Publications

Original research and review articles published in peer-reviewed journals:

  1. Megumi Matsuo, Makoto Matsuyama, Tomoe Kobayashi, Shinji Kanda, Satoshi Ansai, Taichi Kawakami, Erika Hosokawa, Yutaka Daido, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, Kiyoshi Naruse, and Shoji Fukamachi (2022) Retinal cone mosaic in sws1-mutant medaka (Oryzias latipes), a teleost. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 63 (11), 21.
  2. Prakriti Paul Chacha, Ryoko Horie, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, Yasunori Sasakura, Mona Singh, Takeo Horie, and Michael Levine (2022) Novel neuronal identities derived by misexpression of the POU IV sensory determinant in a protovertebrate. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 119 (4), e2118817119.
  3. Taichi Akahoshi, Madoka K. Utsumi, Kouhei Oonuma, Makoto Murakami, Takeo Horie, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, Kotaro Oka, and Kohji Hotta (2021) A single motor neuron determines the rhythm of early motor behavior in Ciona. Sci. Adv. 7 (50), eabl6053.
  4. Kouhei Oonuma, Maho Yamamoto, Naho Moritsugu, Nanako Okawa, Megumi Mukai, Miku Sotani, Shuto Tsunemi, Haruka Sugimoto, Eri Nakagome, Yuichi Hasegawa, Kotaro Shimai, Takeo Horie, and Takehiro G. Kusakabe (2021) Evolution of developmental programs for the midline structures in chordates: insights from gene regulation in the floor plate and hypochord homologues of Ciona embryos. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 9, 704367.
  5. Kouhei Oonuma and Takehiro G. Kusakabe (2021) The complete cell lineage and MAPK- and Otx-dependent specification of the dopaminergic cells in the Ciona brain. Development 148 (12), dev.198754.
  6. Nanako Okawa, Kotaro Shimai, Kohei Ohnishi, Masamichi Ohkura, Junichi Nakai, Takeo Horie, Atsushi Kuhara, and Takehiro G. Kusakabe (2020) Cellular identity and Ca2+ signaling activity of the non-reproductive GnRH system in the Ciona intestinalis type A (Ciona robusta) larva. Sci. Rep. 10, 18590.
  7. Kouhei Oonuma and Takehiro G. Kusakabe (2019) Spatio-temporal regulation of Rx and mitotic patterns shape the eye-cup of the photoreceptor cells in Ciona. Dev. Biol. 445 (2), 245-255.
  8. Takeo Horie, Ryoko Horie, Kai Chen, Chen Cao, Masashi Nakagawa, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, Nori Satoh, Yasunori Sasakura, and Michael Levine (2018) Regulatory cocktail for dopaminergic neurons in a protovertebrate identified by whole-embryo single-cell transcriptomics. Genes Dev. 32 (19-20), 1297-1302.
  9. Matija Brozovic, Christelle Dantec, Justine Dardaillon, Delphine Dauga, Emmanuel Faure, Mathieu Gineste, Alexandra Louis, Magali Naville, Kazuhiro R. Nitta, Jacques Piette, Wendy Reeves, Céline Scornavacca, Paul Simion, Renaud Vincentelli, Maelle Bellec, Sameh Ben Aicha, Marie Fagotto, Marion Guéroult-Bellone, Maximilian Haeussler, Edwin Jacox, Elijah K. Lowe, Mickael Mendez, Alexis Roberge, Alberto Stolfi, Rui Yokomori, C. Titus Brown, Christian Cambillau, Lionel Christiaen, Frédéric Delsuc, Emmanuel Douzery, Rémi Dumollard, Takehiro Kusakabe, Kenta Nakai, Hiroki Nishida, Yutaka Satou, Billie Swalla, Michael Veeman, Jean-Nicolas Volff, and Patrick Lemaire (2018) ANISEED 2017: extending the integrated ascidian database to the exploration and evolutionary comparison of genome-scale datasets. Nucl. Acids Res. 46 (D1), D718-D725.
  10. Haiyang Hu, Masahiro Uesaka, Song Guo, Kotaro Shimai, Tsai-Ming Lu, Fang Li, Satoko Fujimoto, Masato Ishikawa, Shiping Liu, Yohei Sasagawa, Guojie Zhang, Shigeru Kuratani, Jr-Kai Yu, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, Philipp Khaitovich, Naoki Irie and the EXPANDE Consortium (2017) Constrained vertebrate evolution by pleiotropic genes. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 1 (11), 1722-1730.
  11. Keiichi Kojima, Takahiro Yamashita, Yasushi Imamoto, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, Motoyuki Tsuda, and Yoshinori Shichida (2017) Evolutionary steps involving counterion displacement in a tunicate opsin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 114 (23), 6028-6033.
  12. Kouhei Oonuma, Moeko Tanaka, Koki Nishitsuji, Yumiko Kato, Kotaro Shimai, and Takehiro G. Kusakabe (2016) Revised lineage of larval photoreceptor cells in Ciona reveals archetypal collaboration between neural tube and neural crest in sensory organ formation. Dev. Biol. 420 (1), 178-185.
  13. Rui Yokomori, Kotaro Shimai, Koki Nishitsuji, Yutaka Suzuki, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, and Kenta Nakai (2016) Genome-wide identification and characterization of transcription start sites and promoters in the tunicate Ciona intestinalis. Genome Res. 26 (1), 140-150.
  14. Philip Barron Abitua, T. Blair Gainous, Angela N. Kaczmarczyk, Christopher J. Winchell, Clare Hudson, Kaori Kamata, Masashi Nakagawa, Motoyuki Tsuda, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, and Michael Levine (2015) The pre-vertebrate origins of neurogenic placodes. Nature 524 (7566), 462-465.
  15. Chisato Kamiya, Naoyuki Ohta, Yosuke Ogura, Keita Yoshida, Takeo Horie, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, Honoo Satake, and Yasunori Sasakura (2014) Non-reproductive role of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the control of ascidian metamorphosis. Dev. Dynam. 243 (12), 1524-1535.
  16. Yutaka Daido, Sakurako Hamanishi, and Takehiro G. Kusakabe (2014) Transcriptional co-regulation of evolutionarily conserved microRNA/cone opsin gene pairs: implications for photoreceptor subtype specification. Dev. Biol. 392 (1), 117-129.
  17. Rie Kusakabe, Saori Tani, Koki Nishitsuji, Miyuki Shindo, Kohji Okamura, Yuki Miyamoto, Kenta Nakai, Yutaka Suzuki, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, and Kunio Inoue (2013) Characterization of the compact bicistronic microRNA precursor, miR-1/miR-133, expressed specifically in Ciona muscle tissues. Gene Expr. Patterns 13 (1-2), 43-50.
  18. Kaoru S. Imai, Yutaka Daido, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, and Yutaka Satou (2012) Cis-acting transcriptional repression establishes a sharp boundary in chordate embryos. Science 337 (6097), 964-967.
  19. Takehiro G. Kusakabe, Tsubasa Sakai, Masato Aoyama, Yuka Kitajima, Yuki Miyamoto, Toru Takigawa, Yutaka Daido, Kentaro Fujiwara, Yasuko Terashima, Yoko Sugiuchi, Giorgio Matassi, Hitoshi Yagisawa, Min Kyun Park, Honoo Satake, and Motoyuki Tsuda (2012) A conserved non-reproductive GnRH system in chordates. PLoS One 7 (7), e41955.
  20. Florian Razy-Krajka, Euan R. Brown, Takeo Horie, Jacques Callebert, Yasunori Sasakura, Jean-Stéphane Joly, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, and Philippe Vernier (2012) Monoaminergic modulation of photoreception in ascidian: Evidence for a proto-hypothalamo-retinal territory. BMC Biology 10, 45.
  21. Tsubasa Sakai, Masato Aoyama, Tsuyoshi Kawada, Takehiro Kusakabe, Motoyuki Tsuda, and Honoo Satake (2012) Evidence for differential regulation of GnRH signaling via heterodimerization among GnRH receptor paralogs in the protochordate, Ciona intestinalis. Endocrinology 153 (4), 1841-1849.
  22. Koki Nishitsuji, Takeo Horie, Aoi Ichinose, Yasunori Sasakura, Hitoyoshi Yasuo, and Takehiro G. Kusakabe (2012) Cell lineage and cis-regulation for a unique GABAergic/glycinergic neuron type in the larval nerve cord of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. Dev. Growth Differ. 54 (2), 177-186.
  23. Kohji Okamura, Riu Yamashita, Noriko Takimoto, Koki Nishitsuji, Yutaka Suzuki, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, and Kenta Nakai (2011) Profiling ascidian promoters as the primordial type of vertebrate promoter. BMC Genomics 12 (Suppl. 3), S7.
  24. Saskia F. Heeringa, Gil Chernin, Moumita Chaki, Weibin Zhou, Alexis J. Sloan, Ziming Ji, Letian X. Xie, Leonardo Salviati, Toby W. Hurd, Virginia Vega-Warner, Paul D. Killen, Yehoash Raphael, Shazia Ashraf, Bugsu Ovunc, Dominik S. Schoeb, Heather M. McLaughlin, Rannar Airik, Christopher N. Vlangos, Rasheed Gbadegesin, Bernward Hinkes, Pawaree Saisawat, Eva Trevisson, Mara Doimo, Alberto Casarin, Vanessa Pertegato, Gianpietro Giorgi, Holger Prokisch, Agnès Rötig, Gudrun Nürnberg, Christian Becker, Su Wang, Fatih Ozaltin, Rezan Topaloglu, Aysin Bakkaloglu, Sevcan A. Bakkaloglu, Dominik Müller, Antje Beissert, Sevgi Mir, Afig Berdeli, Seza ϖzen, Martin Zenker, Verena Matejas, Carlos Santos-Ocaña, Placido Navas, Takehiro Kusakabe, Andreas Kispert, Sema Akman, Neveen A. Soliman, Stefanie Krick, Peter Mundel, Jochen Reiser, Peter Nürnberg, Catherine F. Clarke, Roger C. Wiggins, Christian Faul, and Friedhelm Hildebrandt (2011) COQ6 mutations in human patients produce nephrotic syndrome with sensorineural deafness. J. Clin. Invest. 121 (5), 2013-2024.
  25. Takeo Horie, Ryoko Shinki, Yosuke Ogura, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, Nori Satoh, and Yasunori Sasakura (2011) Ependymal cells of chordate larvae are stem-like cells that form the adult nervous system. Nature 469 (7331), 525-528.
  26. Parul Khare, Sandra I. Mortimer, Cynthia L. Cleto, Kohji Okamura, Yutaka Suzuki, Takehiro Kusakabe, Kenta Nakai, Thomas H. Meedel, and Kenneth E. M. Hastings (2011) Cross-validated methods for promoter/transcription start site mapping in SL trans-spliced genes, established using the Ciona intestinalis troponin I gene. Nucleic Acids Res. 39 (7), 2638-2648.
  27. Olivier Tassy, Delphine Dauga, Fabrice Daian, Daniel Sobral, François Robin, Pierre Khoueiry, David Salgado, Vanessa Fox, Danièle Caillol, Renaud Schiappa, Baptiste Laporte, Anne Rios, Guillaume Luxardi, Takehiro Kusakabe, Jean-Stéphane Joly, Sébastien Darras, Lionel Christiaen, Magali Contensin, Hélène Auger, Clément Lamy, Clare Hudson, Ute Rothbächer, Michael J. Gilchrist, Kazuhiro W. Makabe, Kohji Hotta, Shigeki Fujiwara, Nori Satoh, Yutaka Satou, and Patrick Lemaire (2010) The ANISEED database: Digital representation, formalization, and elucidation of a chordate developmental program. Genome Res. 20 (10), 1459-1468.
  28. John F. O’Toole, Yangjian Liu, Erica E. Davis, Christopher J. Westlake, Massimo Attanasio, Edgar A. Otto, Dominik Seelow, Gudrun Nurnberg, Christian Becker, Matti Nuutinen, Mikko Kärppä, Jaakko Ignatius, Johanna Uusimaa, Salla Pakanen, Elisa Jaakkola, Lambertus P. van den Heuvel, Henry Fehrenbach, Roger Wiggins, Meera Goyal, Weibin Zhou, Matthias T.F. Wolf, Eric Wise, Juliana Helou, Susan J. Allen, Carlos A. Murga-Zamalloa, Shazia Ashraf, Moumita Chaki, Saskia Heeringa, Gil Chernin, Bethan E. Hoskins, Hassan Chaib, Joseph Gleeson, Takehiro Kusakabe, Takako Suzuki, R. Elwyn Isaac, Lynne M. Quarmby, Bryan Tennant, Hisashi Fujioka, Hannu Tuominen, Ilmo Hassinen, Hellevi Lohi, Judith L. van Houten, Agnes Rotig, John A. Sayer, Boris Rolinski, Peter Freisinger, Sethu M. Madhavan, Martina Herzer, Florence Madignier, Holger Prokisch, Peter Nurnberg, Peter Jackson, Hemant Khanna, Nicholas Katsanis, and Friedhelm Hildebrandt (2010) Individuals with mutations in XPNPEP3, which encodes a mitochondrial protein, develop a nephronophthisis-like nephropathy. J. Clin. Invest. 120 (3), 791-802.
  29. Tsubasa Sakai, Aoyama Masato, Takehiro Kusakabe, Motoyuki Tsuda, and Honoo Satake (2010) Functional diversity of signaling pathways through G protein-coupled receptor heterodimerization with a species-specific orphan receptor subtype. Mol. Biol. Evol. 27 (5), 1097-1106.
  30. Takeo Horie, Masashi Nakagawa, Yasunori Sasakura, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, and Motoyuki Tsuda (2010) Simple motor system of the ascidian larva: neuronal complex comprising putative cholinergic and GABAergic/glycinergic neurons. Zool. Sci. 27 (2), 181-190.
  31. A. F. M. Tariqul Islam, Pricila Khan Moly, Yuki Miyamoto, and Takehiro G. Kusakabe (2010) Distinctive expression patterns of Hedgehog pathway genes in the Ciona intestinalis larva: implications for a role of Hedgehog signaling in postembryonic development and chordate evolution. Zool. Sci. 27 (2), 84-90.
  32. Takehiro G. Kusakabe, Noriko Takimoto, Minghao Jin, and Motoyuki Tsuda (2009) Evolution and the origin of the visual retinoid cycle in vertebrates. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 364 (1531), 2897-2910.
  33. Bo Dong, Takeo Horie, Elsa Denker, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, Motoyuki Tsuda, William C. Smith, and Di Jiang (2009) Tube formation by complex cellular processes in Ciona intestinalis notochord. Dev. Biol. 330 (2), 237-249.
  34. Takeo Horie, Yasunori Sasakura, Masashi Nakagawa, and Takehiro G. Kusakabe (2009) Cell type and function of neurons in the ascidian nervous system. Dev. Growth & Differ. 51 (3), 207-220.
  35. Takeo Horie, Daisuke Sakurai, Hisashi Ohtsuki, Akihisa Terakita, Yoshinori Shichida, Jiro Usukura, Takehiro Kusakabe, and Motoyuki Tsuda (2008) Pigmented and nonpigmented ocelli in the brain vesicle of the ascidian larva. J. Comp. Neurol. 509 (1), 88-102.
  36. Alexis Vandenbon, Yuki Miyamoto, Noriko Takimoto, Takehiro Kusakabe, and Kenta Nakai (2008) Markov chain-based promoter structure modeling for tissue-specific expression pattern prediction. DNA Res. 15 (1), 3-11.
  37. Takeo Horie, Takehiro Kusakabe, and Motoyuki Tsuda (2008) Glutamatergic networks in the Ciona intestinalis larva. J. Comp. Neurol. 508 (2), 249-263.
  38. Tsubasa Sakai, Masato Aoyama, Takehiro Kusakabe, Motoyuki Tsuda, and Honoo Satake (2008) Functions of a GnRH receptor heterodimer of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. Acta Biol. Hung. 59 (Suppl.), 241-243.
  39. Reiko Yoshida, Takeo Horie, Motoyuki Tsuda, and Takehiro G. Kusakabe (2007) Comparative genomics identifies a cis-regulatory module that activates transcription in specific subsets of neurons in Ciona intestinalis larvae. Dev. Growth Differ. 49 (8), 657-667.
  40. Takehiro Kusakabe and Motoyuki Tsuda (2007) Photoreceptive systems in ascidians. Photochem. Photobiol. 83 (2), 248-252.
  41. Noriko Takimoto, Takehiro Kusakabe, and Motoyuki Tsuda (2007) Origin of the vertebrate visual cycle. Photochem. Photobiol. 83 (2), 242-247.
  42. John A. Sayer, Edgar A. Otto, John F. O'Toole, Gudrun Nurnberg, Michael A. Kennedy, Christian Becker, Hans Christian Hennies, Juliana Helou, Massimo Attanasio, Blake V. Fausett, Boris Utsch, Hemant Khanna, Yan Liu, Iain Drummond, Isao Kawakami, Takehiro Kusakabe, Motoyuki Tsuda, Li Ma, Hwankyu Lee, Ronald G. Larson, Susan J. Allen, Christopher J. Wilkinson, Erich A. Nigg, Chengchao Shou, Concepcion Lillio, David S. Williams, Bernd Hoppe, Markus Kemper, Thomas Neuhaus, Melissa A. Parisi, Ian A. Glass, Marianne Petry, Andreas Kispert, Joachim Gloy, Athina Ganner, Gerd Walz, Xueliang Zhu, Daniel Goldman, Peter Nurnberg, Anand Swaroop, Michel R. Leroux, and Friedhelm Hildebrandt (2006) The centrosomal protein nephrocystin-6 is mutated in Joubert syndrome and activates transcription factor ATF4. Nat. Genet. 38 (6), 674-681.
  43. Noriko Takimoto, Takehiro Kusakabe, Takeo Horie, Yuki Miyamoto, and Motoyuki Tsuda (2006) Origin of the vertebrate visual cycle: III. Distinct distribution of RPE65 and b-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase homologues in Ciona intestinalis. Photochem. Photobiol. 82 (6), 1468-1474.
  44. Nicolas Sierro, Takehiro Kusakabe, Keun-Joon Park, Riu Yamashita, Kengo Kinoshita, and Kenta Nakai (2006) DBTGR: a database of tunicate promoters and their regulatory elements. Nucleic Acids Res. 34, D552-D555.
  45. Takehiro Kusakabe (2005) Decoding cis-regulatory systems in ascidians. Zool. Sci. 22 (2), 129-146.
  46. Perdita E. Barran, Roger W. Roeske, Adam J. Pawson, Robin Sellar, Micael T. Bowers, Kevin Morgan, Zhi-Liang Lu, Motoyuki Tsuda, Takehiro Kusakabe, and Robert P. Millar (2005) Evolution of constrained GnRH ligand conformation and receptor sensitivity. J. Biol. Chem. 280 (46), 38569-38575.
  47. Edgar A. Otto, Bart Loeys, Hemant Khanna, Jan Hellemans, Ralf Sudbrak, Shuling Fan, Ulla Muerb, John F. O'Toole, Juliana Helou, Massimo Attanasio, Boris Utsch, John A. Sayer, Concepcion Lillo, David Jimeno, Paul Coucke, Anne De Paepe, Richard Reinhardt, Sven Klages, Motoyuki Tsuda, Isao Kawakami, Takehiro Kusakabe, Heymut Omran, Anita Imm, Melissa Tippens, Pamela A. Raymond, Jo Hill, Phil Beales, Shirley He, Andreas Kispert, Benjamin Margolis, David S. Williams, Anand Swaroop, and Friedhelm Hildebrandt (2005) Nephrocystin-5, a ciliary IQ domain protein, is mutated in Senior-Loken syndrome and interacts with RPGR and calmodulin. Nat. Genet. 37 (3), 282-288.
  48. Takehiro Kusakabe, Reiko Yoshida, Yoko Ikeda, and Motoyuki Tsuda (2004) Computational discovery of DNA motifs associated with cell type-specific gene expression in Ciona. Dev. Biol. 276 (2), 563-580.
  49. Reiko Yoshida, Daisuke Sakurai, Takeo Horie, Isao Kawakami, Motoyuki Tsuda, and Takehiro Kusakabe (2004) Identification of neuron-specific promoters in Ciona intestinalis. Genesis 39 (2), 130-140.
  50. Hironori Ando, Qiong Shi, Takehiro Kusakabe, Tamaki Ohya, Norio Suzuki, and Akihisa Urano (2004) Localization of mRNAs encoding a and b subunits of soluble guanylyl cyclase in the brain of rainbow trout: comparison with the distribution of neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Brain Res. 1013 (1), 13-29.
  51. Takehiro Kusakabe, Sachiko Mishima, Issei Shimada, Yuka Kitajima, and Motoyuki Tsuda (2003) Structure, expression, and cluster organization of genes encoding gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptors found in the neural complex of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. Gene 322, 77-84.
  52. Motoyuki Tsuda, Takehiro Kusakabe, Hideo Iwamoto, Takeo Horie, Yuki Nakashima, Masashi Nakagawa, and Kiyotaka Okunou (2003) Origin of the vertebrate visual cycle. II. Visual cycle proteins are localized in whole brain including photoreceptor cells of a primitive chordate. Vision Res. 43 (28), 3045-3053.
  53. Kyoko Inada, Takeo Horie, Takehiro Kusakabe, and Motoyuki Tsuda (2003) Targeted knockdown of an opsin gene inhibits the swimming behaviour photoresponse of ascidian larvae. Neurosci. Lett. 347 (3), 167-170.
  54. Yuki Nakashima, Takehiro Kusakabe, Rie Kusakabe, Akihisa Terakita, Yoshinori Shichida, and Motoyuki Tsuda (2003) Origin of the vertebrate visual cycle: genes encoding retinal photoisomerase and two putative visual cycle proteins are expressed in whole brain of a primitive chordate. J. Comp. Neurol. 460 (2), 180-190.
  55. Reiko Yoshida, Takehiro Kusakabe, Megumi Kamatani, Motonari Daitoh, and Motoyuki Tsuda (2002) Central nervous system-specific expression of G protein a subunits in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. Zool. Sci. 19 (10), 1079-1088.
  56. Takehiro Kusakabe, Reiko Yoshida, Isao Kawakami, Rie Kusakabe, Yasuaki Mochizuki, Lixy Yamada, Tadasu Shin-i, Yuji Kohara, Nori Satoh, Motoyuki Tsuda, and Yutaka Satoh (2002) Gene expression profiles in tadpole larvae of Ciona intestinalis. Dev. Biol. 242 (2), 188-203.
  57. Yutaka Satou, Naohito Takatori, Shigeki Fujiwara, Takahito Nishikata, Hidetoshi Saiga, Takehiro Kusakabe, Tadasu Shin-i, Yuji Kohara, and Noriyuki Satoh (2002) Ciona intestinalis cDNA projects: EST analyses and gene expression profiles during embryogenesis. Gene 287 (1-2), 83-96.
  58. Takehiro Kusakabe, Rie Kusakabe, Isao Kawakami, Yutaka Satou, Nori Satoh, and Motoyuki Tsuda (2001) Ci-opsin1, a vertebrate-type opsin gene, expressed in the larval ocellus of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. FEBS Lett. 506 (1), 69-72.
  59. Takehiro Kusakabe and Norio Suzuki (2001) A cis-regulatory element essential for photoreceptor-specific expression of a medaka retinal guanylyl cyclase gene. Dev. Genes Evol. 211 (3), 145-149.
  60. Takehiro Kusakabe and Norio Suzuki (2000) Photoreceptors and olfactory cells express the same retinal guanylyl cyclase isoform in medaka: visualization by promoter transgenics. FEBS Lett. 483 (2-3), 143-148.
  61. Takehiro Kusakabe and Norio Suzuki (2000) The guanylyl cyclase family in medaka fish Oryzias latipes. Zool. Sci. 17 (2), 131-140.
  62. Kiyoshi Naruse, Shoji Fukamachi, Hiroshi Mitani, Mariko Kondo, Tomoko Matsuoka, Shu Kondo, Nana Hamamura, Yutaka Morita, Kazuhito Hasegawa, Reiko Nishigaki, Atsuko Shimada, Hironori Wada, Takehiro Kusakabe, Norio Suzuki, Masato Kinoshita, Akira Kanamori, Tokio Terado, Hiroshi Kimura, Masaru Nonaka, and Akihiro Shima (2000) A detailed linkage map of medaka, Oryzias latipes: comparative genomics and genome evolution. Genetics 154 (4), 1773-1784.
  63. Rie Kusakabe, Takehiro Kusakabe, and Norio Suzuki (1999) In vivo analysis of two striated muscle actin promoters reveals combinations of multiple regulatory modules required for skeletal and cardiac muscle-specific gene expression. Int. J. Dev. Biol. 43 (6), 541-554.
  64. Toshiro Mikami, Takehiro Kusakabe, and Norio Suzuki (1999) Tandem organization of medaka fish soluble guanylyl cyclase a1 and b1 subunit genes: implications for coordinated transcription of two subunit genes. J. Biol. Chem. 274 (26), 18567-18573.
  65. William R. Jeffery, Billie J. Swalla, Nicholas Ewing, and Takehiro Kusakabe (1999) Evolution of the ascidian anural larva: evidence from embryos and molecules. Mol. Biol. Evol. 16 (5), 646-654.
  66. Tsuyoshi Mantoku, Ryouji Muramatsu, Mina Nakauchi, Sayaka Yamagami, Takehiro Kusakabe, and Norio Suzuki (1999) Sequence analysis of cDNA and genomic DNA, and mRNA expression of the medaka fish homolog of the mammalian guanylyl cyclase C. J. Biochem. 125 (3), 476-486.
  67. Rie Kusakabe, Noriyuki Satoh, Linda Z. Holland, and Takehiro Kusakabe (1999) Genomic organization and evolution of actin genes in the amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri and Branchiostoma floridae. Gene 227 (1), 1-10.
  68. Toshiro Mikami, Takehiro Kusakabe, and Norio Suzuki (1998) Molecular cloning of cDNAs and expression of mRNAs encoding a and b subunits of soluble guanylyl cyclase from medaka fish Oryzias latipes. Eur. J. Biochem. 253 (1), 42-48.
  69. Takehiro Kusakabe (1997) Ascidian actin genes: developmental regulation of gene expression and molecular evolution. Zool. Sci. 14 (5), 707-718.
  70. Takehiro Kusakabe, Isato Araki, Noriyuki Satoh, and William R. Jeffery (1997) Evolution of chordate actin genes: evidence from genomic organization and amino acid sequences. J. Mol. Evol. 44 (3), 289-298.
  71. Masato Seimiya, Takehiro Kusakabe, and Norio Suzuki (1997) Primary structure and differential gene expression of three membrane forms of guanylyl cyclases found in the eye of the teleost Oryzias latipes. J. Biol. Chem. 272 (37), 23407-23417.
  72. Rie Kusakabe, Takehiro Kusakabe, Noriyuki Satoh, Nicholas D. Holland, and Linda Z. Holland (1997) Differential gene expression and intracellular mRNA localization of amphioxus actin isoforms throughout development: implications for conserved mechanisms of chordate development. Dev. Genes Evol. 207 (4), 203-215.
  73. Euichi Hirose, Gretchen Lambert, Takehiro Kusakabe, and Teruaki Nishikawa (1997) Tunic cuticular protrusions in ascidians (Chordata, Tunicata): a perspective of their character-state distribution. Zool. Sci. 14 (4), 683-689.
  74. Isato Araki, Kunifumi Tagawa, Takehiro Kusakabe, and Noriyuki Satoh (1996) Predominant expression of a cytoskeletal actin gene in mesenchyme cells during embryogenesis of the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi. Dev. Growth Differ. 38 (4), 401-411.
  75. Takehiro Kusakabe, Billie J. Swalla, Noriyuki Satoh, and William R. Jeffery (1996) Mechanism of an evolutionary change in muscle cell differentiation in ascidians with different modes of development. Dev. Biol. 174 (2), 379-392.
  76. Yutaka Satou, Takehiro Kusakabe, Isato Araki, and Noriyuki Satoh (1995) Timing of initiation of muscle-specific gene expression in the ascidian embryo precedes that of developmental fate restriction in lineage cells. Dev. Growth Differ. 37 (3), 319-327.
  77. Takehiro Kusakabe, Akira Hikosaka, and Noriyuki Satoh (1995) Coexpression and promoter function in two muscle actin gene complexes of different structural organization in the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi. Dev. Biol. 169 (2), 461-472.
  78. Takehiro Kusakabe (1995) Expression of larval-type muscle actin-encoding genes in the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi. Gene 153 (2), 215-218.
  79. Akira Hikosaka, Takehiro Kusakabe, and Noriyuki Satoh (1994) Short upstream sequences associated with the muscle-specific expression of an actin gene in ascidian embryos. Dev. Biol. 166 (2), 763-769.
  80. Akira Hikosaka, Takehiro Kusakabe, Noriyuki Satoh, and Kazuhiro W. Makabe (1992) Introduction and expression of recombinant genes in ascidian embryos. Dev. Growth Differ. 34 (6), 627-634.
  81. Takehiro Kusakabe, Kazuhiro W. Makabe, and Noriyuki Satoh (1992) Tunicate muscle actin genes: structure and organization as a gene cluster. J. Mol. Biol. 227 (3), 955-960.
  82. Takehiro Kusakabe, Junko Suzuki, Hidetoshi Saiga, William R. Jeffery, Kazuhiro W. Makabe, and Noriyuki Satoh (1991) Temporal and spatial expression of a muscle actin gene during embryogenesis of the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi. Dev. Growth Differ. 33 (3), 227-234.

Books, etc.:

  1. Kotaro Shimai and Takehiro G. Kusakabe (2018) The Use of cis-Regulatory DNAs as Molecular Tools. In: Yasunori Sasakura (Eds) Transgenic Ascidians. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Vol. 1029. Springer, Singapore, pp. 49-68.
  2. Takehiro G. Kusakabe (2017) Identifying vertebrate brain prototypes in deuterostomes. In: Shuichi Shigeno, Yasunori Murakami, Tadashi Nomura (Eds) Brain Evolution by Design: From Neural Origin to Cognitive Architecture. Springer Japan, Tokyo, pp. 153-186.
  3. Masashi Syuto, Takehiro Kusakabe, Daisuke Honda, Yo-hei Watanabe, Kojiro Takeda, Osamu Tanaka, and Hiroyuki Imai (2013) Determination of D-serine in several model organisms used for metabolic, developmental and/or genetic researches by liquid chromatography/fluorescence detection and tandem mass spectrometry. Memoirs of Konan University, Science and Engineering Series 60 (1), 11-19.
  4. Taisuke Kimura, Hiroaki Kita, Seiji Hira, Atsushi Kuhara, Takehiro G. Kusakabe, Masanao Michinomae, Satoru Kobayashi, and Masanori Mukai (2013) Transcriptional regulatory regions that promote innexin2 expression in somatic support cells in the Drosophila ovary. Memoirs of Konan University, Science and Engineering Series 60 (1), 1-9.
  5. Yasunori Sasakura, Nicolas Sierro, Kenta Nakai, Kazuo Inaba, and Takehiro G. Kusakabe (2012) Genome Structure, Functional Genomics, and Proteomics in Ascidians. In: Paul Denny, Chittaranjan Kole (Eds) Genome Mapping and Genomics in Laboratory Animals: Genome Mapping and Genomics in Animals, Vol. 4. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 87-132.
  6. Takehiro Kusakabe (2005) Regulation and evolution of genes in ascidians. Zool. Sci. 22 (12), 1372.
  7. Takehiro Kusakabe, Yuki Nakashima, Rie Kusakabe, Horie Takeo, Isao Kawakami, Reiko Yoshida, Kyoko Inada, Masashi Nakagawa, and Motoyuki Tsuda (2002) Phototransduction and visual cycle in the ascidian tadpole larva. J. Photosci. 9 (2), 37-40.
  8. Takehiro Kusakabe (2001) Evolution of anural development in ascidians: role of muscle-specific differentiation genes. In: H. Sawada, H. Yokosawa, C. C. Lambert (Eds) The Biology of Ascidians. Springer, Tokyo, pp. 235-239.

Publications in Japanese:

  1. Takehiro Kusakabe (2023) Evolution of the brain and the eye: insights from ascidians and medaka. Journal of the Society for Japanese Blood Programme Vol.45, No.4, 789-791. [日下部岳広 (2023) 多様な動物を通してみた生きるしくみと進化 ～ホヤとメダカで探る脳と眼の進化～．血液事業 第45巻 第4号, 789-791]
  2. Takehiro Kusakabe (2020) Development of Ascidians. In: Takashi Suemitsu (Ed) Doubutsu No Jiten. Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, pp. 280-282. [日下部岳広 (2020) 7.1.2 ホヤの発生．『動物の事典』（末光隆志 総編集）朝倉書店，pp. 280-282]
  3. Takehiro Kusakabe (2018) Chapter 6: Evolution and Phylogeny. In: Kyo Yamasu, Keiko Nakano, Ko Noguchi (Eds) Atarashii Seibutsukagaku. Baifukan, Tokyo, pp. 117-127. [日下部岳広 (2018) 第９章 進化と多様性．『新しい生物科学』（弥益恭・中尾啓子・野口航 共編）培風館，pp. 117-127]
  4. Takehiro Kusakabe (2016) The GnRH nervous system in ascidian larvae and the origin of cranial sensory organs. Comparative Endocrinology Vol.42, No.159, 106-107. [日下部岳広 (2016) ホヤ幼生のGnRH神経系と頭部感覚器の起源．比較内分泌学 第42巻 第159号, 106-107]
  5. Kotaro Shimai and Takehiro Kusakabe (2016) The deep evolutionary origin of close relationships between olfaction and reproduction. AROMA RESEARCH No.65 (Vol.17/No.1), 41-44. (Current Topics) [島井光太郎，日下部岳広 (2016) 太古に遡る嗅覚と生殖のつながり —ホヤを使った研究から—．AROMA RESEARCH 第17巻 第1号（通巻65号）, 42-44]
  6. Daiki Yanagawa, Osamu Tanaka, Takehiro Kusakabe, Daiske Honda, Ayako Gotoh, and Hiroyuki Imai (2015) Generation of Arabidopsis transformants expressing sphingoid long-chain base kinase (LCBK1). Memoirs of Konan University, Science and Engineering Series 62 (1), 1-18. [柳川大樹，田中修，日下部岳広，本多大輔，後藤彩子，今井博之 (2015) シロイヌナズナにおけるスフィンゴイドキナーゼ（LCBK1）の形質転換体の作製．甲南大学紀要 理工学編 62 (1), 1-18]
  7. Takehiro Kusakabe and Rie Kusakabe (2012) Development of nematodes, sea urchins, and ascidians. In: Japanese translation version of "Principles of Development, 4th Edition by Lewis Wolpert and Cheryll Tickle", Medical Science International, Ltd., Tokyo, pp. 227-267. [日下部岳広，日下部りえ（共訳） (2012) 第６章　線虫，ウニ，ホヤの発生．『ウォルパート発生生物学』（武田洋幸・田村宏治監訳、Lewis Wolpert・Cheryll Tickle著），メディカル・サイエンス・インターナショナル，pp. 227-267]
  8. Takehiro Kusakabe (2009) The nervous systems and behavior of ascidians. In: Animals Having Various Nervous Systems: Comparative Biology of The Nervous System (Diversity of Animal Life 5). Kyoritsu Shuppan, pp. 168-191. [日下部岳広 (2009) 第10章　ホヤの神経系と行動．『動物の多様な生き方５　さまざまな神経系をもつ動物たち：神経系の比較生物学』（比較生理生化学会編）共立出版，pp. 168-191]
  9. Takehiro Kusakabe (2009) Ascidians. In: Norio Suzuki (Ed) Midikana Doubutsu Wo Tsukatta Jikken 1. Sankyo Shuppan, Tokyo, pp. 1-12. [日下部岳広 (2009) ホヤ．『身近な動物を使った実験１−ホヤ メダカ・ゼブラフィッシュ キンギョ カエル』（鈴木範男編）三共出版，pp. 1-12]
  10. Takehiro Kusakabe (2005) Gene regulation and gene evolution in ascidians. Biological Science News 405, 25-31. [日下部岳広 (2005) ホヤにおける遺伝子発現制御と遺伝子進化に関する研究．生物科学ニュース 405, 25-31]
  11. Takehiro Kusakabe, Takeo Horie, Isao Kawakami, Hisashi Ohtsuki, and Motoyuki Tsuda (2005) Molecular and behavioral genetics of the nervous system in the ascidian larva: from sensory inputs to swimming behavior control. Kaiyo Monthly, Special Ed. 41, 52-60. (Review article) [日下部岳広，堀江健生，川上功，大月恒，津田基之 (2005) ホヤ脳神経系の分子行動遺伝学−感覚受容から運動制御まで−．月刊海洋 号外 41, 52-60]
  12. Takehiro Kusakabe and Motoyuki Tsuda (2004) Photoreceptor systems in ascidians: insights into the origin and evolution of vertebrate visual systems. Seikagaku 76 (4), 368-373. (Minireview) [日下部岳広，津田基之 (2004) ホヤの光受容システム．生化学 76 (4), 368-373]
  13. Takehiro Kusakabe and Norio Suzuki (2000) Diversity and evolution of the guanylyl cyclase/cGMP signal transduction systems. Protein, Nucleic Acid and Enzyme 45 (17), 2931-2936. (Review article) [日下部岳広，鈴木範男 (2000) グアニル酸シクラーゼcGMP情報伝達系の多様性と進化．蛋白質・核酸・酵素 増刊号『小型魚類研究の新展開』45 (17), 2931-2936]
  14. Takehiro Kusakabe (2000) What is DNA? TODAY 28 (5), 84-87. [日下部岳広 (2000) DNAって何？ 道新TODAY 28 (5), 84-87]
  15. Takehiro Kusakabe (1996) Evolution and diversity of ascidians: studies on actin genes. Iden 50 (12), 23-28. (Review article) [日下部岳広 (1996) アクチンを通してみたホヤの進化と多様性．遺伝 50 (12), 23-28]
  16. Takehiro Kusakabe and Noriyuki Satoh (1993) Structure and expression of actin genes. Protein, Nucleic Acid and Enzyme 38 (4), 721-730. (Review article) [日下部岳広，佐藤矩行 (1993) アクチン遺伝子の構造と発現調節．蛋白質・核酸・酵素 38 (4), 721-730]


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