Makoto Furutani-Seiki

Zebrafish DeltaNp63 is a direct target of Bmp signaling and encodes a transcriptional repressor blocking neural specification in the ventral ectoderm.

Tbx24, encoding a T-box protein, is mutated in the zebrafish somite-segmentation mutant fused somites.

MEPD: a Medaka gene expression pattern database.

Fish genomes flying. Symposium on Medaka Genomics.

An expression pattern screen for genes involved in the induction of the posterior nervous system of zebrafish.

Analysis of Wnt8 for neural posteriorizing factor by identifying Frizzled 8c and Frizzled 9 as functional receptors for Wnt8.

Wnt-5/pipetail functions in vertebrate axis formation as a negative regulator of Wnt/beta-catenin activity.

Zebrafish maternal-effect mutations causing cytokinesis defect without affecting mitosis or equatorial vasa deposition.

Single cell lineage and regionalization of cell populations during Medaka neurulation.

Medaka and zebrafish, an evolutionary twin study.

A systematic genome-wide screen for mutations affecting organogenesis in Medaka, Oryzias latipes.

Mutations affecting somite formation in the Medaka (Oryzias latipes).

Genetic dissection of the formation of the forebrain in Medaka, Oryzias latipes.

Mutations affecting retina development in Medaka.

Mutations affecting retinotectal axonal pathfinding in Medaka, Oryzias latipes.

Mutations affecting the formation of posterior lateral line system in Medaka, Oryzias latipes.

Mutations affecting thymus organogenesis in Medaka, Oryzias latipes.

Mutations affecting liver development and function in Medaka, Oryzias latipes, screened by multiple criteria.

Mutations affecting early distribution of primordial germ cells in Medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryo.

Mutations affecting gonadal development in Medaka, Oryzias latipes.

The Tomita collection of medaka pigmentation mutants as a resource for understanding neural crest cell development.

Identification of radiation-sensitive mutants in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes.

GSD: a genetic screen database.

Current status of medaka genetics and genomics. The Medaka Genome Initiative (MGI).

Integrinalpha5-dependent fibronectin accumulation for maintenance of somite boundaries in zebrafish embryos.

Comparative genomic and expression analysis of group B1 sox genes in zebrafish indicates their diversification during vertebrate evolution.

Transgenic labeling of taste receptor cells in model fish under the control of the 5'-upstream region of medaka phospholipase C-beta 2 gene.

The DNA sequence of medaka chromosome LG22.

Generation of medaka gene knockout models by target-selected mutagenesis.

Conserved function of caspase-8 in apoptosis during bony fish evolution.

The hotei mutation of medaka in the anti-Mullerian hormone receptor causes the dysregulation of germ cell and sexual development.

Radiation hybrid maps of Medaka chromosomes LG 12, 17, and 22.

Noninvasive intravital imaging of thymocyte dynamics in medaka.

Proliferation of germ cells during gonadal sex differentiation in medaka: Insights from germ cell-depleted mutant zenzai.

Distinct contributions of CXCR4b and CXCR7/RDC1 receptor systems in regulation of PGC migration revealed by medaka mutants kazura and yanagi.

WDR55 is a nucleolar modulator of ribosomal RNA synthesis, cell cycle progression, and teleost organ development.

Generation of transgenic medaka expressing claudin7-EGFP for imaging of tight junctions in living medaka embryos.

Ethylnitrosourea-induced thymus-defective mutants identify roles of KIAA1440, TRRAP, and SKIV2L2 in teleost organ development.

Retinoic acid signaling positively regulates liver specification by inducing wnt2bb gene expression in medaka.

Medaka as a model for human nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

The LIM protein Ajuba is required for ciliogenesis and left-right axis determination in medaka.

Comparative genomics of medaka and fugu.

Negative regulation of wnt11 expression by Jnk signaling during zebrafish gastrulation.

Insufficiency of BUBR1, a mitotic spindle checkpoint regulator, causes impaired ciliogenesis in vertebrates.

Structural features and ligand binding properties of tandem WW domains from YAP and TAZ, nuclear effectors of the Hippo pathway.

In vivo imaging of tight junctions using claudin-EGFP transgenic medaka.

Essential techniques for introducing medaka to a zebrafish laboratory--towards the combined use of medaka and zebrafish for further genetic dissection of the function of the vertebrate genome.