Masakatsu Watanabe

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1 Fast manipulation of cellular cAMP level by light in vivo. Nat Methods 2006 2.15
2 Archaeal-type rhodopsins in Chlamydomonas: model structure and intracellular localization. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003 2.09
3 Divergent selection on opsins drives incipient speciation in Lake Victoria cichlids. PLoS Biol 2006 2.08
4 A blue-light-activated adenylyl cyclase mediates photoavoidance in Euglena gracilis. Nature 2002 2.06
5 Why green fluorescent fusion proteins have not been observed in the vacuoles of higher plants. Plant J 2003 1.99
6 Involvement of Delta/Notch signaling in zebrafish adult pigment stripe patterning. Development 2013 1.79
7 Pigment pattern in jaguar/obelix zebrafish is caused by a Kir7.1 mutation: implications for the regulation of melanosome movement. PLoS Genet 2006 1.53
8 UVA1 genotoxicity is mediated not by oxidative damage but by cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers in normal mouse skin. J Invest Dermatol 2008 1.53
9 Two-step mechanism of photodamage to photosystem II: step 1 occurs at the oxygen-evolving complex and step 2 occurs at the photochemical reaction center. Biochemistry 2005 1.50
10 Action spectrum analysis of UVR genotoxicity for skin: the border wavelengths between UVA and UVB can bring serious mutation loads to skin. J Invest Dermatol 2013 1.47
11 UV tolerance in the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae. J Insect Physiol 2009 1.19
12 Biochemical and functional characterization of BLUF-type flavin-binding proteins of two species of cyanobacteria. J Biochem 2005 1.18
13 Melanophore migration and survival during zebrafish adult pigment stripe development require the immunoglobulin superfamily adhesion molecule Igsf11. PLoS Genet 2012 1.08
14 B chromosomes have a functional effect on female sex determination in Lake Victoria cichlid fishes. PLoS Genet 2011 1.08
15 Novel photosensory two-component system (PixA-NixB-NixC) involved in the regulation of positive and negative phototaxis of cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Plant Cell Physiol 2011 1.06
16 Photoactivated adenylyl cyclase controls phototaxis in the flagellate Euglena gracilis. Plant Physiol 2003 1.04
17 Crystal structure of archaeosine tRNA-guanine transglycosylase. J Mol Biol 2002 1.03
18 Phylogeny of primary photosynthetic eukaryotes as deduced from slowly evolving nuclear genes. Mol Biol Evol 2007 1.03
19 A monochromatic action spectrum for the photoinduction of the UV-absorbing mycosporine-like amino acid shinorine in the red alga Chondrus crispus. Photochem Photobiol 2004 0.94
20 cimp1, a novel astacin family metalloproteinase gene from East African cichlids, is differentially expressed between species during growth. Mol Biol Evol 2005 0.88
21 Kinetic analysis of the activation of photoactivated adenylyl cyclase (PAC), a blue-light receptor for photomovements of Euglena. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2005 0.84
22 Flagellar motions in phototactic steering in a brown algal swarmer. Photochem Photobiol 2009 0.84
23 Action spectrum for expression of the high intensity light-inducible Lhc-like gene Lhl4 in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Cell Physiol 2006 0.83
24 magp4 gene may contribute to the diversification of cichlid morphs and their speciation. Gene 2006 0.83
25 Photocycle features of heterologously expressed and assembled eukaryotic flavin-binding BLUF domains of photoactivated adenylyl cyclase (PAC), a blue-light receptor in Euglena gracilis. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2005 0.83
26 UV radiation elevates arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase activity and melatonin content in the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae. J Insect Physiol 2008 0.83
27 Origins of a cyanobacterial 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase in plastid-lacking eukaryotes. BMC Evol Biol 2008 0.82
28 Extensive analysis of EST sequences reveals that all cichlid species in Lake Victoria share almost identical transcript sets. Gene 2008 0.82
29 Tetraspanin 3c requirement for pigment cell interactions and boundary formation in zebrafish adult pigment stripes. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2014 0.82
30 Complex array of endobionts in Petalomonas sphagnophila, a large heterotrophic euglenid protist from Sphagnum-dominated peatlands. ISME J 2010 0.80
31 Very strong UV-A light temporally separates the photoinhibition of photosystem II into light-induced inactivation and repair. Biochim Biophys Acta 2006 0.79
32 Genetic and biochemical characterization of EshA, a protein that forms large multimers and affects developmental processes in Streptomyces griseus. J Biol Chem 2002 0.79
33 An unidentified ultraviolet-B-specific photoreceptor mediates transcriptional activation of the cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer photolyase gene in plants. Planta 2008 0.79
34 Distinct responses of chloroplasts to blue and green laser microbeam irradiations in the centric diatom Pleurosira laevis. Photochem Photobiol 2007 0.78
35 Blue and red light-induced germination of resting spores in the red-tide diatom Leptocylindrus danicus. Photochem Photobiol 2011 0.77
36 Structural change of a cofactor binding site of flavoprotein detected by single-protein fluorescence spectroscopy at 1.5 k. Phys Rev Lett 2011 0.77
37 Time course and spacial distribution of UV effects on human skin in organ culture. J Radiat Res 2008 0.77
38 Differentiation of photocycle characteristics of flavin-binding BLUF domains of α- and β-subunits of photoactivated adenylyl cyclase of Euglena gracilis. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2010 0.77
39 The origin of photoactivated adenylyl cyclase (PAC), the Euglena blue-light receptor: phylogenetic analysis of orthologues of PAC subunits from several euglenoids and trypanosome-type adenylyl cyclases from Euglena gracilis. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2004 0.76
40 Characterization of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AANAT) activities and action spectrum for suppression in the band-legged cricket, Dianemobius nigrofasciatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2009 0.75
41 Black, yellow, or silver: which one leads skin pattern formation? Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2014 0.75
42 Action spectrum for the suppression of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase activity in the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae. Photochem Photobiol 2008 0.75
43 Photomanipulation of antibiotic susceptibility and biofilm formation of Escherichia coli heterologously expressing photoactivated adenylyl cyclase. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2012 0.75
44 Increased levels of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine in Drosophila larval DNA after irradiation with 364-nm laser light but not with X-rays. Photochem Photobiol 2007 0.75
45 Action spectra of apoptosis induction and reproductive cell death in L5178Y cells in the UV-B region. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2004 0.75
46 Possible involvement of a tetrahydrobiopterin in photoreception for UV-B-induced anthocyanin synthesis in carrot. Photochem Photobiol 2014 0.75
47 Identification of photoactivated adenylyl cyclases in Naegleria australiensis and BLUF-containing protein in Naegleria fowleri. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2013 0.75