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Takeshi Todo

Takeshi Todo

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58
Citations
12174
World Ranking
3321
National Ranking
144

Overview

Takeshi Todo is a researcher affiliated with Osaka University in Japan. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with additional contributions in Neuroscience.

Their research emphasizes several key topics, including:

  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research

Takeshi Todo's work is published in various scientific venues, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Current Biology
  • Genes to Cells
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Radiation Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent papers include:

  • "Estrogen receptor 2b is the major determinant of sex-typical mating behavior and sexual preference in medaka," 2021, Current Biology
  • "Involvement of Rev1 in alkylating agent-induced loss of heterozygosity in Oryzias latipes," 2020, Genes to Cells
  • "Conservation of dark CPD photolyase function in blind cavefish," 2025, Nature Communications
  • "3D reconstructed brain images reveal the possibility of the ogg1 gene to suppress the irradiation-induced apoptosis in embryonic brain in medaka (Oryzias latipes)," 2022, Journal of Radiation Research
  • "A mouse model of insomnia with sleep apnea," 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaborations occur with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Tomoko Ishikawa-Fujiwara
  • Yasuhiro Kamei
  • Yuji Nishiike
  • Daichi Miyazoe
  • Rie Togawa

Subfields within Takeshi Todo's research encompass:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Social Psychology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Reproductive Medicine

Best Publications

  • The Y-Family of DNA Polymerases

    Haruo Ohmori;Errol C. Friedberg;Robert P.P. Fuchs;Myron F. Goodman

  • Differential regulation of mammalian period genes and circadian rhythmicity by cryptochromes 1 and 2.

    Martha Hotz Vitaterna;Christopher P. Selby;Takeshi Todo;Hitoshi Niwa

  • Salt-sensitive hypertension in circadian clock-deficient Cry-null mice involves dysregulated adrenal Hsd3b6.

    Masao Doi;Yukari Takahashi;Rie Komatsu;Fumiyoshi Yamazaki

  • Eukaryotic DNA polymerases: proposal for a revised nomenclature.

    Peter M J Burgers;Eugene V. Koonin;Elspeth Bruford;Luis Blanco

  • Genome-wide expression analysis of mouse liver reveals CLOCK-regulated circadian output genes.

    Katsutaka Oishi;Koyomi Miyazaki;Koji Kadota;Reiko Kikuno

  • Identification of a New Cryptochrome Class: Structure, Function, and Evolution

    Ronald Brudler;Kenichi Hitomi;Hiromi Daiyasu;Hiroyuki Toh

  • A new photoreactivating enzyme that specifically repairs ultraviolet light-induced (6-4)photoproducts

    T Todo;H Takemori;H Ryo;M Ihara

  • Putative human blue-light photoreceptors hCRY1 and hCRY2 are flavoproteins.

    David S. Hsu;Xiaodong Zhao;Shaying Zhao;Aleksey Kazantsev

  • Similarity Among the Drosophila (6-4)Photolyase, a Human Photolyase Homolog, and the DNA Photolyase-Blue-Light Photoreceptor Family

    Takeshi Todo;Haruko Ryo;Kazuo Yamamoto;Hiroyuki Toh

  • Cryptochrome Is Present in the Compound Eyes and a Subset of Drosophila's Clock Neurons

    Taishi Yoshii;Takeshi Todo;Corinna Wülbeck;Ralf Stanewsky

  • Molecular analysis of zebrafish photolyase/cryptochrome family: two types of cryptochromes present in zebrafish

    Yuri Kobayashi;Tomoko Ishikawa;Jun Hirayama;Hiromi Daiyasu

  • Functional diversity of the DNA photolyase/blue light receptor family.

    Takeshi Todo

  • Diatom PtCPF1 is a new cryptochrome/photolyase family member with DNA repair and transcription regulation activity

    Sacha Coesel;Manuela Mangogna;Tomoko Ishikawa;Marc Heijde

  • Molecular Evolution of the Photolyase–Blue-Light Photoreceptor Family

    Satoru Kanai;Reiko Kikuno;Hiroyuki Toh;Haruko Ryo

  • Cloning and characterization of a gene (UVR3) required for photorepair of 6-4 photoproducts in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Satoshi Nakajima;Munetaka Sugiyama;Munetaka Sugiyama;Shigenori Iwai;Kenichi Hitomi

  • Infrared laser–mediated gene induction in targeted single cells in vivo

    Yasuhiro Kamei;Yasuhiro Kamei;Motoshi Suzuki;Kenjiro Watanabe;Kazuhiro Fujimori

  • Dmrt1 mutation causes a male-to-female sex reversal after the sex determination by Dmy in the medaka.

    Haruo Masuyama;Masato Yamada;Yasuhiro Kamei;Tomoko Fujiwara-Ishikawa

  • Role of two histidines in the (6-4) photolyase reaction.

    Kenichi Hitomi;Haruki Nakamura;Sang-Tae Kim;Toshimi Mizukoshi

  • Bacterial cryptochrome and photolyase: characterization of two photolyase-like genes of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

    Kenichi Hitomi;Kazuhisa Okamoto;Hiromi Daiyasu;Hiroshi Miyashita

  • Generation of medaka gene knockout models by target-selected mutagenesis

    Yoshihito Taniguchi;Shunichi Takeda;Makoto Furutani-Seiki;Yasuhiro Kamei

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigenori Iwai
Shigenori Iwai Osaka University
Elizabeth D. Getzoff
Elizabeth D. Getzoff Scripps Research Institute
Hideki Kandori
Hideki Kandori Nagoya Institute of Technology
Chris Bowler
Chris Bowler École Normale Supérieure
Hiroyuki Toh
Hiroyuki Toh Kwansei Gakuin University
Ryu Ueda
Ryu Ueda National Institute of Genetics
Akihiro Shima
Akihiro Shima University of Tokyo
Hisato Kondoh
Hisato Kondoh Kyoto Sangyo University
Toshio Mori
Toshio Mori Nara Medical University
Fumio Hanaoka
Fumio Hanaoka National Institute of Genetics

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