Setsuko Fujita-Becker

Mutations in the relay loop region result in dominant-negative inhibition of myosin II function in Dictyostelium (2002)

Tsiavaliaris,Georgios, Fujita-Becker,Setsuko, Batra,Renu, Levitsky,Dmitrii I., Kull,F. Jon, Geeves,Michael A., ...

Dominant-negative inhibition is a powerful genetic tool for the characterization of gene function in vivo, based on the specific impairment of a gene product by the coexpression of a mutant version...

PEVK Domain of Titin: An Entropic Spring with Actin-Binding Properties (2002)

Linke,Wolfgang A., Kulke,Michael, Li,Hongbin, Fujita-Becker,Setsuko, Neagoe,Ciprian, Manstein,Dietmar J., ...

The PEVKdomain of the giant muscle protein titin is a proline-rich sequence with unknown secondary/tertiary structure. Here we compared the force-extension behavior of cloned cardiac PEVK titin...

PEVK Domain of Titin: An Entropic Spring with Actin-Binding Properties (2002)

Linke,Wolfgang A., Kulke,Michael, Li,Hongbin, Fujita-Becker,Setsuko, Neagoea,Ciprian, Manstein,Dietmar J., ...

The PEVKdomain of the giant muscle protein titin is a proline-rich sequence with unknown secondary/tertiary structure. Here we compared the force-extension behavior of cloned cardiac PEVK titin...

Toxoplasma gondii myosin A and its light chain: a fast, single-headed, plusend directed motor (2002)

Herm-Götz,Angelika, Weiss,Stefan, Stratmann,Rolf, Fujita-Becker,Setsuko, Ruff,Christine, Meyhöfer,Edgar, ...

Successful host cell invasion is a prerequisite for survival of the obligate intracellular apicomplexan parasites and establishment of infection. Toxoplasma gondii penetrates host cells by an active...

Toxoplasma gondii myosin A and its light chain: a fast, single-headed, plusend directed motor (2002)

Herm-Götz,Angelika, Weiss,Stefan, Stratmann,Rolf, Fujita-Becker,Setsuko, Ruff,Christine, Meyhöfer,Edgar, ...

Successful host cell invasion is a prerequisite for survival of the obligate intracellular apicomplexan parasites and establishment of infection. Toxoplasma gondii penetrates host cells by an active...

Toxoplasma gondii myosin A and its light chain: a fast, single-headed, plusend directed motor (2002)

Herm-Götz, Angelika, Weiss, Stefan, Stratmann, Rolf, Fujita-Becker, Setsuko, Ruff, Christine, Meyhöfer, Edgar, ...

Successful host cell invasion is a prerequisite for survival of the obligate intracellular apicomplexan parasites and establishment of infection. Toxoplasma gondii penetrates host cells by an active...

PEVK Domain of Titin: An Entropic Spring with Actin-Binding Properties (2002)

Linke, Wolfgang A., Kulke, Michael, Li, Hongbin, Fujita-Becker, Setsuko, Neagoe, Ciprian, Manstein, Dietmar J., ...

The PEVKdomain of the giant muscle protein titin is a proline-rich sequence with unknown secondary/tertiary structure. Here we compared the force-extension behavior of cloned cardiac PEVK titin...

Mutations in the relay loop region result in dominant-negative inhibition of myosin II function in Dictyostelium (2002)

Tsiavaliaris, Georgios, Fujita-Becker, Setsuko, Batra, Renu, Levitsky, Dmitrii I., Kull, F. Jon, Geeves, Michael A., ...

Dominant-negative inhibition is a powerful genetic tool for the characterization of gene function in vivo, based on the specific impairment of a gene product by the coexpression of a mutant version...

Toxoplasma gondii myosin A and its light chain: a fast, single-headed, plusend directed motor (2002)

Herm-Götz, Angelika, Weiss, Stefan, Stratmann, Rolf, Fujita-Becker, Setsuko, Ruff, Christine, Meyhöfer, Edgar, ...

Successful host cell invasion is a prerequisite for survival of the obligate intracellular apicomplexan parasites and establishment of infection. Toxoplasma gondii penetrates host cells by an active...

PEVK Domain of Titin: An Entropic Spring with Actin-Binding Properties (2002)

Linke, Wolfgang A., Kulke, Michael, Li, Hongbin, Fujita-Becker, Setsuko, Neagoea, Ciprian, Manstein, Dietmar J., ...

The PEVKdomain of the giant muscle protein titin is a proline-rich sequence with unknown secondary/tertiary structure. Here we compared the force-extension behavior of cloned cardiac PEVK titin...

Structure of a genetically engineered molecular motor (2001)

Kliche,Werner, Fujita-Becker,Setsuko, Kollmar,Martin, Manstein,Dietmar J., Kull,F. Jon

Molecular motors move unidirectionally along polymer tracks, producing movement and force in an ATP-dependent fashion. They achieve this by amplifying small conformational changes in the...

Interaction between PEVK-titin and actin filaments: origin of a viscous force component in cardiac myofibrils (2001)

Kulke,Michael, Fujita-Becker,Setsuko, Rostkova,E., Neagoe,C., Labeit,D., Manstein,Dietmar J., ...

The giant muscle protein titin contains a unique sequence, the PEVK domain, the elastic properties of which contribute to the mechanical behavior of relaxed cardiomyocytes. Here, human N2-B–cardiac...

Structure of a genetically engineered molecular motor (2001)

Kliche,Werner, Fujita-Becker,Setsuko, Kollmar,Martin, Manstein,Dietmar J., Kull,F. Jon

Molecular motors move unidirectionally along polymer tracks, producing movement and force in an ATP-dependent fashion. They achieve this by amplifying small conformational changes in the...

Structure of a genetically engineered molecular motor (2001)

Kliche, Werner, Fujita-Becker, Setsuko, Kollmar, Martin, Manstein, Dietmar J., Kull, F. Jon

Molecular motors move unidirectionally along polymer tracks, producing movement and force in an ATP-dependent fashion. They achieve this by amplifying small conformational changes in the...

Interaction between PEVK-titin and actin filaments: origin of a viscous force component in cardiac myofibrils (2001)

Kulke, Michael, Fujita-Becker, Setsuko, Rostkova, E., Neagoe, C., Labeit, D., Manstein, Dietmar J., ...

The giant muscle protein titin contains a unique sequence, the PEVK domain, the elastic properties of which contribute to the mechanical behavior of relaxed cardiomyocytes. Here, human N2-B–cardiac...

Structure of a genetically engineered molecular motor (2001)

Kliche, Werner, Fujita-Becker, Setsuko, Kollmar, Martin, Manstein, Dietmar J., Kull, F. Jon

Molecular motors move unidirectionally along polymer tracks, producing movement and force in an ATP-dependent fashion. They achieve this by amplifying small conformational changes in the...

Role of the salt-bridge between switch-1 and switch-2 of Dictyostelium myosin (1999)

Furch,Marcus, Fujita-Becker,Setsuko, Geeves,Michael A., Holmes,Kenneth C., Manstein,Dietmar J.

Motifs N2 and N3, also referred to as switch-1 and switch-2, form part of the active site of molecular motors such as myosins and kinesins. In the case of myosin, N3 is thought to act as a...

Role of the salt-bridge between switch-1 and switch-2 of Dictyostelium myosin (1999)

Furch, Marcus, Fujita-Becker, Setsuko, Geeves, Michael A., Holmes, Kenneth C., Manstein, Dietmar J.

Motifs N2 and N3, also referred to as switch-1 and switch-2, form part of the active site of molecular motors such as myosins and kinesins. In the case of myosin, N3 is thought to act as a...

Reconstitution of Rabbit Skeletal Muscle Troponin from the Recombinant Subunits All Expressed in and Purified from E. coli (1993)

Fujita-Becker, Setsuko, Kluwe, Lan, Miegel, Andrea, Maeda, Kayo, Maéda, Yuichiro

Three subunits of rabbit skeletal muscle troponin were expressed in and purified from Escherichia coli. The procedures were optimized, and the reconstituted troponin complex is highly homogeneous,...

Toxoplasma gondii myosin A and its light chain: a fast, single-headed, plus-end-directed motor

Herm-Götz, Angelika, Weiss, Stefan, Stratmann, Rolf, Fujita-Becker, Setsuko, Ruff, Christine, Meyhöfer, Edgar, ...

Successful host cell invasion is a prerequisite for survival of the obligate intracellular apicomplexan parasites and establishment of infection. Toxoplasma gondii penetrates host cells by an active...

Structure of a genetically engineered molecular motor

Kliche, Werner, Fujita-Becker, Setsuko, Kollmar, Martin, Manstein, Dietmar J., Kull, F.Jon

Molecular motors move unidirectionally along polymer tracks, producing movement and force in an ATP-dependent fashion. They achieve this by amplifying small conformational changes in the...

Mutations in the relay loop region result in dominant-negative inhibition of myosin II function in Dictyostelium

Tsiavaliaris, Georgios, Fujita-Becker, Setsuko, Batra, Renu, Levitsky, Dmitrii I., Kull, F. Jon, Geeves, Michael A., ...

Dominant-negative inhibition is a powerful genetic tool for the characterization of gene function in vivo, based on the specific impairment of a gene product by the coexpression of a mutant version...

Toxoplasma gondii myosin A and its light chain: a fast, single-headed, plus-end-directed motor

Herm-Götz, Angelika, Weiss, Stefan, Stratmann, Rolf, Fujita-Becker, Setsuko, Ruff, Christine, Meyhöfer, Edgar, ...

Successful host cell invasion is a prerequisite for survival of the obligate intracellular apicomplexan parasites and establishment of infection. Toxoplasma gondii penetrates host cells by an active...

Structure of a genetically engineered molecular motor

Kliche, Werner, Fujita-Becker, Setsuko, Kollmar, Martin, Manstein, Dietmar J., Kull, F.Jon

Molecular motors move unidirectionally along polymer tracks, producing movement and force in an ATP-dependent fashion. They achieve this by amplifying small conformational changes in the...

Mutations in the relay loop region result in dominant-negative inhibition of myosin II function in Dictyostelium

Tsiavaliaris, Georgios, Fujita-Becker, Setsuko, Batra, Renu, Levitsky, Dmitrii I., Kull, F. Jon, Geeves, Michael A., ...

Dominant-negative inhibition is a powerful genetic tool for the characterization of gene function in vivo, based on the specific impairment of a gene product by the coexpression of a mutant version...