1994-1998

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1993-1998

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.

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.

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.

Itoh,M., Nagafuchi,A., Yonemura,S., Yasuda-Kitani,T., Tsukita,Sa., and Tsukita,Sh. 1993.
 The 220kD protein colocalizing with cadherins in non-epithelial cells is identical to ZO-1, a tight junction-associated protein in epithelial cells: cDNA cloning and immunoelectron microscopy.
 J.Cell Biol. 121:491-502.

Tsukita,Sh., Tsukita,Sa., Nagafuchi,A., and Yonemura,Sh. 1992.
 Molecular linkage between cadherins and actin filaments in cell-to-cell adherens junctions.
 Curr.Opin.Cell Biol. 4:834-839.

Sato,N., Funayama,N., Nagafuchi,A., Yonemura,S., Tsukita,Sa., and Tsukita, Sh. 1992.
 A gene family consisting of ezrin, radixin, and moesin. Its specific localization at actin/plasma membrane association sites.
 J.Cell Sci. 103:131-143.

Itoh,M., Yonemura,S., Nagafuchi,A., Tsukita,Sa., and Tsukita,Sh. 1991.
 A 220kD undercoat-constitutive protein: Its specific localization at cadherin-based cell-to-cell adhesion sites.
 J.Cell Biol. 115:1449-1462.

Funayama,N., Nagafuchi,A., Sato,N., Tsukita,Sa., and Tsukita,Sh. 1991.
 Radixin is a novel member of the band 4.1 family.
 J.Cell Biol. 115:1039-1048.

Tsukita,Sa., Oishi,K., Akiyama,T., Yamanashi,Y., Yamamoto,T., and Tsukita,Sh. 1991.
 Specific proto-oncogenic tyrosine kinases of src family are enriched in cell-to-cell adherens junctions, where the level of tyrosine phosphorylation is elevated.
 J.Cell Biol. 113:867-879.

Sato,N., Yonemura,S., Obinata,T., Tsukita,Sa., and Tsukita,Sh. 1991.
 Radixin, a barbed-end-capping actin-modulating protein, is concentrated at the cleavage furrow during cytokinesis.
 J.Cell Biol. 113:321-330.

Nishikawa,S., Tsukita,Sa., Tsukita,Sh. and Sasa,S. 1990.
 Localization of adherens junction proteins along the possible sliding interface between secretory ameloblasts of the rat incisor.
 Cell Struct. Funct. 15:245-250.

Tsukita,Sh., Tsukita,Sa., and Nagafuchi,A. 1990.
 The undercoat of adherens junctions: A key specialized structure in organogenesis and carcinogenesis.
 Cell Struct. Funct. 15:7-12.

Hieda,Y., Tsukita,Sa., and Tsukita,Sh. 1990.
 A new high molecular mass protein showing unique localization in desmosomal plaque.
 J.Cell Biol. 109:1511-1518.

Tsukita,Sh., Itoh,M., and Tsukita,Sa. 1989.
 A new 400kD-protein from isolated adherens junctions: Its localization at the undercoat of adherens junctions and at microfilament bundles such as stress fibers and circumferential bundles.
 J.Cell Biol. 109:2905-2915.

Tsukita,Sa., Hieda,Y. and Tsukita,Sh. 1989.
 A new 82-kD barbed end-capping protein (radixin) localized in the cell-to-cell adherens junction: Purification and characterization.
 J.Cell Biol. 108:2369-2382.

Tsukita,Sh. and Tsukita,Sa. 1989.
 Isolation of cell-to-cell adherens junction from rat liver.
 J.Cell Biol. 108:31-41.




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