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  1. Programmable Proteins: Target Specificity, Programmability and Future Directions

    Article • SynBio, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Masahito Yamagata

  2. Towards Tabula Gallus

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Masahito Yamagata

  3. Editorial: Neuroscience and Neurotechnology of Neuronal Cell Surface Molecules in Neural Circuits

    Article • Frontiers in Neural Circuits, June 2021, Frontiers

    Masahito Yamagata

  4. A cell atlas of the chick retina based on single-cell transcriptomics

    Article • eLife, January 2021, eLife

    Masahito Yamagata

  5. CRISPR-mediated Labeling of Cells in Chick Embryos Based on Selectively Expressed Genes

    Article • BIO-PROTOCOL, January 2021, Bio-Protocol, LLC

    Masahito Yamagata

  6. CELL ATLAS OF THE CHICK RETINA: SINGLE CELL PROFILING IDENTIFIES 136 CELL TYPES

    Article • October 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Masahito Yamagata

  7. Structure and Functions of Sidekicks

    Article • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, August 2020, Frontiers

    Masahito Yamagata

  8. Wide-Area All-Optical Neurophysiology in Acute Brain Slices

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, April 2019, Society for Neuroscience

    Masahito Yamagata, Vicente Parot

  9. Wide-area all-optical neurophysiology in acute brain slices

    Article • October 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Masahito Yamagata

  10. Cadherin Combinations Recruit Dendrites of Distinct Retinal Neurons to a Shared Interneuronal Scaffold

    Article • Neuron, September 2018, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  11. Author Correction: High-speed volumetric imaging of neuronal activity in freely moving rodents

    Article • Nature Chemical Biology, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Masahito Yamagata

  12. High-speed volumetric imaging of neuronal activity in freely moving rodents

    Article • Nature Chemical Biology, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Masahito Yamagata

  13. Heterophilic Type II Cadherins Are Required for High-Magnitude Synaptic Potentiation in the Hippocampus

    Article • Neuron, May 2018, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  14. Cadherins Interact With Synaptic Organizers to Promote Synaptic Differentiation

    Article • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, April 2018, Frontiers

    Masahito Yamagata

  15. Staining with P-RANbodies v1

    Article • April 2018, ZappyLab, Inc.

    Masahito Yamagata

  16. Cell adhesion assay for HEK-293 and Cdh2-deficient HEK-293 cells v1

    Article • April 2018, ZappyLab, Inc.

    Masahito Yamagata

  17. Reporter–nanobody fusions (RANbodies) as versatile, small, sensitive immunohistochemical reagents

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Masahito Yamagata

  18. Wide Area Profiling of Neuronal Function Using Hadamard Microscopy

    Article • January 2018, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Masahito Yamagata, Vicente Parot

  19. RANbodies: reporter-nanobody fusions as versatile, small, sensitive immunohistochemical reagents

    Article • December 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Masahito Yamagata

  20. Heterophilic Type II Cadherins Are Required for High-Magnitude Synaptic Potentiation in the Hippocampus

    Article • Neuron, September 2017, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  21. Roles of DSCAM in axonal decussation and fasciculation of chick spinal interneurons

    Article • The International Journal of Developmental Biology, January 2017, UBC Press

    Masahito Yamagata

  22. Molecular basis of sidekick-mediated cell-cell adhesion and specificity

    Article • eLife, September 2016, eLife

    Masahito Yamagata

  23. Reconstruction of genetically identified neurons imaged by serial-section electron microscopy

    Article • eLife, July 2016, eLife

    Masahito Yamagata

  24. A split horseradish peroxidase for the detection of intercellular protein–protein interactions and sensitive visualization of synapses

    Article • Nature Biotechnology, May 2016, Nature

    Masahito Yamagata

  25. Two Pairs of ON and OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells Are Defined by Intersectional Patterns of Transcription Factor Expression

    Article • Cell Reports, May 2016, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  26. Muscle-type Identity of Proprioceptors Specified by Spatially Restricted Signals from Limb Mesenchyme

    Article • Cell, January 2016, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  27. Sidekick 2 directs formation of a retinal circuit that detects differential motion

    Article • Nature, August 2015, Nature

    Masahito Yamagata

  28. Expanding the Ig Superfamily Code for Laminar Specificity in Retina: Expression and Role of Contactins

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, October 2012, Society for Neuroscience

    Masahito Yamagata

  29. Transgenic strategy for identifying synaptic connections in mice by fluorescence complementation (GRASP)

    Article • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, January 2012, Frontiers

    Masahito Yamagata

  30. Retinal Ganglion Cells with Distinct Directional Preferences Differ in Molecular Identity, Structure, and Central Projections

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, May 2011, Society for Neuroscience

    Masahito Yamagata

  31. Synaptic Localization and Function of Sidekick Recognition Molecules Require MAGI Scaffolding Proteins

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, March 2010, Society for Neuroscience

    Masahito Yamagata

  32. Many Paths to Synaptic Specificity

    Article • Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, November 2009, Annual Reviews

    Masahito Yamagata

  33. Molecular Basis of Lamina-Specific Synaptic Connections in the Retina: Sidekick Immunoglobulin Superfamily Molecules

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Masahito Yamagata

  34. Lamina-Specific Neuronal Connections

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  35. Molecular identification of a retinal cell type that responds to upward motion

    Article • Nature, March 2008, Nature

    Masahito Yamagata

  36. Dscam and Sidekick proteins direct lamina-specific synaptic connections in vertebrate retina

    Article • Nature, January 2008, Nature

    Masahito Yamagata

  37. Labeled lines in the retinotectal system: Markers for retinorecipient sublaminae and the retinal ganglion cell subsets that innervate them

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, November 2006, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  38. Versican in the Developing Brain: Lamina-Specific Expression in Interneuronal Subsets and Role in Presynaptic Maturation

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, September 2005, Society for Neuroscience

    Masahito Yamagata

  39. Synaptic adhesion molecules

    Article • Current Opinion in Cell Biology, October 2003, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  40. Sidekicks

    Article • Cell, September 2002, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  41. Regulatory interrelations among topographic molecules CBF1, CBF2 and EphA3 in the developing chick retina

    Article • Embryologia, October 1999, Wiley

    Masahito Yamagata

  42. Formation of lamina-specific synaptic connections

    Article • Current Opinion in Neurobiology, February 1999, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  43. Specific expression of ezrin, a cytoskeletal-membrane linker protein, in a subset of chick retinotectal and sensory projections

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, February 1999, Wiley

    Masahito Yamagata

  44. The winged-helix transcription factor CWH-3 is expressed in developing neural crest cells

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, June 1998, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  45. Developmental expression of topographic molecules specifying the retinotectal projection map

    Article • Neuroscience Research, January 1998, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  46. Lamina-specific and synaptogenic expression of the TB2 antigen during development of the chick visual system

    Article • Neuroscience Research, January 1998, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  47. 1047 Formation of the retinorecipient layers in relation to the terminal arborization of retinotectal fibers in the chick optic tectum

    Article • Neuroscience Research, January 1997, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  48. Visual projection map specified by topographic expression of transcription factors in the retina

    Article • Nature, August 1996, Nature

    Masahito Yamagata

  49. Chapter 9 Gene Transfer Using Replication--Defective Retroviral and Adenoviral Vectors

    Article • January 1996, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  50. Gene Transfer to Avian Embryos with a Recombinant Adenovirus

    Article • Developmental Biology, November 1994, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  51. Interspecific comparisons reveal conserved features of the Drosophila Toll protein

    Article • Gene, February 1994, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  52. Tissue variation of two large chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (PG-M/versican and PG-H/aggrecan) in chick embryos

    Article • Brain Structure and Function, May 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Masahito Yamagata

  53. The dynamics of compartmentalization of embryonic muscle by extracellular matrix molecules

    Article • Developmental Biology, September 1991, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  54. The distribution of mesenchyme proteoglycan (PG-M) during wing bud outgrowth

    Article • Brain Structure and Function, March 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Masahito Yamagata

  55. Modification of cell-substrate interactions by a proteoglycan (PG-M) is a key factor for limb bud chondrogenesis

    Article • Cell Differentiation and Development, August 1989, Elsevier

    Masahito Yamagata

  56. Synaptic Adhesion Molecule

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Masahito Yamagata