochore proteins...
  31. ncbi Shugoshin: guardian spirit at the centromere
    Yoshinori Watanabe
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi1 1 1, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Curr Opin Cell Biol 17:590-5. 2005
    ..In yeast, shugoshin also has a crucial role in sensing the loss of tension at kinetochores and in generating the spindle checkpoint signal...
  32. ncbi A one-sided view of kinetochore attachment in meiosis
    Yoshinori Watanabe
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Cell 126:1030-2. 2006
    ..In this issue of Cell, report that casein kinase 1 contributes to this process by promoting the attachment of both kinetochores of a homolog to only one pole of the meiotic spindle in budding yeast...
  33. ncbi Acetylation regulates monopolar attachment at multiple levels during meiosis I in fission yeast
    Ayano Kagami
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    EMBO Rep 12:1189-95. 2011
    ..The clr6-1 mutation suppresses the mono-orientation defect of moa1? cells, although the Clr6 target for this suppression is not Psm3. Thus, several acetylations are crucial for establishing and maintaining core centromere cohesion...
  34. ncbi Selective elimination of messenger RNA prevents an incidence of untimely meiosis
    Yuriko Harigaya
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113 0033, Japan
    Nature 442:45-50. 2006
    ..We propose that Mei2 turns off the DSR-Mmi1 system by sequestering Mmi1 to the dot and thereby secures stable expression of meiosis-specific transcripts...
  35. ncbi Schizosaccharomyces pombe gad7+ encodes a phosphoprotein with a bZIP domain, which is required for proper G1 arrest and gene expression under nitrogen starvation
    J Kanoh
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Japan
    Genes Cells 1:391-408. 1996
    ..Fission yeast cells arrest at G1 phase when starved of nitrogen. The molecular mechanism that ensures this arrest is poorly understood. We took a genetic approach to this problem...
  36. ncbi Microtubule-associated coiled-coil protein Ssm4 is involved in the meiotic development in fission yeast
    A Yamashita
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
    Genes Cells 2:155-66. 1997
    ..To dissect the function of this RNA and its partner RNA-binding protein Mei2, we screened for high-copy-number suppressors of the arrest prior to the first meiotic division caused by loss of meiRNA...
  37. ncbi Modifying sister chromatid cohesion for meiosis
    Yoshinori Watanabe
    Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, and SORST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1 1 1, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    J Cell Sci 117:4017-23. 2004
    ....
  38. ncbi S. pombe mei2+ encodes an RNA-binding protein essential for premeiotic DNA synthesis and meiosis I, which cooperates with a novel RNA species meiRNA
    Y Watanabe
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
    Cell 78:487-98. 1994
    ..Mutations that apparently block the RNA binding ability of Mei2 inhibit premeiotic DNA synthesis. Mei2 is thus likely to couple with another RNA species to promote premeiotic DNA synthesis...
  39. ncbi Kinetochore orientation in mitosis and meiosis
    Silke Hauf
    Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 0032, Japan
    Cell 119:317-27. 2004
    ..Kinetochore orientation in meiosis I shows some particular features, and we also discuss similarities and differences between mitosis and meiosis I...
  40. ncbi Protein kinase A regulates sexual development and gluconeogenesis through phosphorylation of the Zn finger transcriptional activator Rst2p in fission yeast
    Toru Higuchi
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113 0033, Japan
    Mol Cell Biol 22:1-11. 2002
    ..These paths may ensure the specificity between the type of nutrients in shortage and the type of genes to be expressed...
  41. ncbi Schizosaccharomyces pombe AGC family kinase Gad8p forms a conserved signaling module with TOR and PDK1-like kinases
    Tomohiko Matsuo
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
    EMBO J 22:3073-83. 2003
    ....
  42. ncbi Phosphorylation of RNA-binding protein controls cell cycle switch from mitotic to meiotic in fission yeast
    Y Watanabe
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
    Nature 386:187-90. 1997
    ..Our results, and others from a metazoan, emphasize the crucial role of RNA-binding proteins in the initiation and execution of meiosis...
  43. ncbi Fission yeast Taz1 protein is required for meiotic telomere clustering and recombination
    J P Cooper
    Cell Cycle Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, UK
    Nature 392:828-31. 1998
    ..Such telomeric association mediated by telomere-specific proteins may also be important for proper chromosome alignment and recombination during meiosis in humans...
  44. ncbi Chromosome cohesion in mitosis and meiosis
    Kei-Ichiro Ishiguro
    Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
    J Cell Sci 120:367-9. 2007
  45. ncbi [Roles and molecular mechanisms of chromosome cohesion at centromeres]
    Tomoya S Kitajima
    Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso 51:1809-16. 2006
  46. ncbi [Molecular function of Shugoshin for accurate chromosome segregation]
    Shigehiro Kawashima
    Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso 51:2152-4. 2006
  47. ncbi RNA-assisted nuclear transport of the meiotic regulator Mei2p in fission yeast
    A Yamashita
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Japan
    Cell 95:115-23. 1998
    ..These results indicate that meiRNA contributes to the promotion of meiosis I exclusively as a cofactor that assists nuclear transport of Mei2p...
  48. ncbi Immunocytochemical detection of mitochondria-rich cells in the brood pouch epithelium of the pipefish, Syngnathus schlegeli: structural comparison with mitochondria-rich cells in the gills and larval epidermis
    S Watanabe
    Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1 15 1 Minamidai, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan
    Cell Tissue Res 295:141-9. 1999
    ..We conclude that the brood pouch MRCs function as an ion-transporting cell, absorbing ions from the brood pouch lumen, perhaps to protect the embryos from the hyperosmotic environment...
  49. ncbi Novel WD-repeat protein Mip1p facilitates function of the meiotic regulator Mei2p in fission yeast
    S Shinozaki-Yabana
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113 0033, Japan
    Mol Cell Biol 20:1234-42. 2000
    ..These results suggest that Mip1p assists functional expression of a number of proteins required for proliferation and sexual development in fission yeast...
  50. ncbi Stable operation of a 300-m laser interferometer with sufficient sensitivity to detect gravitational-wave events within our galaxy
    M Ando
    Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 0033 Japan
    Phys Rev Lett 86:3950-4. 2001
    ..4M-1.4M binary neutron stars at 10 kpc distance. We evaluated the stability of the detector sensitivity with a 2-week data-taking run, collecting 160 hours of data to be analyzed in the search for gravitational waves...
  51. ncbi Schizosaccharomyces pombe ste11+ encodes a transcription factor with an HMG motif that is a critical regulator of sexual development
    A Sugimoto
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
    Genes Dev 5:1990-9. 1991
    ..These observations strongly suggest that Ste11 serves as a key transcription factor for sexual development...
  52. ncbi The fission yeast meiotic regulator Mei2p undergoes nucleocytoplasmic shuttling
    M Sato
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan
    FEBS Lett 499:251-5. 2001
    ..Rather, this RNA is likely to facilitate the assembly of Mei2p into a dot structure and trap the protein as such in the nucleus...
  53. ncbi Schizosaccharomyces pombe pcr1+ encodes a CREB/ATF protein involved in regulation of gene expression for sexual development
    Y Watanabe
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
    Mol Cell Biol 16:704-11. 1996
    ..Alternatively, its activity may be independent of PKA, and full induction of ste11 and fbp1 expression requires the function of Pcr1 in addition to elimination of the repression by PKA...
  54. ncbi Cloning of the pka1 gene encoding the catalytic subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
    T Maeda
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
    J Biol Chem 269:9632-7. 1994
    ..pombe has only one gene encoding it. This situation contrasts with the case of S. cerevisiae, in which three genes encode the catalytic subunits...
  55. ncbi Fission yeast homolog of murine Int-6 protein, encoded by mouse mammary tumor virus integration site, is associated with the conserved core subunits of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3
    Y Akiyoshi
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Japan
    J Biol Chem 276:10056-62. 2001
    ..We propose that Int6 is not an essential subunit of eIF3 but might be involved in regulating the activity of eIF3 for translation of specific mRNAs in S. pombe...
  56. ncbi Functional analysis of the C-terminal cytoplasmic region of the M-factor receptor in fission yeast
    K Hirota
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
    Genes Cells 6:201-14. 2001
    ..However, the mechanisms which induce adaptation appear to differ between fission and budding yeast concerning the necessity of ubiquitination...
  57. ncbi Schizosaccharomyces pombe Ste7p is required for both promotion and withholding of the entry to meiosis
    A Matsuyama
    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
    Genetics 155:539-49. 2000
    ..These observations suggest that Ste7p may have a function to suppress the onset of meiosis until the conjugation process has been duly completed...
  58. ncbi New epidermal keratin genes from Xenopus laevis: hormonal and regional regulation of their expression during anuran skin metamorphosis
    Y Watanabe
    Yoshizato MorphoMatrix Project, ERATO, JST and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, 739 8526, Hiroshima, Japan
    Biochim Biophys Acta 1517:339-50. 2001
    ..These three genes were found to be late responsive to thyroid hormone. Phylogenetic relationships of these keratins with known ones are discussed...
  59. ncbi The S.pombe mei2 gene encoding a crucial molecule for commitment to meiosis is under the regulation of cAMP
    Y Watanabe
    Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, University of Tokyo, Japan
    EMBO J 7:761-7. 1988
    ..Cooperation of two regulatory pathways, one leading to the inactivation of pat1 activity and the other to the supply of the mei2 product, appears to commit cells to meiosis in S.pombe...
  60. ncbi The importance of being Smc5/6
    Yoshinori Watanabe
    Nat Cell Biol 7:329-31. 2005
  61. ncbi [Modifications of centromeric cohesin for meiosis specific chromosome segregation]
    Bungo Akiyoshi
    Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso 49:2005-10. 2004
  62. ncbi Cohesin relocation from sites of chromosomal loading to places of convergent transcription
    Armelle Lengronne
    Chromosome Segregation Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, Lincoln s Inn Fields Laboratories, 44 Lincoln s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK
    Nature 430:573-8. 2004
    ..Cohesin localization to places of convergent transcription is conserved in fission yeast, suggesting that it is a common feature of eukaryotic chromosomes...
  63. ncbi Sister-chromatid cohesion mediated by the alternative RF-CCtf18/Dcc1/Ctf8, the helicase Chl1 and the polymerase-alpha-associated protein Ctf4 is essential for chromatid disjunction during meiosis II
    Mark Petronczki
    Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Dr Bohrgasse 7, A 1030 Vienna, Austria
    J Cell Sci 117:3547-59. 2004
    ..Our finding that mutants in fission yeast ctf18 and dcc1 have similar defects suggests that the involvement of the alternative RF-C(Ctf18/Dcc1/Ctf8) complex in sister chromatid cohesion might be highly conserved...
  64. ncbi Monopolar attachment by Polo
    Yoshinori Watanabe
    Nat Cell Biol 5:379-82. 2003
  65. ncbi Histone deacetylase 3 is required for centromeric H3K4 deacetylation and sister chromatid cohesion
    Grégory Eot-Houllier
    INSERM, U860, Montpellier, F 34298 France
    Genes Dev 22:2639-44. 2008
    ..These findings provide a functional link between sister chromatid cohesion and the mitotic "histone code"...
  66. ncbi Unified mode of centromeric protection by shugoshin in mammalian oocytes and somatic cells
    Jibak Lee
    Laboratory of Reproductive Biology and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe 657 8501, Japan
    Nat Cell Biol 10:42-52. 2008
    ..These results argue for a unified view of centromeric protection by shugoshin in mitosis and meiosis...
  67. ncbi Aurora controls sister kinetochore mono-orientation and homolog bi-orientation in meiosis-I
    Silke Hauf
    Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Tuebingen, Germany
    EMBO J 26:4475-86. 2007
    ....
  68. ncbi Role of phospholipids in drug-LDL bindings as studied by high-performance frontal analysis/capillary electrophoresis
    Yukihiro Kuroda
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
    J Pharm Biomed Anal 30:1869-77. 2003
    ....
  69. ncbi [Effects on proliferation ability of vascular smooth muscle cells by static and/or dynamic cell culture: utility of pre-seeding technique for dynamic cell culture]
    Hiroki Yokomuro
    Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo
    J Cardiol 50:309-16. 2007
    ..However, dynamic three-dimensional cell culture is necessary because conventional culture is limited to construct tough biografts...