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- De novo design of a nanopore for single-molecule detection that incorporates a
beta-hairpin peptide
Keisuke Shimizu, Batsaikhan Mijiddorj, Masataka Usami, Ikuro Mizoguchi, Shuhei Yoshida, Shiori Akayama, Yoshio Hamada, Akifumi Ohyama, Kenji Usui, Izuru Kawamura, Ryuji Kawano
Nature Nanotechnology, Online ahead of print
2021/11
[Journal page] [Pubmed] - Intracellular Mineralization of Gold Nanoparticles Using Gold Ion-Binding Peptides with
Cell-Penetrating Ability
Makoto Ozaki, Shuhei Yoshida, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Kenji Usui*
Chemical Communications, 57, 725-728 ※Back cover feature
2021/01
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC06117D
[Journal page] [Pubmed] [Back cover] - Elemental Composition Control of Gold-Titania Nanocomposites by Site-Specific
Mineralization Using Artificial Peptides and DNA
Makoto Ozaki, Takahito Imai, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Shungo Sakashita, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Kenji Usui*
Communications Chemistry, 4, 1
2021/01
DOI: 10.1038/s42004-020-00440-8
[Journal page] - Effect of Tryptophan Residues on Gold Mineralization by a Gold Reducing Peptide
Makoto Ozaki, Shuhei Yoshida, Maho Oura, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Kenji Usui*
RSC Advances, 10, 40461-40466
2020/11
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07098J
[Journal page] - Mass Spectrometry-Based Solid Phase Peptide Reaction Assay for Detecting Allergenicity
Using an Immobilized Peptide-Conjugating Photo-Cleavable Linker
Hiroshi Miyazaki,Yasutaka Samejima, Kazuya Iwata, Yuuki Minamino, Shinya Hikida, Hideto Ariumi, Hidefumi Ikeda, Yoshio Hamada, Kunihiko Yamashita, Kenji Usui*
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21, 8332
2020/11
DOI: 10.3390/ijms21218332
[Journal page] - Synthesis of Peptide-Immobilized Magnetic Beads, and Peptide Reactivity Assay for
Assessing Skin Sensitization Utilizing Chromophore
Hiroshi Miyazaki, Hikaru Takaishi, Hidefumi Ikeda, Hideto Ariumi, Yoshio Hamada, Kunihiko Yamashita, Kenji Usui*
Processes, 8, 1257
2020/09
DOI: 10.3390/pr8101257
[Journal page] - Novel Purification Process for Amyloid Beta Peptide(1-40)
Kenji Usui*,Shin-ichiro Yokota, Kazuya Iwata, Yoshio Hamada
Processes, 8, 464 ※Cover feature
2020/04
DOI: 10.3390/pr8040464
[Journal page] [Cover Story] [Cover] - Development of a Chromophore-Solid Phase Peptide Reaction Assay (C-SPRA) for Assessing
Skin Sensitization In Vitro
Hiroshi Miyazaki, Yoshio Hamada, Hikaru Takaishi, Yuuki Minamino, Hidefumi Ikeda, Hideaki Mekata, Masayuki Takaishi, Kunihiko Yamashita, Kenji Usui*
Analyst, 145, 3211-3216 ※Inside back cover feature
2020/03
DOI: 10.1039/C9AN02514F
[Journal page] [Pubmed] [Inside back cover] - DNA G-Wire Formation Using an Artificial Peptide is Controlled by Protease Activity
Kenji Usui*, Arisa Okada, Shungo Sakashita, Masayuki Shimooka, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Shu-ichi Nakano, Daisuke Miyoshi, Tsukasa Mashima, Masato Katahira, Yoshio Hamada
Molecules, 22, 1991
2017/11
DOI: 10.3390/molecules22111991
[Journal page] [PubMed] - Non-Covalent Loading of Anti-Cancer Doxorubicin by Modularizable Peptide Self-Assemblies
for a Nanoscale Drug Carrier
Kin-ya Tomizaki*, Kohei Kishioka, Shunsuke Kataoka, Makoto Miyatani, Takuya Ikeda, Mami Komada, Takahito Imai, Kenji Usui*
Molecules, 22, 1916
2017/11
DOI: 10.3390/molecules22111916
[Journal page] [PubMed] - Fluorescent and Luminescent Fusion Proteins for Analyses of Amyloid Beta Peptide
Aggregation.
Kenji Usui, Masayasu Mie, Takashi Andou, Hisakazu Mihara, Eiry Kobatake
J Pept Sci, 23, 659-665
2017/07
DOI: 10.1002/psc.3003
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2015 - Label and Label-Free Detection Techniques for Protein Microarrays
Amir Syahir, Kenji Usui*, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Kotaro Kajikawa, Hisakazu Mihara
Microarrays, 4, 228-244
DOI: 10.3390/microarrays4020228
2015/04
[Journal page] [PubMed] - Control of Guanine-Rich DNA Secondary Structures Depending on the Protease Activity
Using a Designed PNA Peptide
Kenji Usui*, Arisa Okada, Keita Kobayashi, Naoki Sugimoto
Org. Biomol. Chem., 13, 2022-2025
DOI: 10.1039/c4ob02535k
2015/02
[Journal page] [PubMed] - ATP-Binding Peptide-Hydrogel Composite Synthesized by Molecular Imprinting on Beads
Ayana Takata, Kenji Usui, Jun Matsui
Molecular Imprinting, 3, 65-70
[Journal page] - Cellular Differentiation Assessments by Measuring the Degree of Cellular Internalization
and Membrane Adsorption Using Designed Peptides.
Kenji Usui*, Takuya Kikuchi, Kunio Kikuchi, Masayasu Mie, Eiry Kobatake, Hisakazu Mihara
Bioorg. Med. Chem. lett., 24, 4129-4131
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.07.053
2014/09
[Journal page] [PubMed] - Peptides Targeting G-Quadruplex Structures
Arisa Okada, Kenji Usui*
Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids:Fundamentals and Clinical Applications, 459-475
[Journal page] - A Novel Array Format for Monitoring Cellular Uptake Using a Photo-Cleavable Linker for
Peptide Release
Kenji Usui*, Takuya. Kikuchi, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Takashi Kakiyama, Hisakazu Mihara
Chem. Commun., 49, 6394-6396
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc41632a
2013/07
[Journal page] [PubMed] - Systematic Screening of the Cellular Uptake of Designed Alpha-Helix Peptides
Kenji Usui*, Takuya. Kikuchi, Masayasu Mie, Eiry Kobatake, Hisakazu Mihara
Bioorg. Med. Chem., 21, 2560-2567
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2013.02.030
2013/05
[Journal page] [PubMed] - A Peptide Release System Using a Photo-Cleavable Linker in a Cell Array Format for
Cell-Toxicity Analysis
Takashi Kakiyama, Kenji Usui*, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Masayasu Mie, Eiry Kobatake, Hisakazu Mihara
Polym J., 45, 535-539
[Journal page] - Use of a Designed Peptide Library to Screen for Binders to a Particular DNA G-Quadruplex
Sequence
Keita Kobayashi, Noriko Matsui, Kenji Usui*
J. Nucleic Acids , 2011:572873
DOI: 10.4061/2011/572873
[Journal page] [PubMed] - Cell Fingerprint Patterns Using Designed α-Helical Peptides to Screen for Cell-Specific
Toxicity
Kenji Usui, Takashi Kakiyama, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Masayasu Mie, Eiry Kobatake, Hisakazu Mihara
Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 21, 6281-6284
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.09.002
2011/11
[Journal page] [PubMed] - Thermodynamic Stability of Hoogsteen and Watson-Crick Base Pairs in the Presence of
Histone H3-Mimicking Peptide
Smritimoy Pramanik, Kaori Nakamura, Kenji Usui, Shu-ichi Nakano, Sarika Saxena, Jun Matsui, Daisuke Miyoshi, Naoki Sugimoto
Chem. Commun., 47, 3967-3971
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc05776b
2011/03
[Journal page] [PubMed] - Protein-protein Interactions and Selection: Array-Based Techniques for Screening
Disease-Associated Biomarkers in Predictive/Early Diagnosis
Kin-ya Tomizaki, Kenji Usui, Hisakazu Mihara
FEBS J., 277, 1996-2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07626.x.
2010/05
[Journal page] [PDF] [PubMed] - Site-Specific Modification of Alzheimer's Peptides by Cholesterol Oxidation Products
Enhances Aggregation Energetics and Neurotoxicity
Kenji Usui, John D. Hulleman, Johan F. Paulsson, Sarah J. Siegel, Evan T. Powers, Jeffery W. Kelly
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 106, 18563-18568
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804758106
2009/11
[Journal page] [PDF] [PubMed] - A Designed Peptide Chip: Protein Fingerprinting Technology with a Dry Peptide Array and
Statistical Data Mining
Kenji Usui, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Hisakazu Mihara
Methods. Mol. Biol., 570, 273-284
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-394-7_13
[Journal page] [PubMed] - Proteins: Array-Based Techniques
Kin-ya Tomizaki, Kenji Usui, Hisakazu Mihara
Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology, 4, 144-158
DOI: 10.1002/9780470048672.wecb022
[Journal page] - Screening of Alpha-Helical Peptide Ligands Controlling a Calcineurin-Phosphatase
Activity
Kenji Usui, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Hisakazu Mihara
Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 17, 167-171
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2006.09.075
2007/01
[Journal page] [PubMed] - Interactions between Peptides Containing Nucleobase Amino Acids and T7 Phages Displaying
S. Cerevisiae Proteins
Sinya Watanabe, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Kenji Usui, Kotaro Kajikawa, Hisakazu Mihara
Biopolymers, 88, 131-140
DOI: 10.1002/bip.20662
[Journal page] [PubMed] - Protein-Fingerprint Data Mining of a Designed Alpha-Helical Peptide Array
Kenji Usui, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Hisakazu Mihara
Mol. BioSyst., 2, 417-420 ※Inside back cover feature
2006/09
[Journal page] [PubMed] - A Novel Peptide Microarray for Protein Detection and Analysis Utilizing a Dry Peptide
Array System
Kenji Usui, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Takafumi Ohyama, Kiyoshi Nokihara, Hisakazu Mihara
Mol. BioSyst., 2, 113-121
DOI: 10.1039/b514263f
2006/02
[Journal page] [PubMed] - A PNA-DNA Hybridization Chip Approach for the Detection of Beta-Secretase Activity
Shusuke Sano, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Kenji Usui, Hisakazu Mihara
Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 16, 503-506
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.10.064
2006/02
[Journal page] [PubMed] - A Designed Glycopeptide Array for Characterization of Sugar-Binding Proteins toward a
Glycopeptide Chip Technology
Kenji Usui, Tetsunori Ojima, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Hisakazu Mihara
Nanobiotechnology, 1, 191-200
[Journal page] - IR Study on Stacking Manner of Peptide Nanorings in Peptide Nanotubes
Yukiko Nagai, Tsutomu Nakanishi, Hajime Okamoto, Kyozaburo Takeda, Yukio Furukawa, Kenji Usui, Hisakazu Mihara
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 44, 7654-7661
[Journal page] - Difference in Self-Assembling Morphology of Peptide Nanorings
Hajime Okamoto, Tetsuo Yamada, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Tsutomu Nakanishi, Kyozaburo Takeda, Kenji Usui,Ikuo Obataya, Hisakazu Mihara, Hiroaki Azehara, Wataru Mizutani, Katsushi Hashimoto, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Yoshiro Hirayama
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 44, 8240-8248
[Journal page] - Anomalous Reflection of Gold Applicable for a Practical Protein-Detecting Chip
Platform
Sinya Watanabe, Kenji Usui, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Kotaro Kajikawa, Hisakazu Mihara
Mol. BioSyst., 1, 363-365
DOI: 10.1039/b513075c
2005/12
[Journal page] [PubMed] - Protein-Detecting Microarrays: Current Accomplishments and Requirements
Kin-ya Tomizaki, Kenji Usui, Hisakazu Mihara
ChemBioChem, 6, 782-799 ※Inside back cover feature
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200400232
2005/05
[Journal page] [PubMed] - Peptide Arrays with Designed Alpha-Helical Structures for Characterization of Proteins
from FRET-Fingerprint Patterns
Kenji Usui, Mizuki Takahashi, Kiyoshi Nokihara, Hisakazu Mihara
Mol. Divers., 8, 209-218
[Journal page] [PubMed] - Peptide Arrays with Designed Secondary Structures for Protein Characterization Using
Fluorescent Fingerprint Patterns
Kenji Usui, Tetsunori Ojima, Mizuki Takahashi, Kiyoshi Nokihara, Hisakazu Mihara
Biopolymers, 76, 129-139
DOI: 10.1002/bip.10568
[Journal page] [PubMed] - Development of Peptide-Chips Focusing on a High Throughput Protein-Detection System
Kiyoshi Nokihara, Takafumi Ohyama, Kenji Usui, Koichi. Yoneyama, Mizuki Takahashi, Hisakazu Mihara
Innovation and Perspectives in Solid Phase Synthesis & Combinatorial Libraries, 83-88
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