Mari Akasaka

Vitellogenin C-terminal fragments participate in fertilization as egg-coat binding partners of sperm trypsin-like proteases in the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi

Mari Akasaka, Yoshito Harada, Hitoshi Sawada · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2010 · 46 citations

Life Sciences, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology +16

Ascidian Sperm Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored CRISP-like Protein as a Binding Partner for an Allorecognizable Sperm Receptor on the Vitelline Coat

Satoshi Urayama, Yoshito Harada, Yoko Nakagawa et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2008 · 33 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Cell Signaling +13

Evidence for participation of GCS1 in fertilization of the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis: Implication of a common mechanism of sperm–egg fusion in plants and animals

Eerdundagula Ebchuqin, Naoto Yokota, Lixy Yamada et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2014 · 28 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Marine Sciences +16

Haemorrhagic snake venom metalloproteases and human <scp>ADAM</scp>s cleave <scp>LRP</scp>5/6, which disrupts cell–cell adhesions <i>in vitro</i> and induces haemorrhage <i>in vivo</i>

Tadahiko Seo, Taketo Sakon, Shiori Nakazawa et al. · FEBS Journal · 2017 · 23 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +13

Identification of Novel Isoforms of Vitellogenin Expressed in Ascidian Eggs

Mari Akasaka, Koichi H. Kato, Ken Kitajima et al. · Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution · 2013 · 21 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Molecular Biology +13