Ryusuke Niwa

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Best Publications

• Control of Actin Reorganization by Slingshot, a Family of Phosphatases that Dephosphorylate ADF/Cofilin

  Ryusuke Niwa;Kyoko Nagata-Ohashi;Masatoshi Takeichi;Kensaku Mizuno

  806
  Citations

• CYP306A1, a cytochrome P450 enzyme, is essential for ecdysteroid biosynthesis in the prothoracic glands of Bombyx and Drosophila.

  Ryusuke Niwa;Takahiro Matsuda;Takuji Yoshiyama;Toshiki Namiki

  338
  Citations

• Control of growth cone motility and morphology by LIM kinase and Slingshot via phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of cofilin.

  Mitsuharu Endo;Kazumasa Ohashi;Yukio Sasaki;Yoshio Goshima

  269
  Citations

• The evolution of animal microRNA function.

  Ryusuke Niwa;Frank J Slack

  253
  Citations

• Neverland is an evolutionally conserved Rieske-domain protein that is essential for ecdysone synthesis and insect growth.

  Takuji Yoshiyama;Toshiki Namiki;Kazuei Mita;Hiroshi Kataoka

  251
  Citations

• A pathway of neuregulin-induced activation of cofilin-phosphatase Slingshot and cofilin in lamellipodia.

  Kyoko Nagata-Ohashi;Yusaku Ohta;Kazumichi Goto;Shuhei Chiba

  228
  Citations

• Non-molting glossy/shroud encodes a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase that functions in the ‘Black Box’ of the ecdysteroid biosynthesis pathway

  Ryusuke Niwa;Toshiki Namiki;Katsuhiko Ito;Yuko Shimada-Niwa

  216
  Citations

• Cytochrome P450 CYP307A1/Spook: a regulator for ecdysone synthesis in insects.

  Toshiki Namiki;Ryusuke Niwa;Ryusuke Niwa;Takashi Sakudoh;Ken Ichi Shirai

  215
  Citations

• The Conserved Rieske Oxygenase DAF-36/Neverland Is a Novel Cholesterol-metabolizing Enzyme

  Takuji Yoshiyama-Yanagawa;Takuji Yoshiyama-Yanagawa;Sora Enya;Yuko Shimada-Niwa;Shunsuke Yaguchi

  189
  Citations

• Precocious Metamorphosis in the Juvenile Hormone–Deficient Mutant of the Silkworm, Bombyx mori

  Takaaki Daimon;Toshinori Kozaki;Ryusuke Niwa;Isao Kobayashi

  180
  Citations

• Differential activities, subcellular distribution and tissue expression patterns of three members of Slingshot family phosphatases that dephosphorylate cofilin

  Yusaku Ohta;Kazuyoshi Kousaka;Kyoko Nagata-Ohashi;Kazumasa Ohashi

  165
  Citations

• Distinct Developmental Modes and Lesion-Induced Reactions of Dendrites of Two Classes of Drosophila Sensory Neurons

  Kaoru Sugimura;Misato Yamamoto;Ryusuke Niwa;Daisuke Satoh

  161
  Citations

• Juvenile hormone acid O-methyltransferase in Drosophila melanogaster.

  Ryusuke Niwa;Teruyuki Niimi;Naoko Honda;Michiyo Yoshiyama

  155
  Citations

• Transcriptional regulation of insect steroid hormone biosynthesis and its role in controlling timing of molting and metamorphosis.

  Yuko S. Niwa;Ryusuke Niwa;Ryusuke Niwa

  152
  Citations

• Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase-mediated Activation of Cofilin Phosphatase Slingshot and Its Role for Insulin-induced Membrane Protrusion

  Michiru Nishita;Yan Wang;Chinatsu Tomizawa;Akira Suzuki

  144
  Citations

• The ecdysteroidogenic P450 Cyp302a1/disembodied from the silkworm, Bombyx mori, is transcriptionally regulated by prothoracicotropic hormone.

  R. Niwa;T. Sakudoh;T. Namiki;K. Saida

  131
  Citations

• Cell cycle-associated changes in Slingshot phosphatase activity and roles in cytokinesis in animal cells.

  Noriko Kaji;Kazumasa Ohashi;Mika Shuin;Ryusuke Niwa

  124
  Citations

• The expression of the Alzheimer’s Amyloid Precursor Protein-like gene is regulated by developmental timing microRNAs and their targets in Caenorhabditis elegans

  Ryusuke Niwa;Feng Zhou;Chris Li;Frank J. Slack

  120
  Citations

• Serotonergic neurons respond to nutrients and regulate the timing of steroid hormone biosynthesis in Drosophila.

  Yuko Shimada-Niwa;Ryusuke Niwa

  118
  Citations

• Recent progress in understanding the role of ecdysteroids in adult insects: Germline development and circadian clock in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

  Outa Uryu;Tomotsune Ameku;Ryusuke Niwa;Ryusuke Niwa

  118
  Citations