Atsuo Nakayama

Mutations at the mouse microphthalmia locus are associated with defects in a gene encoding a novel basic-helix-loop-helix-zipper protein

Colin A. Hodgkinson, Karen J. Moore, Atsuo Nakayama et al. · Cell · 1993 · 1.1K citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +10

Melanocyte development in vivo and in neural crest cell cultures: crucial dependence on the Mitf basic-helix-loop-helix-zipper transcription factor

Karin Opdecamp, Atsuo Nakayama, Minh‐Thanh Nguyen et al. · Development · 1997 · 292 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Developmental Biology, Genetics +16

Mutations in microphthalmia, the mouse homolog of the human deafness gene MITF, affect neuroepithelial and neural crest-derived melanocytes differently

Atsuo Nakayama, Minh‐Thanh Nguyen, Catherine C Chen et al. · Mechanisms of Development · 1998 · 209 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +16

Cloning of MITF, the human homolog of the mouse <i>microphthalmia</i> gene and assignment to chromosome 3p14. 1-p12.3

Luis A. Pérez‐Jurado, Atsuo Nakayama, Colin A. Hodgkinson et al. · Human Molecular Genetics · 1994 · 164 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +6

Age‐related changes in BDNF protein levels in human serum: differences between autism cases and normal controls

Ritsuko Katoh‐Semba, Rie Wakako, Taku Komori et al. · International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience · 2007 · 155 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +12