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Masanori Taira

Masanori Taira

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
46
Citations
8858
World Ranking
2806
National Ranking
209

Overview

Masanori Taira is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and specializes in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily focuses on Molecular Biology, with significant work also in Cell Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Plant Science. The scientist's work covers several key topics in developmental biology and gene regulation, genomics and chromatin dynamics, congenital heart defects research, Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer, RNA research and splicing, cellular mechanics and interactions, and Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ.

Recent papers authored by Masanori Taira include the following:

  • "Asymmetric requirement of Dpp/BMP morphogen dispersal in the Drosophila wing disc," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "LIM homeodomain proteins and associated partners: Then and now," 2021, Current topics in developmental biology/Current Topics in Developmental Biology
  • "Quantitative analyses reveal extracellular dynamics of Wnt ligands in Xenopus embryos," 2021, eLife
  • "Uncovering the mesendoderm gene regulatory network through multi-omic data integration," 2022, Cell Reports
  • "The Helicobacter pylori CagA oncoprotein disrupts Wnt/PCP signaling and promotes hyperproliferation of pyloric gland base cells," 2023, Science Signaling

Masanori Taira frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Development Growth & Differentiation
  • Nature Communications
  • Current topics in developmental biology/Current Topics in Developmental Biology
  • eLife

Frequent co-authors of Masanori Taira include:

  • Yusuke Mii
  • Aaron M. Zorn
  • Tatsuo Michiue
  • Yumeko Satou-Kobayashi
  • Toshinori Hayashi

Best Publications

  • Genome evolution in the allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis

    Adam M. Session;Adam M. Session;Yoshinobu Uno;Taejoon Kwon;Taejoon Kwon;Jarrod A. Chapman

  • The LIM domain-containing homeo box gene Xlim-1 is expressed specifically in the organizer region of Xenopus gastrula embryos.

    Masanori Taira;Milan Jamrich;Peter J. Good;Igor B. Dawid

  • Interactions of the LIM-domain-binding factor Ldb1 with LIM homeodomain proteins

    Alan D. Agulnick;Masanori Taira;Masanori Taira;Joseph J. Breen;Tomohiro Tanaka

  • cDNA sequence of human transforming gene hst and identification of the coding sequence required for transforming activity.

    Masanori Taira;Teruhiko Yoshida;Kiyoshi Miyagawa;Hiromi Sakamoto

  • Transforming gene from human stomach cancers and a noncancerous portion of stomach mucosa.

    Hiromi Sakamoto;Midori Mori;Masanori Taira;Teruhiko Yoshida

  • FGFR-related gene nou-darake restricts brain tissues to the head region of planarians

    Francesc Cebrià;Chiyoko Kobayashi;Yoshihiko Umesono;Masumi Nakazawa

  • LIM domain proteins.

    Dawid Ib;Toyama R;Taira M

  • Secreted Frizzled-related proteins enhance the diffusion of Wnt ligands and expand their signalling range

    Yusuke Mii;Masanori Taira

  • The Xenopus receptor tyrosine kinase Xror2 modulates morphogenetic movements of the axial mesoderm and neuroectoderm via Wnt signaling.

    Hiroki Hikasa;Mikihito Shibata;Ichiro Hiratani;Masanori Taira

  • Control of hippocampal morphogenesis and neuronal differentiation by the LIM homeobox gene Lhx5.

    Yangu Zhao;Hui Z. Sheng;Reshad Amini;Alexander Grinberg

  • Expression patterns of the murine LIM class homeobox gene lim1 in the developing brain and excretory system.

    Tetsuya Fujii;Jose G. Pichel;Masanori Taira;Reiko Toyama

  • EXPRESSION PATTERN OF THE MURINE LIM CLASS HOMEOBOX GENE LHX3 IN SUBSETS OF NEURAL AND NEUROENDOCRINE TISSUES

    Alexander B. Zhadanov;Stefano Bertuzzi;Masanori Taira;Igor B. Dawid

  • XMAN1, an inner nuclear membrane protein, antagonizes BMP signaling by interacting with Smad1 in Xenopus embryos.

    Shin-Ichi Osada;Shin-ya Ohmori;Masanori Taira

  • Expression of the LIM class homeobox gene Xlim-1 in pronephros and CNS cell lineages of Xenopus embryos is affected by retinoic acid and exogastrulation.

    Masanori Taira;Hiroki Otani;Milan Jamrich;Igor B. Dawid

  • A dominant negative bone morphogenetic protein 4 receptor causes neuralization in Xenopus ectoderm.

    Ren He Xu;Jaebong Kim;Masanori Taira;Shuning Zhan

  • Tol2 transposon-mediated transgenesis in Xenopus tropicalis

    Michelle R. Johnson Hamlet;Donald A. Yergeau;Emin Kuliyev;Masatoshi Takeda

  • Secreted Wnt "inhibitors" are not just inhibitors : Regulation of extracellular Wnt by secreted Frizzled-related proteins

    Yusuke Mii;Masanori Taira

  • Inversely repeating integrated hepatitis B virus DNA and cellular flanking sequences in the human hepatoma-derived cell line huSP

    Hiroshi Mizusawa;Masanori Taira;Katsuyuki Yaginuma;Midori Kobayashi

  • YAP and TAZ, Hippo Signaling Targets, Act as a Rheostat for Nuclear SHP2 Function

    Ryouhei Tsutsumi;Mohammad Masoudi;Atsushi Takahashi;Yumiko Fujii

  • Erratum: Role of the LIM class homeodomain protein Xlim-1 in neural and muscle induction by the Spemann organizer in Xenopus (Nature (1994) 372 (677-679))

    Masanori Taira;Hiroki Otani;Jean Pierre Saint-Jeannet;Igor B. Dawid

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor B. Dawid
Igor B. Dawid National Institutes of Health
Yoichi Matsuda
Yoichi Matsuda Nagoya University
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
Shinji Takada
Shinji Takada National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Makoto Asashima
Makoto Asashima Teikyo University
Asao Fujiyama
Asao Fujiyama National Institute of Genetics
Naoto Ueno
Naoto Ueno National Institute for Basic Biology
Heiner Westphal
Heiner Westphal National Institutes of Health
Koichi Kawakami
Koichi Kawakami National Institute of Genetics
Aaron M. Zorn
Aaron M. Zorn Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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