Naoto Ueno

Evading the annotation bottleneck: using sequence similarity to search non-sequence gene data (2008)

Gilchrist, Michael J, Christensen, Mikkel B, Harland, Richard, Pollet, Nicolas, Smith, James C, Ueno, Naoto, ...

Abstract Background Non-sequence gene data (images, literature, etc.) can be found in many different public databases. Access to these data is mostly by text based methods using gene names; however,...

TGF-beta signaling-mediated morphogenesis: modulation of cell adhesion via cadherin endocytosis (2007)

Ogata, Souichi, Morokuma, Junji, Hayata, Tadayoshi, Kolle, Gabriel, Niehrs, Christof, Ueno, Naoto, ...

The molecular mechanisms governing the cell behaviors underlying morphogenesis remain a major focus of research in both developmental biology and cancer biology. TGF-β ligands control cell fate...

Role of the TAK1-NLK-STAT3 pathway in TGF-{beta}-mediated mesoderm induction (2004)

Ohkawara, Bisei, Shirakabe, Kyoko, Hyodo-Miura, Junko, Matsuo, Ritsuko, Ueno, Naoto, Matsumoto, Kunihiro, ...

Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) and Nemo-like kinase (NLK) function in Xenopus, Drosophila, and Caenorhabditis elegans development. Here we report that serine...

Construction of a cDNA microarray derived from the ascidian Ciona intestinalis (2003)

Azumi, Kaoru, Takahashi, Hiroki, Miki, Yasufumi, Fujie, Manabu, Usami, Takeshi, Ishikawa, Hisayoshi, ...

A cDNA microarray was constructed from a basal chordate, the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. The draft genome of Ciona has been read and inferred to contain similar to16,000 protein-coding genes, and...

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin Toxicity in the Zebrafish Embryo: Altered Regional Blood Flow and Impaired Lower Jaw Development (2002)

Teraoka, Hiroki, Dong, Wu, Ogawa, Shuji, Tsukiyama, Shusaku, Okuhara, Yuji, Niiyama, Masayoshi, ...

The effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) exposure on regional red blood cell (RBC) perfusion rate, as an index of blood flow, and lower jaw development were investigated...

Regulation of body length and male tail ray pattern formation of Caenorhabditis elegans by a member of TGF-β family (1999)

Morita, Kiyokazu, Chow, King-Lau, Ueno, Naoto

We have identified a new member of the TGF-β superfamily, CET-1, from Caenorhabditis elegans, which is expressed in the ventral nerve cord and other neurons. cet-1 null mutants have shortened bodies...

Expression of BMP-2,4 Genes during Early Development in Xenopus (1995)

Toshiyuki Yamagishi, Shin-ichiro Nishimatsu, Shintaro Nomura, Makoto Asashima, Kazuo Murakami, Naoto Ueno

The transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) family has been implicated in the regulation of cell differentiation during early development. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are thought to play...

Direct binding of follistatin to a complex of bone-morphogenetic protein and its receptor inhibits ventral and epidermal cell fates in early Xenopus embryo

Iemura, Shun-ichiro, Yamamoto, Takamasa S., Takagi, Chiyo, Uchiyama, Hideho, Natsume, Tohru, Shimasaki, Shunichi, ...

In early development of Xenopus laevis, it is known that activities of polypeptide growth factors are negatively regulated by their binding proteins. In this study, follistatin, originally known as...

A functional bone morphogenetic protein system in the ovary

Shimasaki, Shunichi, Zachow, Rob J., Li, Danmei, Kim, Holly, Iemura, Shun-ichiro, Ueno, Naoto, ...

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) comprise a large group of polypeptides in the transforming growth factor β superfamily with essential physiological functions in morphogenesis and organogenesis in...

Identification of transforming growth factor-β- regulated genes in Caenorhabditis elegans by differential hybridization of arrayed cDNAs

Mochii, Makoto, Yoshida, Satoru, Morita, Kiyokazu, Kohara, Yuji, Ueno, Naoto

Members of the transforming growth factor-β family play critical roles in body patterning, in both vertebrates and invertebrates. One transforming growth factor-β-related gene, dbl-1, has been...

A DAF-1-binding protein BRA-1 is a negative regulator of DAF-7 TGF-β signaling

Morita, Kiyokazu, Shimizu, Miho, Shibuya, Hiroshi, Ueno, Naoto

We have identified homologs of a human BMP receptor-associated molecule BRAM1 in Caenorhabditis elegans. One of them, BRA-1, has been found to bind DAF-1, the type I receptor in the DAF-7...

Use of cDNA subtraction and RNA interference screens in combination reveals genes required for germ-line development in Caenorhabditis elegans

Hanazawa, Momoyo, Mochii, Makoto, Ueno, Naoto, Kohara, Yuji, Iino, Yuichi

Caenorhabditis elegans is an ideal organism for the study of the molecular basis of fundamental biological processes such as germ-line development, especially because of availability of the whole...

p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Can Be Involved in Transforming Growth Factor β Superfamily Signal Transduction in Drosophila Wing Morphogenesis

Adachi-Yamada, Takashi, Nakamura, Makoto, Irie, Kenji, Tomoyasu, Yoshinori, Sano, Yorikata, Mori, Eiji, ...

p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38) has been extensively studied as a stress-responsive kinase, but its role in development remains unknown. The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has two p38...

TAK1 Participates in c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase Signaling during Drosophila Development

Takatsu, Yoshihiro, Nakamura, Makoto, Stapleton, Mark, Danos, Maria C., Matsumoto, Kunihiro, O'Connor, Michael B., ...

Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β)-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) is a member of the MAPKKK superfamily and has been characterized as a component of the TGF-β/bone morphogenetic protein signaling...

A Caenorhabditis elegans TGF-β, DBL-1, controls the expression of LON-1, a PR-related protein, that regulates polyploidization and body length

Morita, Kiyokazu, Flemming, Anthony J., Sugihara, Yukiko, Mochii, Makoto, Suzuki, Yo, Yoshida, Satoru, ...

Using cDNA-based array analysis combined with double-stranded RNA interference (dsRNAi), we have identified yk298h6 as a target gene of Caenorhabditis elegans TGF-β signaling. Worms overexpressing...

The TAK1-NLK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade Functions in the Wnt-5a/Ca2+ Pathway To Antagonize Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling

Ishitani, Tohru, Kishida, Satoshi, Hyodo-Miura, Junko, Ueno, Naoto, Yasuda, Jun, Waterman, Marian, ...

Wnt signaling controls a variety of developmental processes. The canonical Wnt/β-catenin pathway functions to stabilize β-catenin, and the noncanonical Wnt/Ca2+ pathway activates...

PKCδ is essential for Dishevelled function in a noncanonical Wnt pathway that regulates Xenopus convergent extension movements

Kinoshita, Noriyuki, Iioka, Hidekazu, Miyakoshi, Akira, Ueno, Naoto

Protein kinase C (PKC) has been implicated in the Wnt signaling pathway; however, its molecular role is poorly understood. We identified novel genes encoding δ-type PKC in the Xenopus EST databases....

Restriction of BMP4 activity domains in the developing neural tube of the mouse embryo

Hu, Qiyong, Ueno, Naoto, Behringer, Richard R

Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signals pattern the dorsal neural tube, defining distinct neuronal progenitor cell domains along the dorsoventral axis of the developing spinal cord. These dorsally...

Role of the TAK1-NLK-STAT3 pathway in TGF-β-mediated mesoderm induction

Ohkawara, Bisei, Shirakabe, Kyoko, Hyodo-Miura, Junko, Matsuo, Ritsuko, Ueno, Naoto, Matsumoto, Kunihiro, ...

Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) and Nemo-like kinase (NLK) function in Xenopus, Drosophila, and Caenorhabditis elegans development. Here we report that serine...

Direct binding of follistatin to a complex of bone-morphogenetic protein and its receptor inhibits ventral and epidermal cell fates in early Xenopus embryo

Iemura, Shun-ichiro, Yamamoto, Takamasa S., Takagi, Chiyo, Uchiyama, Hideho, Natsume, Tohru, Shimasaki, Shunichi, ...

In early development of Xenopus laevis, it is known that activities of polypeptide growth factors are negatively regulated by their binding proteins. In this study, follistatin, originally known as...

A functional bone morphogenetic protein system in the ovary

Shimasaki, Shunichi, Zachow, Rob J., Li, Danmei, Kim, Holly, Iemura, Shun-ichiro, Ueno, Naoto, ...

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) comprise a large group of polypeptides in the transforming growth factor β superfamily with essential physiological functions in morphogenesis and organogenesis in...

Identification of transforming growth factor-β- regulated genes in Caenorhabditis elegans by differential hybridization of arrayed cDNAs

Mochii, Makoto, Yoshida, Satoru, Morita, Kiyokazu, Kohara, Yuji, Ueno, Naoto

Members of the transforming growth factor-β family play critical roles in body patterning, in both vertebrates and invertebrates. One transforming growth factor-β-related gene, dbl-1, has been...

A DAF-1-binding protein BRA-1 is a negative regulator of DAF-7 TGF-β signaling

Morita, Kiyokazu, Shimizu, Miho, Shibuya, Hiroshi, Ueno, Naoto

We have identified homologs of a human BMP receptor-associated molecule BRAM1 in Caenorhabditis elegans. One of them, BRA-1, has been found to bind DAF-1, the type I receptor in the DAF-7...

Use of cDNA subtraction and RNA interference screens in combination reveals genes required for germ-line development in Caenorhabditis elegans

Hanazawa, Momoyo, Mochii, Makoto, Ueno, Naoto, Kohara, Yuji, Iino, Yuichi

Caenorhabditis elegans is an ideal organism for the study of the molecular basis of fundamental biological processes such as germ-line development, especially because of availability of the whole...

p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Can Be Involved in Transforming Growth Factor β Superfamily Signal Transduction in Drosophila Wing Morphogenesis

Adachi-Yamada, Takashi, Nakamura, Makoto, Irie, Kenji, Tomoyasu, Yoshinori, Sano, Yorikata, Mori, Eiji, ...

p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38) has been extensively studied as a stress-responsive kinase, but its role in development remains unknown. The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has two p38...

TAK1 Participates in c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase Signaling during Drosophila Development

Takatsu, Yoshihiro, Nakamura, Makoto, Stapleton, Mark, Danos, Maria C., Matsumoto, Kunihiro, O'Connor, Michael B., ...

Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β)-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) is a member of the MAPKKK superfamily and has been characterized as a component of the TGF-β/bone morphogenetic protein signaling...

A Caenorhabditis elegans TGF-β, DBL-1, controls the expression of LON-1, a PR-related protein, that regulates polyploidization and body length

Morita, Kiyokazu, Flemming, Anthony J., Sugihara, Yukiko, Mochii, Makoto, Suzuki, Yo, Yoshida, Satoru, ...

Using cDNA-based array analysis combined with double-stranded RNA interference (dsRNAi), we have identified yk298h6 as a target gene of Caenorhabditis elegans TGF-β signaling. Worms overexpressing...

The TAK1-NLK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade Functions in the Wnt-5a/Ca2+ Pathway To Antagonize Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling

Ishitani, Tohru, Kishida, Satoshi, Hyodo-Miura, Junko, Ueno, Naoto, Yasuda, Jun, Waterman, Marian, ...

Wnt signaling controls a variety of developmental processes. The canonical Wnt/β-catenin pathway functions to stabilize β-catenin, and the noncanonical Wnt/Ca2+ pathway activates...

PKCδ is essential for Dishevelled function in a noncanonical Wnt pathway that regulates Xenopus convergent extension movements

Kinoshita, Noriyuki, Iioka, Hidekazu, Miyakoshi, Akira, Ueno, Naoto

Protein kinase C (PKC) has been implicated in the Wnt signaling pathway; however, its molecular role is poorly understood. We identified novel genes encoding δ-type PKC in the Xenopus EST databases....

Role of the TAK1-NLK-STAT3 pathway in TGF-β-mediated mesoderm induction

Ohkawara, Bisei, Shirakabe, Kyoko, Hyodo-Miura, Junko, Matsuo, Ritsuko, Ueno, Naoto, Matsumoto, Kunihiro, ...

Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) and Nemo-like kinase (NLK) function in Xenopus, Drosophila, and Caenorhabditis elegans development. Here we report that serine...

Restriction of BMP4 activity domains in the developing neural tube of the mouse embryo

Hu, Qiyong, Ueno, Naoto, Behringer, Richard R

Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signals pattern the dorsal neural tube, defining distinct neuronal progenitor cell domains along the dorsoventral axis of the developing spinal cord. These dorsally...

TGF-β signaling-mediated morphogenesis: modulation of cell adhesion via cadherin endocytosis

Ogata, Souichi, Morokuma, Junji, Hayata, Tadayoshi, Kolle, Gabriel, Niehrs, Christof, Ueno, Naoto, ...

The molecular mechanisms governing the cell behaviors underlying morphogenesis remain a major focus of research in both developmental biology and cancer biology. TGF-β ligands control cell fate...

Coordination of Cell Polarity during Xenopus Gastrulation

Shindo, Asako, Yamamoto, Takamasa S., Ueno, Naoto

Cell polarity is an essential feature of animal cells contributing to morphogenesis. During Xenopus gastrulation, it is known that chordamesoderm cells are polarized and intercalate each other...

Essential role of MARCKS in cortical actin dynamics during gastrulation movements

Iioka, Hidekazu, Ueno, Naoto, Kinoshita, Noriyuki

Myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate (MARCKS) is an actin-binding, membrane-associated protein expressed during Xenopus embryogenesis. We analyzed its function in cytoskeletal regulation...

High-Sensitivity Real-Time Imaging of Dual Protein-Protein Interactions in Living Subjects Using Multicolor Luciferases

Hida, Naoki, Awais, Muhammad, Takeuchi, Masaki, Ueno, Naoto, Tashiro, Mayuri, Takagi, Chiyo, ...

Networks of protein-protein interactions play key roles in numerous important biological processes in living subjects. An effective methodology to assess protein-protein interactions in living cells...