Sachiko Tsukita

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Best Publications

• Occludin: a novel integral membrane protein localizing at tight junctions.

  M Furuse;T Hirase;M Itoh;A Nagafuchi

  3157
  Citations

• Direct association of occludin with ZO-1 and its possible involvement in the localization of occludin at tight junctions.

  M Furuse;M Itoh;T Hirase;A Nagafuchi

  1147
  Citations

• ERM family members as molecular linkers between the cell surface glycoprotein CD44 and actin-based cytoskeletons.

  S Tsukita;K Oishi;N Sato;J Sagara

  1139
  Citations

• Rho-Kinase Phosphorylates COOH-terminal Threonines of Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin (ERM) Proteins and Regulates Their Head-to-Tail Association

  Takeshi Matsui;Masato Maeda;Yoshinori Doi;Shigenobu Yonemura

  1036
  Citations

• ZO-1 and ZO-2 Independently Determine Where Claudins Are Polymerized in Tight-Junction Strand Formation

  Kazuaki Umeda;Junichi Ikenouchi;Sayaka Katahira-Tayama;Kyoko Furuse

  939
  Citations

• Tricellulin constitutes a novel barrier at tricellular contacts of epithelial cells

  Junichi Ikenouchi;Mikio Furuse;Kyoko Furuse;Hiroyuki Sasaki

  901
  Citations

• The 220-kD protein colocalizing with cadherins in non-epithelial cells is identical to ZO-1, a tight junction-associated protein in epithelial cells: cDNA cloning and immunoelectron microscopy.

  M Itoh;A Nagafuchi;S Yonemura;T Kitani-Yasuda

  819
  Citations

• Regulation mechanism of ERM (ezrin/radixin/moesin) protein/plasma membrane association: possible involvement of phosphatidylinositol turnover and Rho-dependent signaling pathway.

  M Hirao;N Sato;T Kondo;S Yonemura

  747
  Citations

• Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin (ERM) Proteins Bind to a Positively Charged Amino Acid Cluster in the Juxta-Membrane Cytoplasmic Domain of CD44, CD43, and ICAM-2

  Shigenobu Yonemura;Motohiro Hirao;Yoshinori Doi;Nobuyuki Takahashi

  733
  Citations

• The FERM domain: A unique module involved in the linkage of cytoplasmic proteins to the membrane

  Athar H. Chishti;Anthony C. Kim;Shirin M. Marfatia;Mohini Lutchman

  671
  Citations

• Direct Interaction of the Rho GDP Dissociation Inhibitor with Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin Initiates the Activation of the Rho Small G Protein

  Kazuo Takahashi;Takuya Sasaki;Akiko Mammoto;Kenji Takaishi

  623
  Citations

• Cortical actin organization: lessons from ERM (ezrin/radixin/moesin) proteins.

  Sachiko Tsukita;Shigenobu Yonemura

  594
  Citations

• Predicted expansion of the claudin multigene family.

  Katsuhiko Mineta;Yasuko Yamamoto;Yasuko Yamamoto;Yuji Yamazaki;Hiroo Tanaka

  591
  Citations

• Induction of polarized cell-cell association and retardation of growth by activation of the E-cadherin-catenin adhesion system in a dispersed carcinoma line.

  Mitsuko Watabe;Akira Nagafuchi;Sachiko Tsukita;Masatoshi Takeichi

  510
  Citations

• Structural basis of the membrane-targeting and unmasking mechanisms of the radixin FERM domain.

  Keisuke Hamada;Toshiyuki Shimizu;Takeshi Matsui;Shoichiro Tsukita

  478
  Citations

• A gene family consisting of ezrin, radixin and moesin. Its specific localization at actin filament/plasma membrane association sites.

  N. Sato;N. Funayama;A. Nagafuchi;S. Yonemura

  460
  Citations

• Molecular linkage between cadherins and actin filaments in cell-cell adherens junctions.

  Shoichiro Tsukita;Sachiko Tsukita;Akira Nagafuchi;Shigenobu Yonemura

  454
  Citations

• ERM proteins: head-to-tail regulation of actin-plasma membrane interaction.

  Sachiko Tsukita;Shigenobu Yonemura;Shoichiro Tsukita

  441
  Citations

• The molecular basis of vascular lumen formation in the developing mouse aorta.

  Boris Strilić;Boris Strilić;Tomáš Kučera;Tomáš Kučera;Jan Eglinger;Jan Eglinger;Michael R. Hughes

  426
  Citations

• Perturbation of cell adhesion and microvilli formation by antisense oligonucleotides to ERM family members.

  K Takeuchi;N Sato;H Kasahara;N Funayama

  420
  Citations