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Masahide Kikkawa

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61

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Active since

1994

Affiliations

The University of Tokyo(Current)

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

Kyoto University

Tohoku University

Masahide Kikkawa is an author at The University of Tokyo specializing in medicine, molecular biology, and biophysics.

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MedicineMolecular BiologyBiophysicsCytoskeletonNatural SciencesCellular BiochemistryStructural BiologyCell BiologyCell MotilityEngineering

Publications per year

1994–2023

61

Publications

61

Atg9 is a lipid scramblase that mediates autophagosomal membrane expansion

Kazuaki Matoba, Tetsuya Kotani, Akihisa Tsutsumi et al. · Nature Structural & Molecular Biology · 2020 · 421 citations

Cell Autophagy, Autophagosomal Membrane Expansion, Autophagy +8

Switch-based mechanism of kinesin motors

Masahide Kikkawa, Elena P. Sablin, Yasushi Okada et al. · Nature · 2001 · 367 citations

Motion Control, Kinesin Motors, Engineering +4

Kinesin Superfamily Protein 2A (KIF2A) Functions in Suppression of Collateral Branch Extension

Noriko Homma, Yosuke Takei, Yosuke Tanaka et al. · Cell · 2003 · 277 citations · Full text

Protein Function, Signal Transduction, Signaling Pathway +10

Close membrane-membrane proximity induced by Ca2+-dependent multivalent binding of synaptotagmin-1 to phospholipids

Demet Araç, Xiaocheng Chen, Htet A. Khant et al. · Nature Structural & Molecular Biology · 2006 · 263 citations

Membrane-membrane Proximity, Proteinlipid Interaction, Signal Transduction +11

Structure of the mitochondrial import gate reveals distinct preprotein paths

Yuhei Araiso, Akihisa Tsutsumi, Jian Qiu et al. · Nature · 2019 · 254 citations · Full text

Mitochondrial Function, Medicine, Genetics +5

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