Doi Y., Kurita M., Matsumoto M., Kondo T., Noda T., Tsukita Sa., Tsukita Sh., and Seya,T.* 1998.
 Moesin is not a receptor for measles virus entry into mouse embryonic stem cells.
 J. Virol. 72:1586-1592.[PUBMED]

Matsui T., Maeda M., Yonemura S., Amano M., Kaibuchi K., Tsukita Sa., and Tsukita Sh.* 1998.
 Rho-kinase phosphorylates carboxy-terminal threonines of ERM proteins and regulates their
 head-to-tail association.
 J. Cell Biol.   140:647-657. [PUBMED]

Yonemura S., Hirao M., Doi Y., Tsukita Sa., and Tsukita Sh.* 1998.
 ERM proteins bind to a specific group of integral membrane proteins containing
 a positively-charged amino acid cluster in their juxta-membrane cytoplasmic domain.
 J. Cell Biol. 140:885-895.[PUBMED]

Kondo T., Takeuchi K., Doi Y., Yonemura S., Nagata S., Tsukita Sh., and Tsukita Sa.* 1997.
 ERM (Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin)-based molecular mechanism of microvillar break-down at an early
 stage of apoptosis.
 J. Cell Biol. 139:749-758.[PUBMED]

Tsukita Sa., Yonemura S., and Tsukita Sh.* 1997.
 ERM (Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin) family: From cytoskeleton to signal transduction.
 Curr.Opin.Cell Biol. 9:70-75.[PUBMED]

Tsukita Sa., Yonemura S., and Tsukita Sh.* 1997.
 ERM proteins: Head-to-tail regulation of actin/plasma membrane regulations.
 TIBS 22:53-58.[PUBMED]

Takahashi K., Sasaki T., Mammoto A., Takaishi K., Kameyama T., Tsukita,Sa., Tsukita Sh., and Takai Y.* 1997.
 Direct interaction of the rho GDP dissociation inhibitor with Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin initiates
 the activation of the rho small G protein.
 J. Biol. Chem. 272:23371-23375.[PUBMED]

Hirao M., Sato N., Kondo T., Yonemura S., Monden M., Sasaki T., Takai Y., Tsukita Sh., Tsukita Sa.* 1996.
 Regulation mecanism of ERM(Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin) protein/plasma membrane association:
 Possible involvement of phosphatidylinositol turnover and Rho-dependent signaling pathway.
 J. Cell Biol. 135: 1-16.[PUBMED]

Furuse M., Fujimoto K., Sato N., Hirase T., Tsukita Sa., and Tsukita Sh.* 1996.
 Overexpression of occludin, a tight junction-associated integral membrane protein, induces
 the formation of intracellular multilamellar bodies bearing tight junction-like structures.
 J. Cell Sci. 109:429-435.[PUBMED]

Takeda H., Nagafuchi A., Yonemura S., Tsukita Sa., Behrens J., Birchimeier W., and Tsukita Sh.* 1995.
 V-src kinase shifts the cadherin-based cell adhesion from the strong to the weak state and
 beta-catenin is not required for the shift.
 J. Cell Biol. 131:1839-1847.[PUBMED]

Yonemura S., Itoh M., Nagafuchi A., Tsukita Sa., and Tsukita Sh.* 1995.
 Cell-to-cell adherens junction formation and actin filament organization: Similarities and
 difference between non-polarized fibroblasts and polarized epithelial cells.　
 J.Cell Sci. 108:127-142.[PUBMED]

Takaishi K., Sasaki T., Kameyama T., Tsukita Sa., Tsukita Sh., and Takai Y.* 1995.
 Translocation of activated Rho from the cytoplasm to membrane ruffling, cell-cell
 adhesion sites, and cleavage furrows.　
 Oncogene 11:39-48.[PUBMED]

Sagara J., Tsukita Sa., Yonemura S., Tsukita Sh., and Kawai A.* 1995.
 Cellular actin-binding ezrin-radixin-moesin (ERM) family proteins are incorporated into
 the rabies virion and closely associated with viral proteins in the cell.
 Virology 206:485-494.[PUBMED]

Tsukita Sa., Oishi K., Sato N., Sagara J., Kawai A., and Tsukita Sh.* 1994.
 ERM family members as molecular linkers between the cell surface glyco- protein CD44
 and actin-based cytoskeletons.
 J. Cell Biol. 126:391-401.[PUBMED]

Furuse M., Itoh M., Hirase T., Nagafuchi A., Yonemura S., Tsukita Sa., and Tsukita Sh.* 1994.
 Direct association of occludin with ZO-1 and its possible involvement in the
 localization of occludin at tight junctions.
 J. Cell Biol.  127:1617-1626.[PUBMED]

Watabe M., Nagafuchi A., Tsukita Sa., and Takeichi M.* 1994.
 Induction of polarized cell-cell associatin and retardation of growth by activation of the
 E-cadherin-catenin adhesion system in a dispersed carcinoma cell line.
 J. Cell Biol. 127:247-256.[PUBMED]

Takeuchi K., Sato N., Kasahara H., Funayama N., Nagafuchi A., Yonemura S., Tsukita Sa., and Tsukita Sh.* 1994.
 Perturbation of cell adhesion and microvilli formation by antisense oligonuclotides to
 ERM family members.
 J. Cell Biol. 125:1371-1384.[PUBMED]

Kishino T., Ariga T., Soejima H., Tamura T., Ohta T., Jinno Y., Yonemura S.Sato N., Tsukita Sa.,Tsukita Sh., Sakiyama Y., and Niikawa N.* 1994.
 Assignment of the human moesin gene(MSN) to chromosome region Xq11.2-q12.　
 Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 66:167-169.[PUBMED]

Furuse M., Hirase T., Itoh M., Nagafuchi A., Yonemura S., Tsukita Sa., and Tsukita Sh.* 1993.
 Occludin:A novel integral membrane protein localizing at tight junctions.
 J. Cell Biol. 123:1777-1788.[PUBMED]

Hashimoto T., Amagai M, Parry D.A.D., Dixon T.W., Tsukita Sa., Tsukita Sh., Miki K., Sakai K., Inokuchi Y., Kudoh J., Shimizu N., and Nishikawa T.* 1993.
 Desmoyokin, a 680kD keratinocyte plasma membrane-associated protein, is homologous to
 the protein encoded by human gene AHNAK.
 J. Cell Biol. 105:275-286.[PUBMED]

Tsukita Sh., Itoh M., Nagafuchi A., Yonemura S., and Tsukita Sa.* 1993.
 Submembranous junctional plaque proteins include potential tumor suppressor molecules.
 J. Cell Biol. 123:1049-1053.[PUBMED]