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Ritsu Kamiya

Ritsu Kamiya

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
10996
World Ranking
9910
National Ranking
666

Overview

Ritsu Kamiya is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research intersects multiple domains within the broader fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Materials Science. The subfields of their work notably include Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Genetics, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their scientific contributions are reflected in several recent publications spanning a range of topics and journals. Notable papers include: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii tubulin-gene disruptants for efficient isolation of strains bearing tubulin mutations (2020, PLoS ONE); X-Ray Shielding Polymer Based on Sequential Polycondensation of BiPh3 and Carboxylic Acids and Radical Polymerization (2025, Polymers); Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Tubulin-Gene Disruptants for Efficient Isolation of Strains Bearing Novel Tubulin Mutations (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)); IC2 participates in the cooperative activation of outer arm dynein densely attached to microtubules (2023, Cell Structure and Function); and Detection of Genetically Encoded Crmt2-Tag on the Axoneme of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii by Cryo-Electron Tomography (2024, SSRN Electronic Journal).

The research topics tackled by Kamiya include a significant focus on microtubule and mitosis dynamics, as well as photosynthetic processes and mechanisms. Their work also covers genetic and kidney cyst diseases, algal biology and biofuel production, micro and nano robotics, radiation shielding materials analysis, and nuclear materials and radiation effects.

Collaborations feature frequently in Kamiya's work, with consistent coauthorship alongside the following researchers: Toshiki Yagi, Takako Kato-Minoura, Stephen M. King, Yutaro Ogiwara, and Takashi Yamano. These partnerships underscore a multidisciplinary approach in both biological and materials science research.

Publication venues where Kamiya has disseminated research findings include PLoS ONE, Polymers, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell Structure and Function, and SSRN Electronic Journal. These platforms reflect the scientist's engagement with both peer-reviewed and preprint scholarly communication.

Best Publications

  • Ktu/PF13 is required for cytoplasmic pre-assembly of axonemal dyneins

    Heymut Omran;Daisuke Kobayashi;Daisuke Kobayashi;Heike Olbrich;Tatsuya Tsukahara

  • Submicromolar levels of calcium control the balance of beating between the two flagella in demembranated models of Chlamydomonas.

    Ritsu Kamiya;George B. Witman

  • SAS-6 is a Cartwheel Protein that Establishes the 9-Fold Symmetry of the Centriole

    Yuki Nakazawa;Madoka Hiraki;Ritsu Kamiya;Masafumi Hirono

  • Functional diversity of axonemal dyneins as studied in Chlamydomonas mutants.

    Ritsu Kamiya

  • Radial spoke proteins of Chlamydomonas flagella

    Pinfen Yang;Dennis R. Diener;Chun Yang;Takahiro Kohno

  • A mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii that lacks the flagellar outer dynein arm but can swim.

    Ritsu Kamiya;Mitsumasa Okamoto

  • Tubulin polyglutamylation regulates axonemal motility by modulating activities of inner-arm dyneins.

    Tomohiro Kubo;Haru-aki Yanagisawa;Toshiki Yagi;Masafumi Hirono

  • Rotation of the central pair microtubules in eukaryotic flagella.

    Charlotte K. Omoto;Ian R. Gibbons;Ritsu Kamiya;Chikako Shingyoji

  • Polarity and asymmetry in the arrangement of dynein and related structures in the Chlamydomonas axoneme

    Khanh Huy Bui;Toshiki Yagi;Ryosuke Yamamoto;Ritsu Kamiya

  • A Chlamydomonas outer arm dynein mutant with a truncated beta heavy chain

    Hitoshi Sakakibara;Saeko Takada;Stephen M. King;George B. Witman

  • Bld10p constitutes the cartwheel-spoke tip and stabilizes the 9-fold symmetry of the centriole.

    Madoka Hiraki;Yuki Nakazawa;Ritsu Kamiya;Masafumi Hirono

  • Bld10p, a novel protein essential for basal body assembly in Chlamydomonas: localization to the cartwheel, the first ninefold symmetrical structure appearing during assembly.

    Kumi Matsuura;Paul A. Lefebvre;Ritsu Kamiya;Masafumi Hirono

  • A molecular ruler determines the repeat length in eukaryotic cilia and flagella.

    Toshiyuki Oda;Haruaki Yanagisawa;Ritsu Kamiya;Ritsu Kamiya;Masahide Kikkawa

  • Identification of dyneins that localize exclusively to the proximal portion of Chlamydomonas flagella

    Toshiki Yagi;Toshiki Yagi;Keigo Uematsu;Zhongmei Liu;Ritsu Kamiya

  • Localization and stoichiometry of hook-associated proteins within Salmonella typhimurium flagella.

    T Ikeda;M Homma;T Iino;S Asakura

  • Microtubule sliding in mutant Chlamydomonas axonemes devoid of outer or inner dynein arms.

    Tsuyoshi Okagaki;Ritsu Kamiya

  • The outer dynein arm-docking complex: composition and characterization of a subunit (oda1) necessary for outer arm assembly

    Saeko Takada;Curtis G. Wilkerson;Ken Ichi Wakabayashi;Ritsu Kamiya

  • Chlamydomonas Inner-Arm Dynein Mutant, ida5, Has a Mutation in an Actin-encoding Gene

    Takako Kato-Minoura;Masafumi Hirono;Ritsu Kamiya

  • The role of retrograde intraflagellar transport in flagellar assembly, maintenance, and function

    Benjamin D. Engel;Hiroaki Ishikawa;Kimberly A. Wemmer;Stefan Geimer

  • An axonemal dynein particularly important for flagellar movement at high viscosity. Implications from a new Chlamydomonas mutant deficient in the dynein heavy chain gene DHC9.

    Toshiki Yagi;Itsushi Minoura;Akiko Fujiwara;Ryo Saito

Frequent Co-Authors

George B. Witman
George B. Witman University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Winfield S. Sale
Winfield S. Sale Emory University
Gregory J. Pazour
Gregory J. Pazour University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Stephen M. King
Stephen M. King University of Connecticut Health Center
Mary E. Porter
Mary E. Porter University of Minnesota
Masahito Hayashi
Masahito Hayashi Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Susan K. Dutcher
Susan K. Dutcher Washington University in St. Louis
Hiroyuki Sasaki
Hiroyuki Sasaki Jikei University School of Medicine
Wallace F. Marshall
Wallace F. Marshall University of California, San Francisco
David R. G. Mitchell
David R. G. Mitchell University of Wollongong

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