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Kunihiro Ohta

Kunihiro Ohta

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Genetics

D-Index
52
Citations
8326
World Ranking
3805
National Ranking
170

Overview

Kunihiro Ohta is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has a research focus primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly work encompasses a broad spectrum of subfields, including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biotechnology, and Surgery.

The scientist's research topics reflect significant interest in areas such as fungal and yeast genetics research, genomics and chromatin dynamics, CRISPR and genetic engineering, DNA repair mechanisms, chromosomal and genetic variations, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kunihiro Ohta include:

  • "Meiotic cohesins mediate initial loading of HORMAD1 to the chromosomes and coordinate SC formation during meiotic prophase" (2020, PLoS Genetics)
  • "Facultative heterochromatin formation in rDNA is essential for cell survival during nutritional starvation" (2022, Nucleic Acids Research)
  • "Glutamine-induced signaling pathways via amino acid receptors in enteroendocrine L cell lines" (2020, Journal of Molecular Endocrinology)
  • "Extended TAQing system for large-scale plant genome reorganization" (2020, The Plant Journal)
  • "Streamlined human antibody generation and optimization by exploiting designed immunoglobulin loci in a B cell line" (2020, Cellular and Molecular Immunology)

Kunihiro Ohta frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Arisa Oda
  • H Hirai
  • Miki Tamura
  • Hidetaka Seo
  • Yuichi Morozumi

The scientist's work is published across several academic venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Communications Biology
  • Genes to Cells
  • PLoS Genetics
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • In vitro effects on microtubule dynamics of purified Xenopus M phase-activated MAP kinase.

    Yukiko Gotoh;Eisuke Nishida;Satoshi Matsuda;Nobuyuki Shiina

  • Distinct roles of two separable in vitro activities of yeast Mre11 in mitotic and meiotic recombination

    Munenori Furuse;Yuko Nagase;Hideo Tsubouchi;Kimiko Murakami-Murofushi

  • Ubc9- and Mms21-Mediated Sumoylation Counteracts Recombinogenic Events at Damaged Replication Forks

    Dana Branzei;Julie Sollier;Giordano Liberi;Xiaolan Zhao

  • Stepwise chromatin remodelling by a cascade of transcription initiation of non-coding RNAs

    Kouji Hirota;Kouji Hirota;Tomoichiro Miyoshi;Kazuto Kugou;Charles S. Hoffman

  • Changes in chromatin structure at recombination initiation sites during yeast meiosis.

    K Ohta;T Shibata;A Nicolas

  • Ino80 Chromatin Remodeling Complex Promotes Recovery of Stalled Replication Forks

    Kenji Shimada;Yukako Oma;Thomas Schleker;Kazuto Kugou

  • Subaru Deep Survey. IV. Discovery of a Large-Scale Structure at Redshift \simeq 5

    K. Shimasaku;M. Ouchi;S. Okamura;N. Kashikawa

  • Subaru Deep Survey. IV. Discovery of a Large-Scale Structure at Redshift ≃5*

    K. Shimasaku;M. Ouchi;S. Okamura;N. Kashikawa

  • Roles of histone acetylation and chromatin remodeling factor in a meiotic recombination hotspot

    Takatomi Yamada;Ken-ichi Mizuno;Kouji Hirota;Ning Kon

  • Mitogen-activated-protein-kinase-catalyzed phosphorylation of microtubule-associated proteins, microtubule-associated protein 2 and microtubule-associated protein 4, induces an alteration in their function.

    Minako Hoshi;Kunihiro Ohta;Yukiko Gotoh;Akiko Mori

  • Competition between the Rad50 Complex and the Ku Heterodimer Reveals a Role for Exo1 in Processing Double-Strand Breaks but Not Telomeres

    Kazunori Tomita;Akira Matsuura;Thomas Caspari;Antony M. Carr

  • The mitotic apparatus-associated 51-kDa protein from sea urchin eggs is a GTP-binding protein and is immunologically related to yeast polypeptide elongation factor 1 alpha.

    K Ohta;M Toriyama;M Miyazaki;H Murofushi

  • Cdc7-dependent phosphorylation of Mer2 facilitates initiation of yeast meiotic recombination

    Hiroyuki Sasanuma;Kouji Hirota;Tomoyuki Fukuda;Naoko Kakusho

  • Mutations in the MRE11, RAD50, XRS2, and MRE2 genes alter chromatin configuration at meiotic DNA double-stranded break sites in premeiotic and meiotic cells

    Kunihiro Ohta;Alain Nicolas;Munenori Furuse;Akira Nabetani

  • Regulation of a major microtubule-associated protein by MPF and MAP kinase.

    N. Shiina;T. Moriguchi;K. Ohta;Y. Gotoh

  • Ctp1CtIP and Rad32Mre11 nuclease activity are required for Rec12Spo11 removal, but Rec12Spo11 removal is dispensable for other MRN-dependent meiotic functions.

    Edgar Hartsuiker;Kenichi Mizuno;Monika Molnar;Juerg Kohli

  • Targeted Stimulation of Meiotic Recombination

    Ana Peciña;Kathleen N. Smith;Christine Mézard;Hajime Murakami

  • B-type cyclins CLB5 and CLB6 control the initiation of recombination and synaptonemal complex formation in yeast meiosis.

    Kathleen N Smith;Alexandra Penkner;Kunihiro Ohta;Franz Klein

  • A DNA unwinding factor involved in DNA replication in cell-free extracts of Xenopus eggs.

    Koji Okuhara;Kunihiro Ohta;Hidetaka Seo;Masaki Shioda

  • Rec8 Guides Canonical Spo11 Distribution along Yeast Meiotic Chromosomes

    Kazuto Kugou;Tomoyuki Fukuda;Shintaro Yamada;Masaru Ito

Frequent Co-Authors

Michitoshi Yoshida
Michitoshi Yoshida National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Takehiko Shibata
Takehiko Shibata Yokohama City University
Masayuki Akiyama
Masayuki Akiyama Tohoku University
Yuichi Matsuda
Yuichi Matsuda The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Kotaro Kohno
Kotaro Kohno University of Tokyo
Rob Ivison
Rob Ivison European Southern Observatory
Toru Yamada
Toru Yamada Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Hikoichi Sakai
Hikoichi Sakai University of Tokyo
Yasushi Hiraoka
Yasushi Hiraoka Osaka University
Alain Nicolas
Alain Nicolas Institute Curie

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