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  1. Live-cell imaging under centrifugation characterized the cellular force for nuclear centration in the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Akatsuki Kimura

  2. The tumor suppressor APC is an attenuator of spindle-pulling forces during C. elegans asymmetric cell division

    Article • June 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Akatsuki Kimura

  3. Not just a bunch of noodles: Defining the timeline of chromosome organization

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2017, Nature

    Akatsuki Kimura

  4. Physical properties of the chromosomes and implications for development

    Article • Development Growth & Differentiation, June 2017, Wiley

    Akatsuki Kimura

  5. An Anisotropic Attraction Model For The Diversity And Robustness Of Cell Arrangement In Nematodes

    Article • May 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Akatsuki Kimura

  6. Endoplasmic-reticulum-mediated microtubule alignment governs cytoplasmic streaming

    Article • Nature, March 2017, Nature

    Akatsuki Kimura

  7. A Genetically Encoded Probe for Live-Cell Imaging of H4K20 Monomethylation

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, October 2016, Elsevier

    Akatsuki Kimura

  8. Interphase adhesion geometry is transmitted to an internal regulator for spindle orientation via caveolin-1

    Article • Nature Communications, June 2016, Nature

    Akatsuki Kimura

  9. Shape–motion relationships of centering microtubule asters

    Article • The Journal of Cell Biology, March 2016, Rockefeller University Press

    Akatsuki Kimura

  10. How Does a Cell’s Nucleus Know Where the Center of the Cell Is?

    Article • Seibutsu Butsuri, January 2016, Biophysical Society of Japan

    Akatsuki Kimura

  11. Estimating cellular parameters through optimization procedures: elementary principles and applications

    Article • Frontiers in Physiology, March 2015, Frontiers

    Akatsuki Kimura

  12. Cytoplasmic Nucleation and Atypical Branching Nucleation Generate Endoplasmic Microtubules inPhyscomitrella patens

    Article • The Plant Cell, January 2015, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Akatsuki Kimura

  13. Intranuclear DNA density affects chromosome condensation in metazoans

    Article • Molecular Biology of the Cell, June 2013, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

    Akatsuki Kimura

  14. Meeting report of the International Workshop on Quantitative Biology 2012: mesoscopic and microscopic worlds meet

    Article • Frontiers in Physiology, January 2013, Frontiers

    Dr Viji Draviam, Akatsuki Kimura

  15. Lfng regulates the synchronized oscillation of the mouse segmentation clock via trans-repression of Notch signalling

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2012, Nature

    Akatsuki Kimura

  16. A High-Resolution Shape Fitting and Simulation Demonstrated Equatorial Cell Surface Softening during Cytokinesis and Its Promotive Role in Cytokinesis

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2012, PLOS

    Akatsuki Kimura

  17. A cellular funicular

    Article • Worm, January 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Akatsuki Kimura

  18. Hydrodynamics for Simple Fluid Quantitatively Describes the Flow Dynamics in C. Elegans One-Cell Stage Embryo

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2012, Elsevier

    Akatsuki Kimura

  19. The Width-Length Relationship of Mitotic Spindle in Caenorhabditis Elegans Embryonic Cells: Quantification and Implications for the Regulatory Mechanism

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2012, Elsevier

    Akatsuki Kimura

  20. What determines cell size?

    Article • BMC Biology, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Akatsuki Kimura

  21. Visualization and Quantification to Understand Cell Architecture in Biology

    Article • Journal of the Visualization Society of Japan, January 2012, The Visualization Society of Japan

    Akatsuki Kimura

  22. Breakage of the nuclear envelope by an extending mitotic nucleus occurs during anaphase in Schizosaccharomyces japonicus

    Article • Genes to Cells, July 2011, Wiley

    Akatsuki Kimura

  23. Regulation of interkinetic nuclear migration by cell cycle-coupled active and passive mechanisms in the developing brain

    Article • The EMBO Journal, March 2011, Wiley

    Akatsuki Kimura

  24. A novel mechanism of microtubule length-dependent force to pull centrosomes toward the cell center

    Article • BioArchitecture, March 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Akatsuki Kimura

  25. Cell-Size-Dependent Control of Organelle Sizes During Development

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Akatsuki Kimura

  26. The coupling mechanism to generate synchronized oscillation of segmentation clock in mouse

    Article • Developmental Biology, August 2010, Elsevier

    Akatsuki Kimura

  27. New look inside the spindle: microtubule-dependent microtubule generation within the spindle

    Article • Current Opinion in Cell Biology, February 2010, Elsevier

    Akatsuki Kimura

  28. Modeling Microtubule-Mediated Forces and Centrosome Positioning in Caenorhabditis elegans Embryos

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

    Akatsuki Kimura

  29. Cell-Size-Dependent Spindle Elongation in the Caenorhabditis elegans Early Embryo

    Article • Current Biology, September 2009, Elsevier

    Akatsuki Kimura

  30. 03-P061 Comprehensive analysis of the interkinetic nuclear migration in developing mouse brain

    Article • Mechanisms of Development, August 2009, Elsevier

    Akatsuki Kimura

  31. Comprehensive analysis of the interkinetic nuclear migration in developing mouse brain

    Article • Neuroscience Research, January 2009, Elsevier

    Akatsuki Kimura

  32. Local cortical pulling-force repression switches centrosomal centration and posterior displacement inC. elegans

    Article • The Journal of Cell Biology, December 2007, Rockefeller University Press

    Akatsuki Kimura

  33. Computer Simulations and Image Processing Reveal Length-Dependent Pulling Force as the Primary Mechanism for C. elegans Male Pronuclear Migration

    Article • Developmental Cell, May 2005, Elsevier

    Akatsuki Kimura

  34. Partition of distinct chromosomal regions: negotiable border and fixed border

    Article • Genes to Cells, June 2004, Wiley

    Akatsuki Kimura

  35. Series of vectors to evaluate the position and the order of two different affinity tags for purification of protein complexes

    Article • Analytical Biochemistry, March 2003, Elsevier

    Akatsuki Kimura

  36. Chromosomal gradient of histone acetylation established by Sas2p and Sir2p functions as a shield against gene silencing

    Article • Nature Genetics, October 2002, Nature

    Akatsuki Kimura

  37. A Conserved Motif Common to the Histone Acetyltransferase Esa1 and the Histone Deacetylase Rpd3

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2002, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Akatsuki Kimura

  38. Regulation of interaction of the acetyltransferase region of p300 and the DNA-binding domain of Sp1 on and through DNA binding

    Article • Genes to Cells, January 2000, Wiley

    Akatsuki Kimura

  39. Tip60 acetylates six lysines of a specific class in core histones in vitro

    Article • Genes to Cells, December 1998, Wiley

    Akatsuki Kimura

  40. How do histone acetyltransferases select lysine residues in core histones?

    Article • FEBS Letters, July 1998, Wiley

    Akatsuki Kimura