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Kazuko Fujitani
Researcher at Mitsubishi
Publications - 12
Citations - 892
Kazuko Fujitani is an academic researcher from Mitsubishi. The author has contributed to research in topics: fruitless & Acetylation. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 12 publications receiving 839 citations. Previous affiliations of Kazuko Fujitani include National Institute of Genetics.
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Sexual orientation in Drosophila is altered by the satori mutation in the sex-determination gene fruitless that encodes a zinc finger protein with a BTB domain
TL;DR: It is suggested that fru functions downstream of tra in the sex-determination cascade in some neural cells and that inappropriate sexual development of these cells in the fru mutants results in altered sexual orientation of the fly.
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Mutations in the Novel Membrane Protein Spinster Interfere with Programmed Cell Death and Cause Neural Degeneration in Drosophila melanogaster
Yoshiro Nakano,Kazuko Fujitani,Joyce Kurihara,Janet Ragan,Kazue Usui-Aoki,Lori Shimoda,Tamas Lukacsovich,Keiko Suzuki,Keiko Suzuki,Mariko Sezaki,Yumiko Sano,Ryu Ueda,Wakae Awano,Mizuho Kaneda,Masato Umeda,Daisuke Yamamoto,Daisuke Yamamoto +16 more
TL;DR: Analysis of the spin mutant will give new insights into neurodegenerative diseases and aging.
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N-acetyltransferase ARD1-NAT1 regulates neuronal dendritic development.
Noriaki Ohkawa,Shunichiro Sugisaki,Shunichiro Sugisaki,Eri Tokunaga,Kazuko Fujitani,Takahiro Hayasaka,Takahiro Hayasaka,Mitsutoshi Setou,Mitsutoshi Setou,Kaoru Inokuchi,Kaoru Inokuchi +10 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that the ARD1–NAT1 complex has acetyltransferase activity against microtubules in dendrites, a novel mechanism that is required for dendritic arborization during neuronal development.
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Estrogen protects the inner retina from apoptosis and ischemia-induced loss of Vesl-1L/Homer 1c immunoreactive synaptic connections.
Simon Kaja,Shao-Hua Yang,Jiao Wei,Kazuko Fujitani,Ran Liu,Anne-Marie Brun-Zinkernagel,James W. Simpkins,Kaoru Inokuchi,Peter Koulen +8 more
TL;DR: Estrogen protects neurons in the GCL including RGCs from both apoptosis and early changes in synaptic connections associated with ischemia and potentially preceding apoptosis, suggesting immunoreactivity for V-1L can be used for early changes before more severe neurodegenerative events.
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The microtubule destabilizer stathmin mediates the development of dendritic arbors in neuronal cells
TL;DR: It is shown that stathmin, a microtubule destabilizing factor, is downregulated at both the expression and activity levels during cerebellar development, and this down-regulation contributes to dendritic arborization.