Shin-ichiro Kojima

Mejillano M., Kojima S, Applewhite DA, Gertler FB, Svitkina TM and Borisy GG.  Lamellipodial vs filopodial mode of the actin nanomachinery:  pivotal role of the filament barbed end. Cell 2004; 118:363-373.

Kojima S, Vignjevic D and Borisy GG.   Improved silencing vector co-expressing GFP and small hairpin RNA. BioTechniques 2004; 36: 74-79.

Chen X, Kojima S, Borisy GG and Green KJ.  p120 associates with kinesin and facilitates the transport of cadherin-catenin complexees to intercellular junctions. J. Cell Biol. 2003; 163: 547-557.

Svitkina TM, Bulanova E, Chaga O, Vignjevic D, Kojima S, Vasiliev JM and Borisy GG.  Mechanism of filopodia initiation by reorganization of a dendritic network. J Cell Biol. 2003; 60: 409-421.

Komorova YA, Akhmanova AS, Kojima S, Galjart NJ and Borisy GG.   CLIPs promote microtubule rescue in vivo. J Cell Biol. 2002; 159:  589-599.

Kojima S, Konishi K, Katoh K, Fujiwara K, Martinez HM, Morales MF and Onishi H.   Functional roles of ionic and hydrophobic surface loops in smooth muscle myosin: their interactions with actin. Biochemistry 2001; 40:657-664.

Konishi K, Kojima SI, Katoh T, Yazawa M, Kato K, Fujiwara K and Onishi H.  Two new modes of smooth muscle myosin regulation by the interaction between the two regulatory light chains, and by the S2 domain.  J. Biochem. 2001; 129:365-372.

Kojima S, Fujiwara K and Onishi H.  SH1 (cysteine 717) of smooth muscle myosin: Its role in the motor function.  Biochemistry 1999; 38:1670-11676.

Onishi H, Morales MF, Kojima S,  Kato K and Fujiwara K.  Smooth muscle myosin.  Amino acid residues responsible for the hydrolysis of ATP.  Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 1998; 453:99-104.

Onishi H, Kojima S, Kato K, Fujiwara K, Martinez HM and Morales MF. Functional transitions in myosins: formation of a critical salt bridge and transmission of effect to the sensitive tryptophan.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1998; 95:6653-6658.

Onishi H, Morales MF, Kojima S, Katoh K and Fujiwara K.  Functional transitions in myosin: role of highly conserved Gly and Glu residues in the active site.  Biochemistry 1997; 36:3767-3772.

Sasamura T, Kobayashi T, Kojima S, Qadota H, Ohya Y, Masai I and Hotta Y.  Molecular cloning and characterization of Drosophila genes encoding small GTPases of the rab and rho families.  Mol. Gen. Genet. 1997; 254:486-494.

Kojima S, Mishima M, Mabuchi I and Hotta Y.  A single Drosophila melanogaster myosin light chain kinase gene produces multiple isoforms whose activities are differently regulated.  Genes. Cells. 1996; 1:855-871.

Masai I, Hosoya T, Kojima S and Hotta Y.  Molecular cloning of a Drosophila diacylglycerol kinase gene that is expressed in the nervous system and muscle.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 1992; 89:6030-6034.

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