Kitajiri S., Fukumoto K., Hata M., Sasaki H., Katsuno T., Nakagawa T., Ito J., Tsukita Sh., andTsukita Sa.* 2004.
 Radixin deficiency causes deafness associated with progressive degeneration of
 cochlear stereocilia.
 J. Cell Biol. 166:559-570.  [PUBMED]

Hoeflich K.P., Tsukita Sa., Hicks L., Kay C.M., Tsukita Sh., and Ikura M.* 2003.
 Insights into a single rod-like helix in activated radixin required for
 membrane-cytoskeletal cross-linking.
 Biochemistry 42:11634-11641.  [PUBMED]

Hamada K., Shimizu T., Yonemura S., Tsukita Sh., Tsukita Sa., and Hakoshima T.* 2003.
 Structural basis of adhesion-molecule recognition by ERM proteins by the crystal structure
 of the radixin-ICAM-2 complex.
 EMBO J. 22:502-514. [PUBMED]

Kikuchi S., Hata M., Fukumoto K., Yamane Y., Matsui T., Tamura A., Yonemura S., Yamagishi H., Keppler D., Tsukita,Sh., and Tsukita Sa.* 2002.
 Radixin deficiency causes conjugated hyperbilirubinemia with loss of Mrp2 from bile　
 canalicular membranes.
 NatureGenetics 31:320-325.  [PUBMED]

Yonemura S., Matsui T., Tsukita Sh., and Tsukita Sa.* 2002.
 Rho-dependent and -independent activation mechanisms of Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin proteins:
 An essential role of polyphosphoinositides in vivo.
 J. Cell Sci. 115:2569-2580 [PUBMED]

Shimizu T., Seto A., Maita N., Hamada K., Tsukita Sh., Tsukita Sa., and Hakoshima T.* 2002.
 Structural basis for neurofibromatosis type 2. Crystal structure of the merlin FERM domain.
 J. Biol. Chem. 277:10332-10336. [PUBMED]

Ishikawa H., Tamura A., Matsui T., Sasaki H., Hakoshima T., Tsukita Sh., and Tsukita Sa.* 2001.
 Structural conversion between open and closed forms of radixin: Low-angle shadowing
 electron microscopy.
 J. Mol. Biol. 310:973-978.  [PUBMED]

Hamada K., Shimizu T., Matsui T., Tuskita Sh., Tsukita Sa., and Hakoshima T.* 2001.
 Crystallographic characterization of the radixin FERM domain bound to the cytoplasmic tail
 of the adhesion protein ICAM-2.
 Acta Crystallogr. D. Biol. Crystallogr. 57:891-892. [PUBMED]

Hamada K., Seto A., Shimizu T., Matsui T.,Takai Y., Tsukita Sh., Tsukita Sa., and Hakoshima T.* 2001.
 Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of RhoGDI in complex with the
 radixin FERM domain.
 Acta Crystallogr. D. Biol. Crystallogr. 57:889-890. [PUBMED]

Nakagawa Y., Yamane Y., Okanoue T., Tsukita Sh., and Tsukita Sa.* 2001.
 Outer dense fiber 2 is a widespread centrosome scaffold component preferentially associated with
 mother centrioles:Its identification from isolated centrosomes.
 Mol. Biol. Cell 12:1687-1697. [PUBMED]

Hamada K., Shimizu T., Matsui T., Tsukita Sh., Tsukita Sa., and Hakoshima T.* 2000.
 Structural basis of the membrane-targeting and unmasking mechanism of radixin FERM domain.
 EMBO J. 19:4449-4462. [PUBMED]

Hamada K., Matsui T., Tsukita Sh., Tsukita Sa., and Hakoshima T.* 2000.
 Crystallographic characterization of the membrane-binding domain of radixin.　
 Acta Crystallogr. D. Biol. Crystallogr. 56:922-923. [PUBMED]

Xiao S., Komiya K., Tochikura T.S., Sagara J., Tsukita Sa., and Kawai A.* 2000.
 The rabies virion-associated 100-kDa polypeptide (VAP100) is a host-derived minor component
 of the viral envelope.
 Microbiol. Immunol. 44:657-68. [PUBMED]

Tsukita Sa. and Yonemura S.* 1999.
 Cortical actin organization: Lessons from ERM (ezrin/radixin/moesin) proteins.　
 J. Biol. Chem. 2 274:34507-34510. [PUBMED]

Matsui T., Yonemura S., Tsukita Sh., and Tsukita Sa.* 1999.
 Activation of ERM proteins in vivo by Rho involves phosphatidyl-inositol-4-phosphate
 5-kinase and not ROCK kinases.　
 Curr. Biol. 9:1259-1262. [PUBMED]

Maeda M., Matsui T., Imamura M., Tsukita Sh., and Tsukita Sa.* 1999.
 Expression level, subcellular distribution and Rho-GDI binding affinity of merlin in comparison with
 ezrin/radixin/moesin proteins.
 Oncogene 18:4788-4797. [PUBMED]

Hayashi K., Yonemura S., Matsui T., Tsukita Sa., and Tsukita Sh.* 1999.
 Immunofluorescence detection of ezrin/radixin/moesin (ERM) proteins with their carboxyl-terminal
 threonine phosphorylated in cultured cells and tissues: Application of a novel fixation protocol
 using trichloro-acetic (TCA) as a fixative.　
 J. Cell Sci. 112:1149-1158. [PUBMED]

Yonemura S., Tsukita Sa., and Tsukita Sh.* 1999.
 Direct involvement of ezrin/radixin/moesin (ERM)-binding membrane proteins in the organization of
 microvilli in collaboration with activated ERM proteins　
 J. Cell Biol. 145:1497-1506. [PUBMED]

Doi Y., Itoh M., Yonemura S., Ishihara S., Takano H., Noda T., Tsukita Sh., and Tsukita Sa.* 1999.
 Moesin gene knockout: Normal development of mice and unimpaired cell adhesion /cell
 motiltiy/actin-based cytoskeleton without compensatory up-regulation of ezrin and radixin.
 J. Biol. Chem. 274:2315-2321. [PUBMED]

Chishti A.H., Kim A.C., Tsukita Sh., Tsukita Sa.* et al. 1998.
 The FERM domain: a unique module involved in the linkage of cytoplasmic proteins to the
 membrane.
 TIBS  23:281-282. [PUBMED]