Hiroaki Kojima

Direct measurement of stiffness of single actin filaments with and without tropomyosin by in vitro nanomanipulation.

Hiroaki Kojima, Akihiko Ishijima, Toshio Yanagida · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1994 · 499 citations · Full text

Muscle Function, Engineering, Single Actin Filaments +22

Simultaneous Observation of Individual ATPase and Mechanical Events by a Single Myosin Molecule during Interaction with Actin

Akihiko Ishijima, Hiroaki Kojima, Takashi Funatsu et al. · Cell · 1998 · 475 citations · Full text

Mechanobiology, Biochemistry, Individual Atpase +13

Mechanics of single kinesin molecules measured by optical trapping nanometry

Hiroaki Kojima, Etsuko Muto, Hideo Higuchi et al. · Biophysical Journal · 1997 · 309 citations · Full text

Single Molecule Biophysics, Single Kinesin Molecules, Natural Sciences +7

Measuring collective transport by defined numbers of processive and nonprocessive kinesin motors

Ken’ya Furuta, Akane Furuta, Yoko Y. Toyoshima et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 257 citations · Full text

Engineering, Molecular Biology, Cytoskeleton +29

Single-Molecule Analysis of the Actomyosin Motor Using Nano-Manipulation

Akihiko Ishijima, Yoshie Harada, Hiroaki Kojima et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1994 · 209 citations

Molecular Motors, Macromolecular Machine, Biomimetic Actuator +5