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Naoko Imamoto

Naoko Imamoto

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
14055
World Ranking
13667
National Ranking
958

Overview

Naoko Imamoto is a researcher affiliated with RIKEN in Japan, specializing in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their body of work includes significant contributions to molecular biology, with additional research spanning plant science, physical and theoretical chemistry, physiology, and nutrition and dietetics.

Their research topics focus prominently on RNA research and splicing, nuclear structure and function, and genomics and chromatin dynamics. They have also explored heat shock proteins, chromosomal and genetic variations, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, as well as thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses.

Naoko Imamoto's recent publications include:

  • Single-nucleosome imaging unveils that condensins and nucleosome-nucleosome interactions differentially constrain chromatin to organize mitotic chromosomes (2024, Nature Communications)
  • Methods to separate nuclear soluble fractions reflecting localizations in living cells (2021, iScience)
  • Lack of Hikeshi activates HSF1 activity under normal conditions and disturbs the heat-shock response (2022, Life Science Alliance)
  • The intrinsically disordered N-terminal region of mouse DNA polymerase alpha mediates its interaction with POT1a/b at telomeres (2021, Genes to Cells)
  • Distinct mutations in importin-β family nucleocytoplasmic transport receptors transportin-SR and importin-13 affect specific cargo binding (2021, Scientific Reports)

The frequent co-authors working with Naoko Imamoto include:

  • Yutaka Ogawa
  • Shingo Kose
  • Masatoshi Takagi
  • Kenichiro Imai
  • Ai Watanabe

Their publications are often featured in venues such as Genes to Cells, Nature Communications, iScience, Life Science Alliance, and Scientific Reports. Among these, Genes to Cells has published multiple works by this researcher.

Best Publications

  • Highly inclined thin illumination enables clear single-molecule imaging in cells.

    Makio Tokunaga;Makio Tokunaga;Naoko Imamoto;Kumiko Sakata-Sogawa

  • Cohesin mediates transcriptional insulation by CCCTC-binding factor

    Kerstin S. Wendt;Keisuke Yoshida;Takehiko Itoh;Masashige Bando

  • Acinus is a caspase-3-activated protein required for apoptotic chromatin condensation

    Setsuko Sahara;Mamoru Aoto;Yutaka Eguchi;Naoko Imamoto

  • Extracellular signal‐dependent nuclear import of Stat1 is mediated by nuclear pore‐targeting complex formation with NPI‐1, but not Rch1

    Toshihiro Sekimoto;Naoko Imamoto;Koichi Nakajima;Toshio Hirano

  • The transcriptional network that controls growth arrest and differentiation in a human myeloid leukemia cell line

    Harukazu Suzuki;Alistair R.R. Forrest;Erik Van Nimwegen;Carsten O. Daub

  • Human mitotic chromosomes consist predominantly of irregularly folded nucleosome fibres without a 30-nm chromatin structure

    Yoshinori Nishino;Mikhail Eltsov;Yasumasa Joti;Kazuki Ito

  • β-Catenin Can Be Transported into the Nucleus in a Ran-unassisted Manner

    Fumihiko Yokoya;Naoko Imamoto;Taro Tachibana;Yoshihiro Yoneda

  • Three-dimensional visualization of a human chromosome using coherent X-ray diffraction.

    Yoshinori Nishino;Yukio Takahashi;Naoko Imamoto;Tetsuya Ishikawa

  • In vivo evidence for involvement of a 58 kDa component of nuclear pore-targeting complex in nuclear protein import.

    N Imamoto;T Shimamoto;T Takao;T Tachibana

  • The Structure of Importin-ß Bound to SREBP-2: Nuclear Import of a Transcription Factor

    Soo Jae Lee;Toshihiro Sekimoto;Eiki Yamashita;Emi Nagoshi

  • Live fluorescence imaging reveals early recruitment of emerin, LBR, RanBP2, and Nup153 to reforming functional nuclear envelopes

    Tokuko Haraguchi;Takako Koujin;Tomohiro Hayakawa;Toru Kaneda

  • Ki-67 is a PP1-interacting protein that organises the mitotic chromosome periphery

    Daniel G Booth;Masatoshi Takagi;Luis Sanchez-Pulido;Elizabeth Petfalski

  • Ran-unassisted Nuclear Migration of a 97-kD Component of Nuclear Pore–targeting Complex

    Shingo Kose;Naoko Imamoto;Taro Tachibana;Takuya Shimamoto

  • The nuclear pore-targeting complex binds to nuclear pores after association with a karyophile

    N Imamoto;T Shimamoto;S Kose;T Takao

  • Phosphoproteomics reveals new ERK MAP kinase targets and links ERK to nucleoporin-mediated nuclear transport

    Hidetaka Kosako;Hidetaka Kosako;Nozomi Yamaguchi;Chizuru Aranami;Masato Ushiyama;Masato Ushiyama

  • Antibodies against 70-kD heat shock cognate protein inhibit mediated nuclear import of karyophilic proteins.

    Naoko Imamoto;Yosuke Matsuoka;Toshinao Kurihara;Kenji Kohno

  • The Role of Hklp2 in the Stabilization and Maintenance of Spindle Bipolarity

    David Vanneste;Masatoshi Takagi;Naoko Imamoto;Isabelle Vernos;Isabelle Vernos

  • Differential Modes of Nuclear Localization Signal (NLS) Recognition by Three Distinct Classes of NLS Receptors

    Yoichi Miyamoto;Naoko Imamoto;Toshihiro Sekimoto;Taro Tachibana

  • Local Nucleosome Dynamics Facilitate Chromatin Accessibility in Living Mammalian Cells

    Saera Hihara;Chan-Gi Pack;Kazunari Kaizu;Tomomi Tani

  • A Karyophilic Protein Forms a Stable Complex with Cytoplasmic Components Prior to Nuclear Pore Binding

    Naoko Imamoto;Taro Tachibana;Masami Matsubae;Yoshihiro Yoneda

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshihiro Yoneda
Yoshihiro Yoneda Osaka University
Masato T. Kanemaki
Masato T. Kanemaki National Institute of Genetics
Fumio Hanaoka
Fumio Hanaoka National Institute of Genetics
Toshifumi Takao
Toshifumi Takao Osaka University
Mitsuyoshi Nakao
Mitsuyoshi Nakao Kumamoto University
Tsutomu Hashikawa
Tsutomu Hashikawa RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Chris P. Ponting
Chris P. Ponting University of Edinburgh
Eiichiro Matsubara
Eiichiro Matsubara Kyoto University

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