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2024

  • Optimizing codon usage and gene evolution in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Yuiki Kondo, Soshi Kubo, Yamato Yoshida. CYTOLOGIA 89(3) 187-195.

  • Simple prerequisite of presequence for mitochondrial protein import in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Riko Hirata, Yuko Mogi, Kohei Takahashi, Hisayoshi Nozaki, Tetsuya Higashiyama, Yamato Yoshida. Journal of Cell Science 137 (14).

 

2021

  • CZON-cutter – a CRISPR-Cas9 system for multiplexed organelle imaging in a simple unicellular alga. Naoto Tanaka, Yuko Mogi, Takayuki Fujiwara, Kannosuke Yabe, Yukiho Toyama, Tetsuya Higashiyama, Yamato Yoshida. Journal of Cell Science 134 (21).

2019

  • Yoshida, Y. and Taniguchi, Y. (2019). Simultaneous single-cell measurements demonstrate a positive correlation between RNA copy number for mitochondrial division and fusion genes and mitochondrial fragmentation. Cytologia 84, 15–23

  • Yoshida, Y. and Mogi, Y. (2019) How do plastids and mitochondria divide? Microscopy 68, 45-56.

  • Ohno, M., Ando, T., Priest, D.G., Kumar, V., Yoshida, Y., and Taniguchi, Y. (2019). Sub-nucleosomal genome structure reveals distinct nucleosome folding motifs. Cell 176, 520-534.e25

2018

  • Yoshida, Y. (2018). The cellular machineries responsible for the division of endosymbiotic organelles. J. Plant Res. 131, 727-734.

  • Yoshida, Y. (2018). Insights into the mechanisms of chloroplast division. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 19, 733

  • Imoto, Y. and Yoshida, Y. (2018) Cellular structure of Cyanidioschyzon merolae: A minimum set of organelles. Cyanidioschyzon merolae: A New Model Eukaryote for Cell and Organelle Biology. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-6101-1_2

  • Yoshida, Y., Imoto, Y. and Yagisawa, F. (2018) Isolation of dividing organelles from Cyanidioschyzon merolae cells. Cyanidioschyzon merolae: A New Model Eukaryote for Cell and Organelle Biology. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-6101-1_4

  • Yoshida, Y., Sakamoto, Y., Iwasaki, K., Maruyama, S. and Matsunaga, S. (2018) Double-membrane-bounded organelles: Recent findings regarding division, inheritance, structure, and evolution of the nucleus, mitochondria, and chloroplasts. Cyanidioschyzon merolae: A New Model Eukaryote for Cell and Organelle Biology. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-6101-1_14

  • Yoshida, Y. and Imoto, Y. (2018) Regulation of organelle and cell division by cytoskeletal and motor proteins in Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Cyanidioschyzon merolae: A New Model Eukaryote for Cell and Organelle Biology. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-6101-1_16

2017

  • Yoshida, Y., Kuroiwa, H., Shimada, T., Yoshida, M., Ohnuma, M., Fujiwara, T., Imoto, Y., Yagisawa, F., Nishida, K., Hirooka, S., Misumi, O., Mogi, Y., Akakabe, Y., Matsushita, K., Kuroiwa, T. (2017) Glycosyltransferase MDR1 assembles a dividing ring for mitochondrial proliferation comprising polyglucan nanofilaments. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 114, 13284–13289.

  • Yoshida, Y. (2017) Decoding mechanism of plastid division: structure and kinetics of the plastid-dividing machinery. Plant Morphology 29, 99-105.

  • 吉田大和，谷口雄一．(2017) 多階層シングルセルオミクス解析．実験医学別冊『シングルセル解析 実験ガイド』，羊土社，296-301項

2016

  • Yoshida, Y., Mogi, Y., Allan, D. T. and Osteryoung, K. W. (2016) Chloroplast FtsZ assembles a contractible ring via a tubulin-like two-step-polymerization. Nature Plants 2, 16095

2013

  • Yoshida, Y., Fujiwara, T., Imoto, Y., Yoshida, M., Ohnuma, M., Hirooka, S., Misumi, O., Kuroiwa, H., Kato, S., Matsunaga, S. and Kuroiwa. T. (2013) The kinesin-like protein TOP promotes Aurora localisation and induces mitochondrial, chloroplast and nuclear division. J. Cell Sci. 126, 2392-2400.

  • Imoto, Y., Kuroiwa, H., Yoshida, Y., Ohnuma, M., Fujiwara, T., Yoshida, M., Nishida, K., Yagisawa, F., Hirooka, S., Miyagishima, S., Misumi, O., Kawano, S. and Kuroiwa, T. (2013) Single-membrane-bounded peroxisome division revealed by isolation of dynamin-based machinery. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110, 9583-9588.

  • TerBush, A. D., Yoshida, Y. and Osteryoung, K. W. (2013) FtsZ in chloroplast division: structure, function and evolution. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 25 , 461-470.

2012

  • Yoshida, Y., Kuroiwa, H., Misumi, O., Yoshida, M., Ohnuma, M., Fujiwara, T., Yagisawa, F., Hirooka, S., Imoto, Y., Matsushita, K., Kawano, S. and Kuroiwa, T. (2012) Identification of the plastid division gene PDR1. Plant Morphology 24, 81-88.

  • Yoshida, Y., Miyagishima, S., Kuroiwa, H. and Kuroiwa, T. (2012) The plastid-dividing mahcinery: formation, constriction and fission. Curr. Opin. in Plant Biol. 15, 714-721.

2011

  • Yoshida, M., Yoshida, Y., Fujiwara, F., Misumi, O., Kuroiwa, H. and Kuroiwa, T. (2011) Proteomic comparison between interphase and metaphase of isolated chloroplasts of Cyanidioschyzon merolae (Cyanidiophyceae, Rhodophyta). Phycol. Res. 59, 1-15.

  • Imoto, Y., Yoshida, Y., Yagisawa, F., Kuroiwa, H. and Kuroiwa, T. (2011) The cell cycle, including the mitotic cycle and organelle division cycles, as revealed by cytological observations. J. Electron Microsc. 60 Suppl 1, S117-136.

2010

  • Yoshida, Y., Kuroiwa, H, Misumi, O., Yoshida, M., Ohnuma, M, Fujiwara, T., Yagisawa, F., Hirooka, S., Imoto, Y., Matsushita, K, Kawano, S. and Kuroiwa, T. (2010) Chloroplasts divide by contraction of a bundle of nanofilaments consisting of polyglucan. Science 329, 949-953.

  • Fujiwara, T., Kuroiwa, H., Yagisawa, F., Ohnuma, M., Yoshida, Y., Yoshida, M, Nishida, K., Misumi, O., Watanabe, S., Tanaka, K. and Kuroiwa, T. (2010) The Coiled-Coil Protein VIG1 Is Essential for Tethering Vacuoles to Mitochondria during Vacuole Inheritance of Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Plant Cell 22, 772-781.

  • 吉田大和，黒岩常祥．(2010) シゾンを用いた色素体・ミトコンドリア分裂機構の解析．生物工学会誌，88巻9号，464-467．

  • 大沼みお，吉田大和，今村壮輔，田中寛，黒岩常祥．(2010) シゾンの分子遺伝学的解析法の開発．生物工学会誌，88巻9号，473-476．

2009

  • Yoshida, Y., Kuroiwa, H., Hirooka, S., Fujiwara, T., Ohnuma, M, Yoshida, M, Misumi, O., Kawano, S. and Kuroiwa, T. (2009) A bacterial ZapA-like protein ZED is required for mitochondrial division. Curr. Biol. 19, 1491-1497.

  • Fujiwara, T., Misumi, O., Tashiro, K., Yoshida, Y., Nishida, K., Yagisawa, F., Imamura, S., Yoshida, M., Mori, T., Tanaka, K., Kuroiwa, H. and Kuroiwa, T. (2009) Periodic gene expression patterns during the highly synchronized cell nucleus and organelle division cycles in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. DNA Res. 74, 1.

  • Yagisawa, F., Nishida, K., Yoshida, M., Ohnuma, M., Shimada, T., Fujiwara, T., Yoshida, Y., Misumi, O., Kuroiwa, H. and Kuroiwa, T. (2009) Identification of novel proteins in isolated polyphosphate vacuoles in the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Plant J. 60, 882-893.

  • Hirooka, S., Misumi, O., Yoshida, M., Mori, T., Yagisawa, F., Yoshida, Y., Fujiwara, T., Kuroiwa, H. and Kuroiwa, T. (2009) Expression of the Cyanidioschyzon merolae stromal ascorbate peroxidase in Arabidopsis thaliana enhances thermotolerance. Plant Cell Rep. 28, 1881-1893.

  • Imoto, Y., Fujiwara, T., Yoshida, Y., Kuroiwa, H., Maruyama, S. and Kuroiwa, T. (2009) Division of cell nuclei, mitochondria, plastids, and microbodies mediated by mitotic spindle poles in the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Protoplasma 241, 63-74.

2008

  • Yoshida, Y., Nishida, K., Kuroiwa, T. and Kawano, S. (2008) Novel dynamics of FtsZ ring before plastid abscission. Cytologia 73, 197-201.

  • Misumi, O., Yoshida, Y., Nishida, K., Fujiwara, T., Sakajiri, T, Hirooka, S., Nishimura, Y. and Kuroiwa, T. Genome analysis and its significance in four unicellular algae, Cyanidioschyzon merolae, Ostreococcus tauri, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, and Thalassiosira pseudonana. J Plant Res. 121, 3-17.

  • Kuroiwa, T., Misumi, O., Nishida, K., Yagisawa, F., Yoshida, Y., Fujiwara, T. and Kuroiwa, H. (2008) Vesicle, mitochondrial, and plastid division machineries with emphasis on dynamin and electron-dense rings. Int. Rev. Cell Mol. Biol. 271, 97-152.

2007

  • Nozaki, H., Takano, H., Misumi, O., Terasawa, K., Matsuzaki, M., Maruyama, S., Nishida, K., Yagisawa, F., Yoshida, Y., Fujiwara, T., Takio, S., Tamura, K., Chung, S. J., Nakamura, S., Kuroiwa, H., Tanaka, K., Sato, N. and Kuroiwa, T. (2007) A 100%-complete sequence reveals unusually simple genomic features in the hot-spring red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. BMC Biol. 5, 28.

  • Nishida, K., Yagisawa, F., Kuroiwa, H., Yoshida, Y. and Kuroiwa, T. (2007) WD40 protein Mda1 is purified with Dnm1 and forms a dividing ring for mitochondria before Dnm1 in Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104, 4736-4741.

2006

  • Yoshida, Y., Kuroiwa, H., Misumi, O., Nishida, K., Yagisawa, F., Fujiwara, T., Nanamiya, H., Kawamura, F. and Kuroiwa, T. (2006) Isolated chloroplast division machinery can actively constrict after stretching. Science 313, 1435-1438.

  • Kuroiwa, T., Nishida, K., Yoshida, Y., Fujiwara, T., Mori, T., Kuroiwa, H. and Misumi, O. (2006) Structure, function and evolution of the mitochondrial division apparatus. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1763, 510-521.

2005

  • Misumi, O., Matsuzaki, M., Nozaki, H., Miyagishima, S. Y., Mori, T., Nishida, K., Yagisawa, F., Yoshida, Y., Kuroiwa, H. and Kuroiwa, T. (2005) Cyanidioschyzon merolae genome. A tool for facilitating comparable studies on organelle biogenesis in plant photosynthetic eukaryotes. Plant Physiology 137, 567-585.

2004

  • Matsuzaki, M., Misumi, O., Shin-I, T., Maruyama, S., Takahara, M., Miyagishima, S. Y., Mori, T., Nishida, K., Yagisawa, F., Nishida, K., Yoshida, Y., Nishimura, Y., Nakao, S., Kobayashi, T., Momoyama, Y., Higashiyama, T., Minoda, A., Sano, M., Nomoto, H., Oishi, K., Hayashi, H., Ohta, F., Nishizaka, S.,Haga, S., Miura, S., Morishita, T., Kabeya, Y., Terasawa, K., Suzuki, Y., Ishii, Y., Asakawa, S., Takano, H., Ohta, N., Kuroiwa, H., Tanaka, K., Shimizu, N., Sugano, S., Sato, N., Nozaki, H., Ogasawara, N., Kohara, Y. and Kuroiwa, T. (2004) Genome sequence of the ultrasmall unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D. Nature 428, 653-657.

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