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Noriko Funayama
Researcher at Kyoto University
Publications - 36
Citations - 3463
Noriko Funayama is an academic researcher from Kyoto University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sponge & Stem cell. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 35 publications receiving 3284 citations. Previous affiliations of Noriko Funayama include Kitasato University & Tokyo Metropolitan University.
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Embryonic axis induction by the armadillo repeat domain of beta-catenin: evidence for intracellular signaling.
TL;DR: It is proposed that overexpression of beta-Catenin in the ventral side of the early Xenopus embryo, by injection of synthetic beta-catenin mRNA, induces the formation of a complete secondary body axis and that beta- catenin acts in this circumstance as an intracellular signaling molecule.
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Perturbation of cell adhesion and microvilli formation by antisense oligonucleotides to ERM family members.
Kosei Takeuchi,N Sato,Hideko Kasahara,Noriko Funayama,Akira Nagafuchi,Shigenobu Yonemura,S Tsukita +6 more
TL;DR: Data indicate that ezrin and radixin can be functionally substituted, that moesin has some synergetic functional interaction with eZrin and Radixin, and that these ERM family members are involved in cell-cell and cell-substrate adhesion, as well as microvilli formation.
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A gene family consisting of ezrin, radixin and moesin. Its specific localization at actin filament/plasma membrane association sites.
TL;DR: It is concluded that at least one of the members of the ezrin-radixin-moesin family is concentrated at specific regions where actin filaments are densely associated with plasma membranes.
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The innate immune repertoire in Cnidaria - ancestral complexity and stochastic gene loss
David J. Miller,Georg Hemmrich,Eldon E. Ball,David C. Hayward,Konstantin Khalturin,Noriko Funayama,Kiyokazu Agata,Thomas C. G. Bosch +7 more
TL;DR: Consideration of these patterns of gene distribution underscores the likely significance of gene loss during animal evolution whilst indicating ancient origins for many components of the vertebrate innate immune system.
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Binding to cadherins antagonizes the signaling activity of beta-catenin during axis formation in Xenopus.
TL;DR: It is concluded that binding to cadherins is not required for beta-catenin signaling, and therefore the signaling function of beta-Catenin is independent of its role in cell adhesion, and it is suggested that Cadherins can act as regulators of the intracellular beta- caten in signaling pathway.